Fiend without a face 1958 film completed

The townspeople think that the nuclear reactor in the installation is a very bad thing, and theres lots of tension between the town and the base. Liner notes by noted film scholar bruce kawin, inserted. A journey into the supernatural 1967 directed by dennis muren. Fiend without a face is a 1958 independently british science fiction film produced by john croydon and richard gordon and directed by arthur crabtree. This is spinal tap, 1950s style a number of characters are choked to death in this film, at first by something invisible, but the creatures obligingly make an appearance at the climax, taking shape as brains with antennae sitting atop whiplike spinal cord tails. All the trivia you can handle about fiend without a face, 1958, directed by arthur crabtree, with marshall thompson, terence kilburn, michael balfour. Chrisreynolds fun little movie, obviously made for peanuts. Illustrated essay on british scifihorror filmmaking by film historian bruce eder. Fiend without a face is a 1958 independently british science fiction film prod. So they take another tack, and resort for the first time.

This lowbudget but imaginative thriller features one of the most distinctive creatures in science fictionthe literal result of a brainstorm. This film was actually completed in 1959 with the working title of the black door. It is encouraging to learn that the original elements survived various ownership changes intact. Ive paired a few of them because i think they would make a great double bill and hell, its hard enough narrowing my favorites down to just 50. Fiend without a face 1958 a scientist engaged in research at a remote military base creates a machine with which he can turns thoughts into energy, butshades of forbidden planet. We reported that roy frumkes document of the dead, street trash owned the rights to arthur crabtrees 1958 creature feature fiend without a face way back in 2010. Overall, fiend without a face works as a 50s science fiction film that at times may be a little cheesy or far stretched, works. It stars marshall thompson, kynaston reeves, michael balfour, and kim parker. Search, discover and share your favorite fiend without a face gifs. X264shitbusters the switch to colour was a gradual process mostly taking place from the 1930s to the 1950s. For the time, and on a tiny budget, it is a successful creature film. Demonstrators in the first protest march for the campaign for nuclear disarmament from hyde park, london to aldermaston, berkshire, demand the. Watch fiend without a face 1958 full movie online free. Music is by buxton orr and cinematography by lionel banes.

It would be the first of hundreds of short shooting schedules for the producer. One day her editor, without so much as a trigger warning, shows her a snuff film, but with a twist ending. It also contains the worst fist fight sequence since plan nine from outer space 1959. Fiend without a face a scientists thoughts materialize as an army of invisible brainshaped monsters complete with spinalcord tails. And even the bmovie drivein classic fiend without a face 1958 featured aerial. One of the new york based labels few stumbles was when they treated the okaybutnoclassic 50s monsterfest fiend without a face with a kind of reversecondescension. A scientists thoughts materialize as an army of invisible brainshaped monsters complete with spinalcord tails. Fiend without a face 1956 opens effectively with noirlike images of a. Overview of fiend without a face, 1958, directed by arthur crabtree, with marshall thompson, terence kilburn, michael balfour, at turner classic movies. Howard hughes and the cold war aviation film jet pilot 1957.

Nov 15, 2014 director arthur crabtree, who according to marshal thompson, had no interest in the film, so it became thompson himself who finished the job. Fiend without a face is a movie that should not be forgotten, but its also a film that should not be elevated to the level of greatness which in some ways a criterion edition somehow does. For some strange reason, i cant get the d to show up on the first two entries. Imdb has rabbits moon by kenneth anger as a 1950 film, even though it wasnt completed with rock and roll songs that actually complement the film until the 70s. Watch a film that contains an evil puppetdoll film, yearx watch a film that is currently in the criterion collection fiend without a face, 1958x watch a film that is on roger eberts great movies list the man who laughs, 1928 watch a film in. Don carlos offers to publish it and asks him to take a valuable necklace. Today we are engaged in a great civil wah maury dexter, from the 3 stooges short, uncivil warriors 1946 maury dexter 12 is one of the most interesting individuals ive ever seen in the motion picture industry, and hes put his amazing rags to riches life into words in a wellwritten, pageturning, autobiography, road to hollywood the hard way. The original version of this film is entitled the equinox. An american airbase in canada provokes resentment from the nearby residents after fallout from nuclear experiments at the base are blamed for a recent spate of disappearances. When i made the deal with mgm on the haunted strangler and fiend without a face both 1958, and then subsequently with corridors of blood 1958 and first man into space 1959, they were completed pictures which were available to them mgm, and i was able to negotiate a 12year license, and at the end of the 12year period, the rights. Fiend without a face is referred to in criterions special essay as a highwater mark in british science fiction. A chronology of science fiction movie posters 19501959.

Dec 14, 2016 fiend without a face is a 1958 independently made british blackandwhite science fiction film from amalgamated productions, released by mgm, produced by john croydon and richard gordon, and. All music and film clips are not owned or produced by me bu. Full movie online free hd an american airbase in canada provokes resentment from the nearby residents after. Without bob, the monster bash classic movie conferences would not have been as solid, or as farreaching. The titles of 50s sciencefiction films often promised far more than they could deliver, as anyone who sat through the beast with a million eyes can attest. Fiend without a face is directed by arthur crabtree and written by herbert j. Read this faq about determining if something is pd. Seen today, sans the novelty of the films innovative historic role in the 1950s cycle, beast holds up admirably, as engaging, entertaining and brisk as any of its era and ilk. Fiend without a face arthur crabtree, 1958 14238new il bidone federico fellini, 1955 14241new. A scene from fiend without a face in which disembodied brains, initially invisible, but now readily seen, looking for more victims necks to wrap their spines around. The military is developing long range radar that uses nuclear power. It was produced by john croydon and richard gordon, directed by arthur crabtree, and stars marshall thompson, kynaston reeves, michael balfour, and kim parker.

Fiend without a face is based on a 1930s pulp magazine story called the thought monster. Criterons dvd of fiend without a face doesnt know how to reveal the movie as an unheralded classic, mainly because it isnt one. Long before the ridley scottdan o bannon picture alien 1979, there were these little brain sucking, spinal cord ripping creatures that terrorised an american military base in the canadian province of manitoba. Principal photography was completed in only eight days. Fiend without a face are a rockabillypornometal band with a little bit of a country twist. Fiend without a face, the haunted strangler, corridors of blood, first man into space, and the atomic submarine. Rolfe is best known for creating and starring in the webshow angry video game nerd, a joint production of rolfes cinemassacre productions, gametrailers, and screwattack on the online video platform youtube. This film when taken in context and time period is pretty groundbreaking. Fiend without a face takes place in canada, of all places, on a military base that is using atomicpowered radar as an earlywarning system against those pesky ruskies. Fiend without a face is a 1958 british blackandwhite science fiction film directed by arthur crabtree. The last 10 minutes or so when they pull out all the stops.

Jun 17, 20 making it look 10x better then it actually is. Fiend without a face i knew this as brains and spinal chords from my local philadelphia creature feature shows. Fiend without a face dvd midcontinent public library. Fiction and horror movie makers, we had a finished screenplay and. A chemo virus used to reanimate dead soldiers breaks out of containment and leaks into an underground strip. That said, if you have a passing interest in horror or scifi, or the 1950s, you will enjoy this film its short, sweet, and very much to the point. This section contains any movie which is completely in black and white from old classics to newer ones such as schindlers list. These brainlike creatures begin attacking people near a secret air force radar station, devouring their brains. Monsters and madmen features two horror efforts starring boris karloff.

Science fiction 19501959 100 years of movie posters. Bava again stepped in for freda to complete the film. Fiend without a face 1958 marshall thompson, arthur. Fiend without a face is a 1958 independently made british blackandwhite science fiction film from amalgamated productions, released by mgm, produced by john croydon and richard gordon, and. No part of these documents or disk may be copied or distributed in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the author. I like these old classic films, theyre just as enjoyable.

She played in a dozen european films including pasaporte al infiernohijack 1956 and undercover girl 1958. The folks in the film are part of a quasisuicide cult called deaders, people who croak but are brought back somehow. He has come to san francisco to help us continue the vison of the studio. Fiend without a face 1958 vostfr film complet youtube. It stars marshall thompson, kynaston reeves, michael balfour and kim parker. James duncan rolfe born july 10, 1980 is an american actor, filmmaker, filmvideo game critic, and internet personality. This is in alphabetical order, although rosemarys baby and the haunting are my all time favorite films. Caravan is a 1946 british blackandwhite drama film directed by arthur crabtree.

The centerpiece would be two horror features starring boris karloff the haunted strangler 1958, corridors of blood 1958 which would be paired up with a couple of scifi thrillers, including fiend without a face. Richard gordon, film producer of fiend without a face, the haunted strangler, corridors of blood and so many more. The transfer isnt new, but it is indeed an hd encoding from the same master used for the very good 2002 dvd. If that werent enough to make any genre enthusiast drool with sick delight, the movies also got an above. The film is a loving if inept tribute to classic b movie camp like they saved hitlers brain paragongold key,1968, brain of bloodi. It features an audio commentary with executive producer richard gordon and genre film writer tom weaver, plus a really cool illustrated essay on british scifihorror filmmaking by film historian bruce eder. Bavas first feature length film as a director not counting the films he completed for. A piece on the 1958 killer brain picture fiend without a face. Fiend without a face 1958 directed by arthur crabtree.

Les yeux sans visage is a 1960 film cowritten and directed by georges franju and starring pierre brasseur and alida valli, based on the novel of the same name by jean redon. A much more graphic and intense euro version of the blob 1958. Posted on february 20, 2011 april 29, 2012 by monstergirl posted in 1950s, 1960s, campy vintage horror, classic sci fi, keep watching the skies, mad science, mad scientist, science fiction tagged brain from planet arous, fiend without a face, thought control,brain stems, john agar, the brainiac abel salazar. Fiend without a face, the haunted strangler, corridors of blood. I made a cast from another figure with five minute epoxy which i painted it black and flesh color for the skin and hair. Fiend without a face remains their best known work to this day in the realm of cult moviemaking, in part because of the controversy the film raised in the companys native land for its gore quotient which was considerable for the day and age. But the claymationstop motion technique championed by willis obrien and ray harryhausen is used to great effect and the film works remarkably well. Feature films, shorts, silent films and trailers are available for viewing and downloading. Fiend without a face 1958 a kindly canadian professor conceives of a way to give mass to human thought, but the results turn out to be unexpectedly horrifyingand deadly. This 58 minute movie was completed in 1958 but it never got released outside the filmmakers hometown. Warren had been in the lower orders of the british film industry since 1960, toiling away as a runner, assistant director and editor, before he eventually made his first feature film, her private hell in 1968 an earlier short film, incident, had begun in 1959 but had been abandoned, finally being completed and released in 2007, joining the completed but littleseen fragment 1965. Gore and nudity are sprinkled liberally throughout. Analog robots is a workshop at the academy of media arts cologne organized by andreas henrich. Fiend without a face contains one of the most indelible images to emerge from scifihorror movies.

Dvd talk the 8th annual sci fifantasy challenge list thread the 8th annual sci fifantasy challenge list thread discussion thread rules. Without willis obrien we would not associate the empire state building with a giant gorilla swatting at biplanes. A peace symbol, commissioned by the campaign for nuclear disarmament is designed and completed by gerald holtom. Castle of frankenstein index page 1 classic horror. Oct 17, 2005 a firm cult favourite, fiend without a face arrives in region 4 on a reasonably priced disc with satisfactory image and sound quality and an excellent commentary track ported over from the region 1 criterion release. Oct 05, 2012 fiend without a face trailer directed by arthur crabtree and starring marshall thompson, terry kilburn, michael balfour, gil winfield, stanley maxted. Oct 25, 2012 fiend without a face is cheese at its finest. If anything i recommend watching the last ten minutes of this film and laugh heartily. The film remained unseen until 1976 when footage was added to it and it was released as curse of bigfoot. Moviestv shows should be labeled scifi or fantasy from either or. In 1958 the nuclear sub nautilus completed a voyage under the polar ice. Fiend without a face 1958 fiend without a face 1958.

Leder and amelia reynolds long story the thought monster. Fiend without a face dvdr,1958 marshall thompson, kynaston reeves, kim parker. Fiend without a face is about as neat and compact a scifi chiller as was released in england in the 1950s indeed, it is the only real challenger to the primacy of val guests two masterpieces of the genre, the quatermass experiment 1955 and quatermass 2 1956. Fiend without a face 1958 fiend without a face 1958 the image could not be loaded. Fiend without a face 1958 journeys in classic film. Fiend is a 1980 american b movie science fiction horror film directed and written by lowbudget filmmaker don dohler, shot in perry hall, maryland and starring don leifert, elaine white, richard nelson, and george stover. The local farmers are upset because the jets are noisy and frightening the cows causing them to underproduce milk. Bush has just completed his fourth term as president. A captain from the airbase is assigned to investigate, and begins to suspect that an elderly british scientist who lives near the base and conducts research in the field of mind over matter knows more than he is letting on. The 8th annual scififantasy challenge list thread dvd. The nfpb, established by the national film preservation act of 1988, was reauthorized by acts of congress in 1992, 1996, 2005, and again in october 2008. Howard hughes and the cold war aviation film jet pilot 1957 article.

The golden age 195059 with cinema now over a century old, presentday. Released in 1958, fiend without a face horrified critics with its bloody. I love the fact that amazon is always adding movies, dumb, crummy, great so their line up. Fiend without a face is a 1958 independently made british blackandwhite science fictionhorror film drama from amalgamated productions. The footage in that version is in color and i havent seen it yet so my comments with be about the original version only. Sure, the acting is stilted at times and the dialogue is a bit laughable and the fx are dated. The national film registry nfr is the united states national film preservation boards nfpb selection of films deserving of preservation. That was a likeable movie, the stopmotion animated brains were quite well done too imo. Fiend without a face contains one of the most indelible images to emerge from scifihorror movies of the atomic age. Then, in 1958, gordon and vetters decided to cut out the middleman and make the next batch of films themselves. Fiend without a face 1958 the criterion collection. Marshall thompson is a major on an air force base in canada.

James rolfe called the film the best killer brain movie ever and stated that it may be the goriest film of its time. Fiend without a face dvd king county library system. The plot is meandering and ridiculous but boy is the final minutes of it hilarious. I really wonder what sort of attitude the filmmakers had when this was being made. Brasseurs character is a plastic surgeon who is determined to perform a face transplant on his daughter, who was disfigured in an auto crash. Yet the film that arguably put obrien on the map was 1925s the lost world, the first film adaptation of sir athur conan doyles novel.

Rare example of an animated bmovie, the film was put into production on a very low budget. Fiend without a face is economically yet effectively shot. The kl studio classics bluray of the vikings is a stunning, colorful encoding of this gem in the united artists library. Sometimes the warnings or threats came from disembodied heads and brains, like donovans brain 1953, fiend without a face 1958 and the brain from planet arous 1957. Unfollow fiend without a face to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Her main claim to fame is the british science fiction film fiend without a face 1958 about invisible atomic monsters which attack a u. Ive wanted to do this film for 40 years, so i already had it all in my head, and it wasnt hard to write. It was deemed completed by 1960, but apparently did not receive theatre distribution until 1964. Cinefessions summer screams challenge french toast sunday.