Connection
Curse of the Faceless Man is a american film of genre Science fiction directed by Edward L. Cahn released in USA on 14 august 1958 with Richard Anderson
Curse of the Faceless Man (1958)
If you like this film, let us know!
- Infos
- Casting
- Technical infos
- Photos
- Videos
- Film quotes
- Characters
- Music
- Awards
Add to a movie listThe Curse of the Faceless Man is a low budget horror film, released by Robert E. Kent Productions and United Artists in 1958. It was directed by Edward L. Cahn who also directed Creature with the Atom Brain (1955), Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957), and The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959). It was originally released on a double feature with It! The Terror from Beyond Space.
Synopsis
The petrified body of a gladiator is discovered at Pompeii, wearing a bronze medallion with Etruscan writing on it. An Italian archeologist, Maria Fiorillo (Adele Mara), believes that the robust body is still alive, but Dr. Paul Mallon (Richard Anderson) does not believe her. Every time someone is left alone with the body, they die, with their skulls crushed. Tina Enright (Elaine Edwards) begins to have strange visions and believes that what she knows about the "faceless man" is true.Actors
Richard Anderson
(Dr. Paul Mallon)
Adele Mara
(Maria Fiorillo)
Luis van Rooten
(Dr. Carlo Fiorillo)
Morris Ankrum
(Narrator (unconfirmed))
George Sawaya
(Tony (uncredited))
Comments
Leave comment :
Suggestions of similar film to Curse of the Faceless Man
There are 47 films with the same actors, 96 films with the same director, 53272 with the same cinematographic genres (including 65 with exactly the same 4 genres than Curse of the Faceless Man), to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.If you liked Curse of the Faceless Man, you will probably like those similar films :
Invasion of the Saucer-Men (1957)
, 1h9Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Horror
Themes Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Gloria Castillo, Frank Gorshin, Raymond Hatton, Lyn Osborn, Ed Nelson, James Bridges
Rating52%
A flying saucer lands in the woods. A teenage couple, Johnny Carter (Terrell) and Joan Haydon (Castillo), while driving to their local lover's lane without the headlights on, accidentally run down one of the saucer's large-headed occupants.
Voodoo Woman (1957)
, 1h15Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Zombie films
Actors Marla English, Tom Conway, Mike Connors, Lance Fuller, Mary Ellen Kay
Rating41%
A pair of treasure hunters, which includes the beautiful but ruthless Marilyn Blanchard (Marla English), discover gold in the voodoo idol of a tribe of the African jungle. Hoping to find more such treasures, they con the innocent Ted Bronson (Mike Connors) into acting as a jungle guide and leading them to the tribe that made the idol.
Creature with the Atom Brain (1955)
, 1h9Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror comedy, Horror, Crime
Themes Zombie films
Actors Richard Denning, Gregory Gaye, Angela Stevens, S. John Launer, Lane Chandler, Tristram "Tris" Coffin
Rating54%
Deported American gangster Frank Buchanan (Michael Granger) forces ex-Nazi scientist Wilhelm Steigg (Gregory Gaye) to create zombies by resurrecting corpses through radiation in order to help him exact revenge on his enemies.
, 1h8Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Space adventure films, Mars in film, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Marshall Thompson, Shirley Patterson, Kim Spalding, Ann Doran, Dabbs Greer, Paul Langton
Rating59%
In 1973 a nuclear-powered spaceship is perched on the cratered surface of Mars, sent to rescue the crew of a previous, ill-fated mission. The sole survivor of that crashed ship, Col. Edward Carruthers (Marshall Thompson), is suspected of having murdered the other nine members of his crew for their food and water rations, on the premise that he had no way of knowing if or when an Earth rescue mission would ever arrive. Carruthers denies the allegation, attributing his crew's deaths to a hostile alien life form encountered on Mars.
Zombies of Mora Tau (1957)
, 1h10Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films set in Africa, Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Gregg Palmer, Allison Hayes, Morris Ankrum, Gene Roth, Frank Hagney, Ray Corrigan
Rating52%
A team of deep sea divers led by wealthy American tycoon George Harrison (Joel Ashley) attempt to salvage a fortune in diamonds from the wreckage of a ship that sunk 60 years earlier off the coast of Africa. When the team arrives, they discover that the ship is cursed and the diamonds are protected by the undead crew who are now zombies, forced to guard the treasure until the diamonds are destroyed or the curse is finally lifted.
Invisible Invaders (1959)
, 1h7Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors John Agar, John Carradine, Jean Byron, Philip Tonge, Robert Hutton, Don Kennedy
Rating50%
Dr. Karol Noymann, an atomic scientist, is killed in a laboratory explosion. His colleague, Dr. Adam Penner, is disturbed by the accident and resigns his position and calls for changes.
, 1h10Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors Eduard Franz, Valerie French, Boris Karloff, Henry Daniell, Paul Cavanagh, Grant Richards
Rating58%
Jonathan Drake (Eduard Franz), a university professor specializing in the occult, is summoned to the home of his brother, Kenneth Drake (Paul Cavanagh), when a family curse threatens Kenneth's life. Jonathan Drake arrives too late to save his brother from a violent death and subsequent decapitation before his burial. The curse is the work of Dr. Emil Zurich (Henry Daniell), a Swiss agent who was a member of Jonathan Drake's ancestor's exploration party two hundred years previously. Zurich was captured, thus forcing Captain Drake to lead a rescue party into the jungle. Drake's party massacres the tribe (save for the tribal witch doctor Zutai (Paul Wexler), only to find that Zurich has been beheaded. Zutai is assisting the miraculously resurrected Zurich in his pursuit for revenge and supernatural destiny against Captain Drake's male descendants. Zurich and Zutai lay their plans to murder and behead Jonathan Drake, which will end the curse on the Drake family.
Robot Wrecks (1941)
Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Margaret Bert, Robert Blake, George McFarland, Billy Laughlin, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Darla Hood
Rating58%
Slicker sells the Our Gang kids some "invisible rays," with which they hope to power their homemade mechanical robot. Miracle of miracles, the robot not only begins to move, but actually performs several of the gang's household chores. In truth, the robot is being manipulated by Slicker's cohort Boxcar, but the kids don't find out until their rampaging mechanical man nearly lays waste to the entire neighborhood.
The New Pupil (1940)
Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors George McFarland, Carl Switzer, Robert Blake, Darla Hood, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, May McAvoy
Rating58%
Sally (Juanita Quigley) is a new student at the school that the gang goes to. Upon Sally's arrival, Alfalfa and Spanky literally fall over each other trying to get her attention, leaving the gang's traditional sweetheart Darla in the lurch. But when it turns out that Sally cannot stand either one of the boys, she and Darla cook up a scheme to dampen their romantic aspirations.
Kiddie Kure (1940)
Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Carl Switzer, George McFarland, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Darla Hood, Billy Laughlin, Robert Blake
Rating65%
While playing baseball near the home of wealthy hypochondriac Mr. Morton, the gang inadvertently breaks one of Morton's windows. This mishap coincides with a plan hatched by Morton's wife to get her husband's mind off his imaginary illnesses by adopting some children.