Corruption

1968
R
1h 31m

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5,8/10

1,9 k

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Peter Cushing, Kate O'Mara, Sue Lloyd, and Noel Trevarthen in Corruption (1968)

Liretrailer1 min 50 s

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Horror

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA doctor goes to extreme lengths--even murder--to restore the badly burned face of his fiancée.A doctor goes to extreme lengths--even murder--to restore the badly burned face of his fiancée.A doctor goes to extreme lengths--even murder--to restore the badly burned face of his fiancée.

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ÉVALUATION IMDb

5,8/10

1,9 k

MA NOTE

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

Anecdotes
Foreign versions of this film replaced Jan Waters in the role of the first victim with Marianne Morris, who played the murder scene topless.

Gaffes
Sir John is chasing Terry on the beach and runs through some water, getting his pants wet. Seconds later, climbing on some rocks after her, his pants are completely dry.

Citations
Steve Harris: [to Val, upon her arrival at hospital] I'm Dr. Harris. I'm afraid there's been an accident. A floodlight crashed into your sister's face.

Autres versions
Like most British horror films of the Sixties, rumors of a continental version with added nudity and violence too strong for the UK version are rife. But in the case of "Corruption," these rumors are true. "Laser Killer", as the continental version is titled, adds many more exploitation elements, most most notably in the scene where Cushing kills a Soho prostitute. In "Laser," the prostitute character is played by a topless Marianne Morris instead of negligee-wearing Jan Waters, and Cushing's character cuts her throat and mauls her chest before eviscerating her. This version was originally shown in Scandinavia and the Far East and is available from several US based public domain video companies.

Connexions
Featured in 100 Years of Horror: Mad Doctors (1996)

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7/10

Cushing and Lloyd save it

Story of a brilliant doctor (Peter Cushing) in love with a beautiful younger woman (Sue Lloyd). During a fight at a party they're at, Lloyd becomes disfigured when a flood lamp falls on her face. Cushing becomes obsessed at restoring her beauty and will do anything to do it--even murder.

Plot wise this has been done before (most notably in the French film "Eyes Without a Face") but this isn't totally without merit. Cushing is excellent as a man who is driven to murder for his lover. You can see that he hates doing it but feels he has to. Lloyd, surprisingly, is not an innocent woman. She knows he's killing for her and actually spurs him on! Aside from those two performances though this is pretty by the numbers...except for an incredibly silly ending which had me laughing out loud! Also there is incredibly inappropriate music blaring sometimes on the soundtrack that's totally out of place. This is pretty much forgotten and it's easy to see why. Worth catching though for Cushing's acting alone.