Fiend Without a Face

1958
Approved
1h 14m

IMDb RATING

6.1/10

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A scientist's thoughts materialize as an army of invisible brain-shaped monsters (complete with spinal-cord tails!) who terrorize an American military base in this nightmarish chiller.A scientist's thoughts materialize as an army of invisible brain-shaped monsters (complete with spinal-cord tails!) who terrorize an American military base in this nightmarish chiller.A scientist's thoughts materialize as an army of invisible brain-shaped monsters (complete with spinal-cord tails!) who terrorize an American military base in this nightmarish chiller.

Director
- Arthur Crabtree
Writers
- Herbert J. Leder
- Amelia Reynolds Long
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.1/10

YOUR RATING

Director
- Arthur Crabtree
Writers
- Herbert J. Leder
- Amelia Reynolds Long
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Capt. Chester
(as Terence Kilburn)

Kynaston Reeves

Prof. Walgate

Kim Parker

Barbara Griselle

Stanley Maxted

Col. Butler

James Dyrenforth

Mayor

Robert MacKenzie

Const. Gibbons

Gil Winfield

Dr. Warren

Michael Balfour

Serg. Kasper

Launce Maraschal

Melville

Peter Madden

Dr. Bradley

Meadows White

Ben Adams
(as R. Meadows White)

E. Kerrigan Prescott

Atomic Engineer
(as Kerrigan Prescott)

Lala Lloyd

Amelia Adams

Shane Cordell

Nurse

Sheldon Allan

Sentry
(uncredited)

Alexander Archdale

Minister
(uncredited)

Eddie Boyce

Jacques Griselle
(uncredited)

Director
- Arthur Crabtree
Writers
- Herbert J. Leder
- Amelia Reynolds Long
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Trivia
In an interview, star Marshall Thompson recalled that director Arthur Crabtree didn't really want to direct the film--he thought sci-fi was beneath him. Crabtree turned up on set on the first day of filming, took one look at the script and informed the cast and crew that he refused to do the film. He walked off set, and the producers needed several days to convince him to return, citing contractual obligations. Thompson says that during those days, Thompson directed the film himself.

Goofs
Destroying the control panel of a nuclear reactor already in meltdown would do nothing to reduce the radiation coming off on it, and might even make it worse.

Quotes
Prof. R. E. Walgate: What have I unleashed?

Alternate versions
Original UK cinema prints were cut by the BBFC to heavily reduce sounds and shots of gore from the climactic destruction of the creatures. The version shown by BBC as part of the Moviedrome season was the same cut cinema print, and this was later issued on UK DVD in 2003 on the 2 Entertain label.

Connections
Featured in Aweful Movies with Deadly Earnest: Fiend Without a Face (1973)

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Featured review

Can There Ever Be Too Much Brains?

A US military installation has been set up in Canada for some special tests and experiments of an atomic nature. People begin to die from the surrounding countryside by having their brains and spinal chords sucked out by what lead actor Marshall Thompson calls "mental vampires." Thompson, quickly flirting with the sister of one of the dead men, does his usual adequate job playing detective trying to prove that the new base is not responsible for the deaths. It seems that someone or something is siphoning atomic power. Without ruining the who behind the what, Fiend Without a face is a pleasant, interesting excursion into 50's sci-fi. The fiends turn out to be brains that pulse and scrape the ground with long spinal chords attached. This film has a low budget but manages to scare up a few thrills. The acting is mediocre at best. The fiend creation are somewhat novel. Although much of the film is lacking in suspense, the finale is a good payback.