Curse of the Faceless Man (1958)

Directed by

Edward L. Cahn

Genre

horror film, science fiction film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 07m

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Roman gladiator buried alive in Pompeii in 79 AD comes back to life in 1950s America. He searches for the reincarnation of a woman he once loved.

low-budgetblack-and-whiteslowmelodramaticcreepypredictabledatedsupernaturaltragic

What happens

Curse of the Faceless Man is a 1958 independently made American low-budget black-and-white horror film, produced by Robert E. Kent, directed by Edward L. Cahn, that stars Richard Anderson, Elaine Edwards, Adele Mara, and Luis van Rooten. Science fiction writer Jerome Bixby wrote the screenplay. The film was theatrically released in the U.S. on August 14, 1958 by United Artists as a double feature with It! The Terror from Beyond Space. The film's storyline concerns a Roman gladiator, buried alive in Pompeii during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, who returns to life in modern times to find the reincarnation of the woman he loves. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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