Scalpel (1977)

Original title

False Face

Directed by

John Grissmer

Genre

horror film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 29 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A plastic surgeon tricks a young woman into posing as his missing daughter to claim an inheritance. He uses his medical skills to change her appearance and control her in the process.

tenseunsettlingslow-burncoldmanipulativeclinicalforebodingpsychologically dark

What happens

False Face is a 1977 American psychological horror film directed by John Grissmer, and starring Robert Lansing and Judith Chapman. Its plot follows a mentally-unstable plastic surgeon who transforms a young accident victim to resemble his missing daughter, all part of a scheme to inherit a property from his deceased millionaire father-in-law. The film was released regionally in 1977 through United International Pictures, and re-released in 1979 under the title Scalpel after it was acquired by AVCO Embassy Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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