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Black Sunday [1960] 1. Bulging eyeballs. 2. Her face transforms, ages. 3. Behind the torn canvas is a lever which operates the door to the secret passageway.

Eyes Without a Face [1960] 1. Forceps. 2. He pours a small glass of port then grabs her. 3. “Smile. Not too much.”

The Seventh Victim [1943] 1. They unlock the door. In the room is a single chair and, hanging from the ceiling, a noose. 2. “I’ve always wanted to die.” 3. Flickering overhead light in the hall.

Fiend Without a Face [1958] 1. Mental vampire. 2. The fiend is like a cross between the baby in Eraserhead and a mugwump from Naked Lunch. 3. The corpse, and beside the half-open coffin a pipe.

The Tingler [1959] 1. Composer Von Dexter had obviously listened to Bernard Herrmann just a few too many times. 2. David, referring to LSD: “It’s not a drug, it’s an acid.” 3. The Tingler wraps itself around his arm and begins … Continue reading →

Vampyr [1932] 1. The corpse turns into a skeleton. 2. Reverse gravedigger. 3. Her eyes wide with bloodlust.