For the first hour, you watch actors and actresses ham it up while pretending to be accosted by something invisible. It's the best rendition of people writhing around while palming their faces in feigned agony ever (imagine the screen tests).

There's also a lot of clinical, yawn inducing expositions about radiation (a bi-product of the era, I realize) and a lot of manic conversations on telephones.

Cool stop motion ending, though, with crawling gelatinous brains that look like they could have inspired the clunky statues that came alive in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice.

Not bad. Has some good stop motion effects, especially in the last 20 minutes. Plus the sounds those things made were a little creepy. Good old 50s horror that is worth watching.

For the first hour, you watch actors and actresses ham it up while pretending to be accosted by something invisible. It's the best rendition of people writhing around while palming their faces in feigned agony ever (imagine the screen tests).

There's also a lot of clinical, yawn inducing expositions about radiation (a bi-product of the era, I realize) and a lot of manic conversations on telephones.

Cool stop motion ending, though, with crawling gelatinous brains that look like they could have inspired the clunky statues that came alive in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice.

Invisible brain-sucking creatures are spawned from atomic radiation. How could I not like this? The special effects were great for its time, with good use of stop-motion, and a cool, gruesome climax you won't forget. Some of the dialogue made me laugh, but that sort of added to the enjoyment of the film even more. And, for being made in the late 50's, this still had some tense moments. Loved it.

Despite having the most ridiculous American depictions of Canadians,and Manitoba specifically (the setting looks like English countryside and the accents sound like an amalgam of Brit, Irish and Swedish) this is one of the most fun Fifties sci-fi/horror films. It is gruesome, imaginative and the creatures are unforgettable. It is also interesting that the film takes an anti-atomic stance when most other titles from this era took a positive view of its capabilities.

With a story ahead of it's time, Fiend Without A Face is better than most 50's scifi movies. But the awkward nature of the stop-motion monsters at the end tends to lessen the impact.

This was just a bad film about people getting their brains sucked out, until we saw the monsters that doing the brain sucking - then it almost turned into a film that was so bad that it was good. There is some good bad science, lots of 1950s fear of nuclear energy and of course a little bit of romance. All good fun

apart from some dodgy acting, this is a solid sci-fi movie with a great creature(s) and some wonderful stop motion animation.

This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.