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[[File:Fiendwithoutaface 1958film.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Fiends attack in ''Fiend Without a Face (1958 film)''...]]

==Summary==


"New horrors! Mad science spawns evil fiends - taking form before your horrified eyes!" Invisible atomic monsters attack a U.S. Armed Forces base and the local residents.

==Details==

* Release Date: 1958
* Country/Language: UK, English
* Genres/Technical: Science Fiction, Horror
* Setting: [[1950s]] [[Canada]]
* Runtime: 1 hr 14 min
* Starring: Marshall Thompson, Terry Kilburn, Kynaston Reeves
* Director: Arthur Crabtree
* Writer: Herbert J. Leder (screenplay), Amelia Reynolds Long (original story "The Thought Monster")
* Producer/Production Co: Producers Associates, Amalgamated Productions
* View Trailer: ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaD27u95Z8k link])
* TVTropes: ([http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/FiendWithoutAFace link])
* IMDB Page: ([http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050393/ link])

==Ratings==
===[http://www.mpaa.org/film-ratings/ MPAA Ratings]===

* Rated: approved (equivalent to a PG for Violence)

The film was rated "X" in the UK during the on its release for its gruesome 1950s special effects, but these probably won't be particularly strong by today's standards.

===Tentacle Ratings===

A rough [[Tentacle Ratings|measure]] of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:
* S____ (One Tentacle: Debateably Lovecraftian; has almost no direct connection to Lovecraft's work)

Not very "Lovecraftian", but similar in tone to the early entries of the ''[[Quatermass (1953 franchise)|Quatermass franchise]]'', and includes some freakish and gruesome monsters which drive people mad with horror on sight.

''Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of
how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.''

===Reviews===

Review Links:
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==Synopsis (SPOILERS)==

{{spoiler|
Radiation experiments near a Canadian atomic reactor boost the psychic powers of a researcher until he is able to psychically project an invisible, living, intelligent being, the titular "Fiend Without a Face". The researcher does not realize until it is too late that the creature is not under his control, but is instead killing people, sucking out their brains, and reproducing. Soon, the fiends are taking over the reactor, overloading it with radiation and becoming visible as creeping and leaping stop-motion-animated brains-with-spinal-cords-and-eyes. Upon becoming visible, they are relatively easily dispatched by American servicemen with gunfire and a reactor meltdown and explosion.
}}

==Notes==

===Comments, Trivia, Dedication===


===Associated Mythos Elements===

* race: the "fiends" - disembodied brain-monsters created as psychic projections boosted by atomic radiation

===Keeper Notes===



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 * Scott Ashlin at 1000 Misspent Hours and Counting (-4/5 stars) ([http://www.1000misspenthours.com/reviews/reviewse-g/fiendwithoutaface.htm link]) - "Hundreds of crawling, leaping, cerebrophagous, evil, atomic brains, brought to life via poorly-executed stop-motion animation-- who could ask for anything more?"
 * Richard Scheib at The Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Film Review (2/5 Stars) ([http://moria.co.nz/sciencefiction/fiendwithoutaface.htm link]) - "The climax is a moment where the film reaches a kitsch lunacy."
-* Dennis Toth at Cinema of the Damned ([ link]) - "The movie gets tremendous effect out of a few simple sound-effects, basic stop-motion animation, and a story line just whacked out enough to be a weirdly chilling pipeline into urban folk lore."
+* Dennis Toth at Cinema of the Damned ([http://cinemaofthedamned.blogspot.com.au/2009/03/fiend-without-face.html link]) - "The movie gets tremendous effect out of a few simple sound-effects, basic stop-motion animation, and a story line just whacked out enough to be a weirdly chilling pipeline into urban folk lore."
 * Chris Wood at British Horror Films ([http://www.britishhorrorfilms.co.uk/fiendwithoutaface.shtml link]) - "With a bit more thought, a British setting and more scares, ''Fiend Without A Face'' could have been okay, but as it is it's just an excuse to watch stop-motion animated brains get the crap blown out of them."

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 * Scott Ashlin at 1000 Misspent Hours and Counting (-4/5 stars) ([http://www.1000misspenthours.com/reviews/reviewse-g/fiendwithoutaface.htm link]) - "Hundreds of crawling, leaping, cerebrophagous, evil, atomic brains, brought to life via poorly-executed stop-motion animation-- who could ask for anything more?"
 * Richard Scheib at The Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Film Review (2/5 Stars) ([http://moria.co.nz/sciencefiction/fiendwithoutaface.htm link]) - "The climax is a moment where the film reaches a kitsch lunacy."
 * Chris Wood at British Horror Films ([http://www.britishhorrorfilms.co.uk/fiendwithoutaface.shtml link]) - "With a bit more thought, a British setting and more scares, ''Fiend Without A Face'' could have been okay, but as it is it's just an excuse to watch stop-motion animated brains get the crap blown out of them."

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 * Scott Ashlin at 1000 Misspent Hours and Counting (-4/5 stars) ([http://www.1000misspenthours.com/reviews/reviewse-g/fiendwithoutaface.htm link]) - "Hundreds of crawling, leaping, cerebrophagous, evil, atomic brains, brought to life via poorly-executed stop-motion animation-- who could ask for anything more?"
 * Richard Scheib at The Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Film Review (2/5 Stars) ([http://moria.co.nz/sciencefiction/fiendwithoutaface.htm link]) - "The climax is a moment where the film reaches a kitsch lunacy."
 ==Synopsis (SPOILERS)==

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 * Country/Language:  UK, English
 * Genres/Technical:  Science Fiction, Horror, black-and-white
-* Setting:  [[1950s]] [[Canada]]
+* Setting:  [[1950s]] small-town [[Canada]]
 * Runtime:  1 hr 14 min
 * Starring:  Marshall Thompson, Terry Kilburn, Kynaston Reeves
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 A rough [[Tentacle Ratings|measure]] of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:
-* S____ (One Tentacle:  Debateably Lovecraftian; has almost no direct connection to Lovecraft's work)
+* Ss___ (One and a Half Tentacles:  Barely Lovecraftian; vaguely similar in tone)
 Not very "Lovecraftian", but similar in tone to the early entries of the ''[[Quatermass (1953 franchise)|Quatermass franchise]]'', and includes some freakish and gruesome monsters which drive people mad with horror on sight.
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-[[Category:Film:One-Tentacle Media]]
+[[Category:Film:Two-Tentacle Media]]
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