There's been a rash of killings in the area surrounding an American Air Force
base in Canada and the locals ain't too happy about it. Even stranger is
the killer (or killers) have been poking two holes into the base of the victim's
skull and sucking out their brain. Kind of like a mental vampire or
something. Of course nobody has the foresight to wear some kind of
protection around their neck/skull, so the killings continue. Eventually
an Air Force dude gets to the bottom of it and it
is mental
vampires! And apparently a mental vampire looks like a disembodied brain
with antennas that propels itself around with a spinal column tail.
I'm sure when FIEND WITHOUT A FACE came out in 1958 it scared the living bejesus
out of younger audiences, but watching it now, it's extremely dated. Tons
of military stock footage, slow pace, lots of scenes of just people standing
around talking, a slow-moving finale that seems to take like 20 minutes, stiff
acting, amateur dialogue. The monster attack scenes are entertaining, but
other than it's a slow moving affair. Worth a watch for fans of 1950's era
monster movies, others might want to think twice.
Drinking game idea: every time somebody says
"Gibbons",
"mental vampire" or
"atomic".
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