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  1. OwenC.
    Nov 1, 2003
    10
    One of the eeriest films ever, period.
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  2. YoonMinC.
    Dec 6, 2003
    9
    Perhaps the greatest work of Clinical Horror, possibly one of the influences on Cronenberg's Dead Ringers. Irksome and unsettling is that the unspeakable horror--murder and mutilation of the flesh--is carried out with cold, metallic precision by a doctor, a man of science. Yet, beneath that ratonal exterior burns the passionate, even tragic, dream to restore his daughter's face. The use of cold, sterile science upon the warm bleeding flesh illustrates the fear and ambivalence at the core of modernity, that of science's benefits and its utter ruthlessness; of the unstable barrier between reason and passion. As relevant to Nazi medical experiments to today's freemarket driven search for human perfection thru the surgical knife and genetic engineering. … Expand
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Metascore
88 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 8 Critics

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  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not Credited)
    60
    Director Georges Franju has given this some suspense and not spared any shock details. But the stilted acting, asides to explain characters and motivations, and a repetition of effects lose the initial impact.
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  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not Credited)
    80
    A blood-curdling picture directed by Georges Franju at an even, distant pace that builds tension to an almost unbearable level.
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  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: J. Hoberman
    90
    A masterpiece of poetic horror and tactful, tactile brutality.
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