It begins with a doctor, lover and his sister while are walking , suddenly the latter receives an acid on the face from a unknown girl , and she results really disfigured . Later on , a model : Caroline Munro, has disappeared in París and her father : Telly Savalas living in NY hires a private eye : Chris Mitchum to find her , as he gets out the first flight to París . The tracks lead the private detective to a plastic surgery clinic run by a suspicious doctor : Helmut Berger and his helper : Brigitte Lahaie . But the various witnesses of the twisted investigation are being murdered one by one . Come Face to Face with Evil. If there is but one life , there are several ways to die .
A creepy terror with thrills , chills , intrigue , tension , grisly killings and several gory scenes . A new eerie version of Doctor Orloff series with some novelties , here the heinous starring is Doctor Flamand : Helmut Berger ,while the true Doctor Orloff is played by Howard Vernon who was usual player in Doctor Orloff series directed by Jesús Franco or Jess Frank . There is some nudism and erotic scenes , though Caroline Munro refused to be partially nude , claiming that was unnecessary and useless . Here Starring Helmut Berger gives a surprising nice acting as the nasty surgeon who attempts to cure his deformed sister by kidnapping attractive girls and as she recovers her former beauty . He is well accompanied by a popular cast with plenty of familiar faces, such as : Christopher Mitchum, Robert Mitchum's son , as the stubborn private investigator , the porno actress Brigitte Lahaie as the assistant/lover , Caroline Munro as the abducted model, Anton Driffing as a Nazi surgeon who worked for Doctor Mengele , Howard Vernon as Doctor Orloff , Florence Guerin as herself , Tilda Thamar as Madame Francois and the prestigious actress Stephane Audran, as a whell-chair patient to suffer a grisly death , among others . The motion picture produced in budget enough by Rene Chateau was regular but professionally directed by the prolific Spanish filmmaker Jesús Franco or Jess Frank. This is only for Jes Frank enthusiasts and major fan of horror films.
This film follows similar plot to Doctor Orloff saga , using the ordinary surgical operation about face change by kidnapping beautiful girls and most of them directed by Jesús Franco , at the same time these films imitated and rip-off the classic "Eyes Without A Face" 1960 , the masterpiece made by George Franju . Orloff was habitually performed by Howard Vernon who initiated in " Gritos en la Noche" or The awful Dr Orloff 1962 . It is followed by " El Secreto del Dr Orloff" 1964 aka The Mistresses of Dr Jekill USA title . It is going on by "Orloff's Invisible Monster" 1970 or Dr Orloff's Invisible Monster . Furthermore , "El Enigma Del Ataúd" 1969 aka Only a Coffin and " El siniestro Doctor Orloff" 1984 aka The Sinister Dr. Orloff . Finally , this "Faceless" or Depredadores de la Noche 1987 in which Orloff shows up as a secondary role, replacing him two doctors played by Helmut Berger and Anton Driffing , undergoing creepy , eerie and bloody surgical operations .
A creepy terror with thrills , chills , intrigue , tension , grisly killings and several gory scenes . A new eerie version of Doctor Orloff series with some novelties , here the heinous starring is Doctor Flamand : Helmut Berger ,while the true Doctor Orloff is played by Howard Vernon who was usual player in Doctor Orloff series directed by Jesús Franco or Jess Frank . There is some nudism and erotic scenes , though Caroline Munro refused to be partially nude , claiming that was unnecessary and useless . Here Starring Helmut Berger gives a surprising nice acting as the nasty surgeon who attempts to cure his deformed sister by kidnapping attractive girls and as she recovers her former beauty . He is well accompanied by a popular cast with plenty of familiar faces, such as : Christopher Mitchum, Robert Mitchum's son , as the stubborn private investigator , the porno actress Brigitte Lahaie as the assistant/lover , Caroline Munro as the abducted model, Anton Driffing as a Nazi surgeon who worked for Doctor Mengele , Howard Vernon as Doctor Orloff , Florence Guerin as herself , Tilda Thamar as Madame Francois and the prestigious actress Stephane Audran, as a whell-chair patient to suffer a grisly death , among others . The motion picture produced in budget enough by Rene Chateau was regular but professionally directed by the prolific Spanish filmmaker Jesús Franco or Jess Frank. This is only for Jes Frank enthusiasts and major fan of horror films.
This film follows similar plot to Doctor Orloff saga , using the ordinary surgical operation about face change by kidnapping beautiful girls and most of them directed by Jesús Franco , at the same time these films imitated and rip-off the classic "Eyes Without A Face" 1960 , the masterpiece made by George Franju . Orloff was habitually performed by Howard Vernon who initiated in " Gritos en la Noche" or The awful Dr Orloff 1962 . It is followed by " El Secreto del Dr Orloff" 1964 aka The Mistresses of Dr Jekill USA title . It is going on by "Orloff's Invisible Monster" 1970 or Dr Orloff's Invisible Monster . Furthermore , "El Enigma Del Ataúd" 1969 aka Only a Coffin and " El siniestro Doctor Orloff" 1984 aka The Sinister Dr. Orloff . Finally , this "Faceless" or Depredadores de la Noche 1987 in which Orloff shows up as a secondary role, replacing him two doctors played by Helmut Berger and Anton Driffing , undergoing creepy , eerie and bloody surgical operations .