“A masked global terrorist battles the police, and the secret order of the Knights Templar, employing the schemes of a mad scientist to create an army of the undead! Aggressively and joyfully escalating the absurdity of the bygone fantastique-crime genre, propelling it into a raucous, garish, at times eerie and atmospheric film that somehow blends high camp, anti-fascism, moody dream reality, and winking postmodern détournement!
THE MAN WITHOUT A FACE (L'homme sans visage) was the last major project of French Surrealist and film genius Georges Franju (Eyes Without a Face), a magnificent and absurd tribute to the silent serials of Louis Feuillade! The full eight parts, made for French television, were edited down into the feature ‘Nuits Rouges’ / ‘Shadowman’ for international release, but are here in their original glory!”