Diagonaldi Very well executed

FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

calvinnme Well, not exactly. Peter Cushing plays Sir John Rowan, a respected surgeon, in love with beautiful mod model, Lynn. He's mad about the girl, but when they go to a party with "her crowd" you can tell he feels about as comfortable as Dr. Victor Frankenstein would have felt on Laugh-In. When Lynn's photographer wants to take pictures of her right there with the crowd watching while she pulls down the straps of her dress and then he asks her to remove some more clothing, Rowan's blood gets up, there is a fight between himself and the photographer, and in the fist to cuffs one of the hot photographer lamps falls on Lynn's face.The surgeons save Lynn's eyesight, but she has almost complete scarring of the right side of her face that will take years of painful skin grafts to repair. Sir John holds up in his laboratory and determines a way to shortcut the grafting process and quickly heal Lynn's face. This is actually more important to Lynn than it is to John, as illustrated when she begs her sister to help her commit suicide.John is OK with breaking the rules in the hospital morgue, lying to the attendant and extracting the pituitary gland of a dead woman to restore Lynn's face, but when that treatment does not last, and he realizes that only very recently dead women will do, and then only for a little while, he refuses to go on killing. For a change it is not the doctor who goes mad - he initially says no - but the former model/girlfriend who is more thirsty for beauty than she cares about the lives that must be sacrificed. She figures John will go on decapitating women and keeping her beautiful forever. Then a real monkey wrench - a home invasion occurs with a bunch of people who are part Chelsea London Hillbillies and part super villains that got stuck with the bargain basement Hslloween costumes. To further complicate things, Lynn's sister and fiancé who have figured out what is going on burst in on the doctor's house too.Then just when you think you have figured out what is going on, the final scene throws you completely.I can say this is not your usual tale of a doctor gradually turning murderer in a case of trying to restore a passive loved one to their original beauty. Here the beauty goes mad, and the doctor just works reluctantly and guiltily out of obligation and love. Plus there are plenty of plot twists and turns I have not told you about. A very good entry in the Hammer horror canon, but oddly frozen in time with all of the 60s cultural references.

callanvass John (Cushing) gets jealous of a photographer fawning over his wife at a party, and badly burns the face of his fiancé. John stops at nothing to conjure up a formula to fix her face. He succeeds, but it is only a temporary solution. Lynn is distraught and forces John to kill beautiful young women to fix her face. I had never heard of this movie before. I accidentally came across it one night and decided to watch it. For 1968, this movie is fairly disturbing and sleazy. I saw a review that said this is a "British" version of "Eyes Without a Face" It never really dawned on me, but that's true in a lot of ways. This movie has a good place with plenty of depravity. It isn't very bloody, but the sleazy nature should make up for that. This movie reaffirms my feelings that some women are crazy! (Not all...HENCE THE SOME!) I've gone through a lot of things for a woman I love, but I would never do anything like this. Peter Cushing is fantastic! I'm so used to him being subtle and quiet as a hero, I never expected him to be so crazy. His descent into madness is fun to watch. I also liked the added depth to his character. You can see how killing is so repugnant to him! The disdain on his face shows. I really liked that aspect of his character. He was very conflicted. I feared his instability, but sympathized with him at the same time. Sue Lloyd plays one of the most ungrateful wretches you'll ever see. I badly wanted to see her get her comeuppance! Credit to Sue for the excellent performance. My only major complaint is the twist ending! I hated it. Never let women abuse you! (Or guys for that matter, if women are reading this! Because guys can be awful as well, I admit it) I digress. This is a surprisingly enjoyable movie that seems to be obscure and hard to find. There is a lot to enjoy for fellow horror fanatics. 7.4/10

Spikeopath Corruption is directed by Robert Hartford-Davis and written by Derek and Donald Ford. It stars Peter Cushing, Sue Lloyd, Noel Trevarthen, Kate O'Mara and David Lodge. Music is by Bill McGuffie and cinematography by Peter Newbrook.When an accident badly scars the face of his young fiancée, skilled surgeon Sir John Rowan (Cushing) discovers a way to restore her face to normal by using a serum derived out of the pituitary gland. Unfortunately the treatment is only successful for a short period of time, and so the doctor is sent on a murderous spree of gland harvesting so as to keep his betrothed beautiful.Heads you win...I wasn't sure if I had been dreaming the other night? I found myself in the swanky and swinging 1960s, where mini-skirts and energetic dancing was the norm. Into this garishly flecked world was Peter Cushing as a mad surgeon type, cutting off heads, wrestling with naked women, hanging around with prostitutes. He has got a trophy wife, where Sue Lloyd is 26 years Peter's junior, and Sue is playing a conniving - come - psychotic - bitch. There was even some sort of bonkers laser weapon, and a home invasion sequence where carnage ensues, and all around is the faint whiff of Guignol excess, but the delirium is disgustingly enjoyable. A corruption of the soul most pleasing...But I did have a touch of influenza, dosed up to eyeballs with medicine and grain mash liquor, so I'm sure it was all a dream/nightmare/hallucination. But then again maybe not? 7/10

abdullah_canvey I saw this film 35 years ago in 1978 I was 15 it was on TV and it has stayed in my mind since, when I saw it I couldn't sleep for a week and the fridge that was staying shut, I haven't seen this film since but still remember a photo shoot light burning her face the train sequence and the head in the fridge, I suppose compared to today's graphic films this would be considered rubbish but at 15 it had a big impact on my life and I am still thinking and talking about it,I would like to see it again because I would probably laugh at why I couldn't sleep, HOPEFULLY. From what i remember it was a very basic storyline, girl gets face burned husband regrets and needs to kill women to keep his wife's skin good which only lasts a short time so needs to keep killing. Peter Cushing was again excellent and i always thought this was a hammer film production which i now know it isn't, all in all this film was probably rubbish which never see the light of day again but as a young man it had an impact on me that is still there age 50.