The Hypnotic Eye (1960)

A police detective (Joe Patridge) is baffled a series of strange self mutilations (drinking lye, setting themselves on fire, slashing their faces with a knife, etc.) by beautiful women, who have no memory of mutilating themselves. When his girlfriend's (Marcia Henderson) best friend (Merry Anders) washes her face with acid after attending a hypnotist's (Jacques Bergerac, GIGI) act, they begin to suspect that all the victims may have been under hypnosis. This schlocky low budget potboiler is a clone spawn of William Castle (THE TINGLER). The ads proclaim "Filmed in Hypno-Magic" and near the film's end, the film stops cold as the film's audience (both in the film and watching the film) is laughably put through several hypnotic suggestions (none of which worked on me). Both the identity of the mutilator and the motive for the murders are easy enough to guess. Still, the film's tackiness is infectiously enjoyable if you've an appetite for "B" movie cheese. Directed by George Blair. With Allison Hayes (ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN).