Curse Of The Faceless Man (1958)

At an excavation site that was once ancient Pompeii, archaeologists discover the perfectly preserved body of a man encased in stone who died during the eruption of Vesuvius. But when some violent deaths occur, suspicion falls on the stone man. Could he still be alive? Directed by Edward L. Cahn (ZOMBIES OF MORA TAU), this is a rather ridiculous attempt at horror. Essentially a rip off of Universal's THE MUMMY franchise, this is the kind of bad movie that becomes entertaining in its awfulness. Although the film is set in Naples in Italy, the low budget film (shot in seven days) is obviously shot in Southern California. The Griffith Observatory subs for the museum of Napoli and L.A.'s Palos Verdes Peninsula stands in for the Bay of Naples but it doesn't fool anybody. The characters do the usual stupid bad horror movie things. For example, when the faceless man attacks Elaine Edwards, she runs out of her apartment. But does she run out into the street and safety? No, she runs in the apartment's basement where, of course, there's no escape from the faceless man. For fans of bad horror movies only. With Richard Anderson, Adele Mara, Luis Van Rooten and Jan Arvan.