False Face

False Face (1977)

Her face was his fortune.

A psychopathic plastic surgeon transforms a young accident victim into the spitting image of his missing daughter.

Date of release
1977-03-04
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (30)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Horror
Director
John Grissmer

Casting

Interesting facts

False Face is a 1977 American psychological horror film directed by John Grissmer, and starring Robert Lansing and Judith Chapman. Its plot follows a mentally-unstable plastic surgeon who transforms a young accident victim to resemble his missing daughter, all part of a scheme to inherit a property from his deceased millionaire father-in-law.

Production

Scalpel was shot on location in Atlanta and Covington, Georgia on a budget of $400,000. The home featured in the film is the antebellum Turner mansion in Covington, which was spared by General William Tecumseh Sherman during his Civil War March to the Sea. Atlanta's Oakland Cemetery was also used a filming location. The film was shot by cinematographer Edward Lachman.

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