This is ostensibly horror, but it isn't scary. It has a certain creepiness, due mainly to the claustrophobic style of the film - the art direction and the music. The huge kennel of constantly barking, extremely large dogs helps too.
A young girl, Christiane, is horribly disfigured in a car accident, leaving her with out a face. Her famous surgeon father vows to "fix" her, which he plans to do by transplanting the face of another young girl on her. Unfortunately, the only way he sees to accomplish this is by kidnapping women and killing them. The string of murders perplexes the police, the doctor is obsessed, and his daughter is slowly going insane.
I like this film, and I would recommend it to people who are interested in the evolution of horror over the years and across the countries. In addition, this film was the inspiration behind
Pedro's "The Skin I Live In".
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