History Film / Faceless

''Faceless'' is a 1987 French slasher film directed by Creator/JessFranco.

* AmbiguousEnding: The film ends with [[spoiler:Morgan and Barbara bricked up alive inside a cell in the clinic, and the villains celebrating Ingrid's successful face transplant, and seemingly escaping scot-free. However, the final scene has Terry receiving Morgan's answering message that tells him where Barbara is and exactly what is going on. He immediately books a flight to Paris. What is not known is if he will be in time to save Barbara and Morgan.]]

* TheBadGuysWin: One interpretation of the AmbiguousEnding is that, having succeeded with Ingrid's face transplant, the villains will continue on with there illegal activities, and [[spoiler:Morgan and Barbara will die of thirst and starvation after being bricked up alive in the Barbara's cell.]]

* DangerTakesABackseat: Barbara is kidnapped when she is lured into Nathalie car for cocaine. Dr. Flamand is hiding in the backseat and grabs and immobilizes her while Nathalie injects her with a sedative.

* FacialHorror: Ingrid's face is hideously disfigured when one of her brother's former patients throws acid in it. Her brother then surgically mutilates several over beautiful women in attempt to find a cure for her.
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Dr. Flamand and Nathalie bring DisposableSexWorker Melissa back to the clinic. Flamand excuses himself and them watches Nathalie and Melissa have sex over video before Nathalie sedates her to become an unwilling donor for a face transplant.
* HandGagging: When Dr. Flamand grabs Barbara from the [[DangerTakesABackseat backseat of Nathalie's car]], he clamps his hand over mouth to prevent her from screaming.

* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: Takes place in the run-up to Christmas and ends on New Years Day, or just after.
* HumanResources: The secret behind the Doctor Flamand's miracle cures is blood and organs taken from kidnapped young women.
* ILoveTheDead: Gordon, Dr. Flamand's [[OrderliesAreCreeps creepy orderly]], is dissecting Mélissa's corpse for disposal. After cutting off her disfigured head with chainsaw, he lifts it up and kisses it.

* OrderliesAreCreeps: Gordon, the orderly who assists Dr. Flamand in his illegal operations, is a near mute who rapes Barbara while she is shackled to her bed. And from Nathalie's reaction, this is not the first time this has happened. He is also a [[ILoveTheDead necrophiliac]].

* PricelessMingVase: During the fight between Morgan and Doudou, Maxence keeps shrieking because he is terrified that his Ming vase is going to get smashed. Although several other pieces of pottery get smashed, the Ming survives. At the end of the fight Doudou is unconscious and Morgan is holding the vase. He tosses it to Maxence, who nervously catches and tells Morgan what he wants to know to get rid of him. After Morgan leaves, Maxence gives the vase to Doudou to put back on the dresser. The still groggy Doudou immediately drops it and it shatters.
* PrivateDetective: Sam Morgan is private investigator hired by Barbara's father to go to Paris and find her after she disappears.

* SarcasticConfession: When one of his patients asks him what the secret of his rejuvenation treatment is, Dr. Flamand tells her that involves the injection of blood and bone marrow from young women. He then embellishes the story with fictitious details about it having to be harvested from virgins on the night of the full moon to make it sound like a elaborate joke.

* TheSpeechless: Gordon, the [[OrderliesAreCreeps creepy orderly]] who acts as TheIgor to Dr. Flamand, is a near mute whose vocalizations are limited to unintelligible grunts.

* OrderliesAreCreeps: Gordon, the orderly who assists Dr. Flamand in his illegal operations, is near mute who rapes Barbara while she is shackled to her bed. And from Nathalie's reaction, this is not the first time this has happened. He is also a [[ILoveTheDead necrophiliac]].

* AnAxeToGrind: When Morgan breaks into the clinic at night, Gordon attempts to kill him with an axe.

A model named Barbara Hallen has disappeared and her father gets private detective Sam Morgan to go to Paris to find his daughter. Barbara's trail leads Morgan to a plastic surgery clinic owned by Dr. Flamand. Morgan's investigation reveals the horrifying secret behind the Doctor's miracle cures which is blood and organs taken from kidnapped young women. As Morgan's investigation closes in, witnesses are eliminated one by one; each in a more horrible way.