Eyes Without a Face (1960)
For a film about a plastic surgeon’s attempt at a face transplant gone awry, it makes sense that “Eyes Without a Face” was chopped up so heavily during every facet of its history. Censors impeded on production, insisting director Georges Franju dull his depictions of violence. And it was originally released in the U.S. in a bowdlerized form as “The Horror Chamber of Dr. Faustus.” But once it got its proper, uncut screening, it shocked and influenced audiences for many generations. And even with the censors’ attempts, the violence is still… really something.