Review by Roger Carpenter
John Grissmer is perhaps best known for his little-seen and ultra-rare gore fest, Blood Rage, out now from Arrow Video USA. But a full decade before directing the super-bloody slasher he is best-known for, he made his directing debut with Scalpel.
Robert Lansing stars as Dr. Phillip Reynolds, a wealthy plastic surgeon who has suffered a cursed life. First his wife drowns in a tragic accident and then his teenaged daughter’s boyfriend drowns in the backyard pool. Finally, his daughter, overcome with sadness, runs away from home and disappears. It’s been a year now and there is no sign of Reynold’s beloved daughter, Heather (Judith Chapman). Now his father-in-law has passed away. Staunchly conservative and against plastic surgery because he didn’t believe in “changing the looks God gave one,” the Old Man wasn’t much of a fan of Reynolds to begin with.
John Grissmer is perhaps best known for his little-seen and ultra-rare gore fest, Blood Rage, out now from Arrow Video USA. But a full decade before directing the super-bloody slasher he is best-known for, he made his directing debut with Scalpel.
Robert Lansing stars as Dr. Phillip Reynolds, a wealthy plastic surgeon who has suffered a cursed life. First his wife drowns in a tragic accident and then his teenaged daughter’s boyfriend drowns in the backyard pool. Finally, his daughter, overcome with sadness, runs away from home and disappears. It’s been a year now and there is no sign of Reynold’s beloved daughter, Heather (Judith Chapman). Now his father-in-law has passed away. Staunchly conservative and against plastic surgery because he didn’t believe in “changing the looks God gave one,” the Old Man wasn’t much of a fan of Reynolds to begin with.
- 5/14/2018
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
He Lost The Face Of The Woman He Loved… So He Gave It To Someone Else.
Scalpel (1977) is currently available on Blu-ray from Arrow Video
Us television staple Robert Lansing (Star Trek, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Twilight Zone) stars as a deranged surgeon in this twisty-turny psychological thriller from Blood Rage director John Grissmer.
In Scalpel, Lansing plays Dr. Phillip Reynolds, a man whose daughter Heather (Judith Chapman, As the World Turns, General Hospital) has run away from home a year prior following the suspicious death of her boyfriend. When he happens across a young woman one night, her face beaten beyond recognition, the unhinged Reynolds sees his an opportunity to put his trusty scalpel to use – hatching a plan to ”reconstruct” her face in the image of his missing daughter, and so claim her sizeable inheritance.
Photographed by celebrated cinematographer Edward Lachman, who would go on to serve as...
Scalpel (1977) is currently available on Blu-ray from Arrow Video
Us television staple Robert Lansing (Star Trek, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Twilight Zone) stars as a deranged surgeon in this twisty-turny psychological thriller from Blood Rage director John Grissmer.
In Scalpel, Lansing plays Dr. Phillip Reynolds, a man whose daughter Heather (Judith Chapman, As the World Turns, General Hospital) has run away from home a year prior following the suspicious death of her boyfriend. When he happens across a young woman one night, her face beaten beyond recognition, the unhinged Reynolds sees his an opportunity to put his trusty scalpel to use – hatching a plan to ”reconstruct” her face in the image of his missing daughter, and so claim her sizeable inheritance.
Photographed by celebrated cinematographer Edward Lachman, who would go on to serve as...
- 2/28/2018
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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