librarian book worm ( jenny wright ) and who enjoy read horror story which she invest all of herself into and find that a sadistic alchemist and from a non fiction book title i madman have emerge from the literary page believe she be anna and his muse for whom he wish to please with the perfect face . in the novel and malcolm brand ( randall william cook and who look like noseferatu with a scarf around his face and hide a miss nose ) remove his facial feature because the one he long for find him repulsive . virginia ( wright ) find that brand have somehow manifest into modern los angeles and be murder people she know and graft a part from each victim face after slice them away with a razor . follow i and madman a a source for where brand will strike next and the difficult part be get her boyfriend or detective and richard ( clayton rohner and with a light beard and jacket and resemble a hard boil pi from a noir film ) and the police to believe her cockamamie story . virginia be often visit by the maniac before and after he kill his victim . tibor takács ( the gate ) bring u quite a startlingly original slasher with imagination to spare and if the viewer can give over to the supernatural aspect of the story . in regard to the madman ability to manifest from word to flesh and commit his grisly deeds on the street of los angeles and i felt derive from the reader complete belief in the printed material . he wasn not real until the fear of him become so vivid and virginia and in essence and give him life . his shape and form evolve from a write work into a true be . perhaps it take both the reader and the writer himself to make this unbelievable situation come to fruition . when delve into the author life of i and madman ( . and another novel and which feature a create monster by a dr. kessler and who actually leap from the printed page to kill malcolm brand ) virginia find that brand himself believe wholeheartedly that what he write be real not fictitious . so perhaps the killer without a face and be give birth thanks to the writer and reader complete faith in what be write . besides all that freudian jazz and the film have a wonderfully morbid atmosphere and and i think tibor takács film be very much in the argento vein . a grotesque killer wield a blade and slicing and dicing and with a baffled police force work all hour to catch him and a female character everyone believe be nuts caught in the whirlwind of a surreal nightmare helplessly find all those she know be kill and skillfully photograph ( . while his credit aren not eye popping and bryan england sophisticate camera work and vibrant color and i felt hearken back to argento film like suspiria and inferno and and there be several stunning shot of the killer from afar use shadow and light ) with a visual flair and intoxicate energy . not to mention and there some dark humor to spare and include a hilarious interrogation scene where virginia attempt to tell the police about the one responsible for the murder and their priceless reaction to what she say . i think the premise might have viewer scratch their head and it be indeed quite an outrageous story and but i ate it up . i love the use of los angeles and i find the way tibor takács edit the novel sequence ( . base in the 50 ) into the modern story and strikingly integrate . it be great see the lovely jenny wright get a rare lead role and and she ably fill it nicely and project a frightened woman who know that the truth about her killer be a far fetch a they come and doggedly pursue his capture and and often find him one step ahead of both her and the police . the creature which make a grand entrance at the end will remind fan of tibor takács kiddie horror outing and the gate and for it resemble the demon minion from the hole in the backyard of that film . the library scene ( . where the police stake out the wrong library ) be a doozy which only make life harder for virginia and who must somehow and someway and convince her boyfriend that the psychopath be indeed from some horror book she read . love the book store virginia work in . book be stack and scatter in cluster all throughout the building and the climax work wonder in this setting .