First, there was Vertigo...then, there was Eyes Without A Face...and now, there is Scalpel...
A plastic surgeon has become estranged from his daughter, after murdering his wife, and his daughter's long time boyfriend.
By his own admission, he does the devil's work...changing the ugly, maimed, and deformed, into the beautiful.
Though, clearly...he indulges in more gruesome aspects of the job.
The motives behind his actions are to secure his father's fortune.
As he knows his father had written him out of his will and left everything to his daughter.
Thus, he needs to keep her close, so that he could cash in on the inheritance he feels is rightfully his. . But this only acts to push her away.
So, having lost his daughter, when his father dies, he must come up with a new plan.
Which comes to fruition when he finds a battered stripper hobbling down the street.
Her face has been destroyed...so he recreates it in the likeness of his daughter.
Planning to use the woman, as his daughter's doppelganger, in order to trick his father's estate into handing over the money.
Little did he suspect, though, that his daughter would discover his plot...and return to try and foil it.
In a twist of fate, the two women start to work together, figuring he would resort to try and eliminate one of them.
Leaving them with only one option.
To fashion a scheme of their own...and turn the tables on him...
When you sell your soul to the devil...there's always a price to pay...and the time to pay it always comes before you think it will.
Just ask the not-so-good doctor...he's living proof.
Because he's now trapped in one hell of a bad trip...from which he'll never escape.
As the two women become the beneficiaries of everything he so desired to possess.
Such being the cost of playing games with the devil, on his terms.
Judith Chapman does an excellent job in both roles as Heather (his daughter) and Jane (the stripper).
And despite it's budget, VHS-quality format...the film is actually much better than one would suspect.
With a storyline that takes inspiration from, the aforementioned films, and then combining that with the plot from De Palma's Sisters.
Though all with an air of originality.
The whole thing was shot in Atlanta and Covington, Georgia...incorporating lots of beautiful scenery, and some great locations.
Exceeding all expectations I had going in.
It's definitely worth a watch.
7 out of 10.
A plastic surgeon has become estranged from his daughter, after murdering his wife, and his daughter's long time boyfriend.
By his own admission, he does the devil's work...changing the ugly, maimed, and deformed, into the beautiful.
Though, clearly...he indulges in more gruesome aspects of the job.
The motives behind his actions are to secure his father's fortune.
As he knows his father had written him out of his will and left everything to his daughter.
Thus, he needs to keep her close, so that he could cash in on the inheritance he feels is rightfully his. . But this only acts to push her away.
So, having lost his daughter, when his father dies, he must come up with a new plan.
Which comes to fruition when he finds a battered stripper hobbling down the street.
Her face has been destroyed...so he recreates it in the likeness of his daughter.
Planning to use the woman, as his daughter's doppelganger, in order to trick his father's estate into handing over the money.
Little did he suspect, though, that his daughter would discover his plot...and return to try and foil it.
In a twist of fate, the two women start to work together, figuring he would resort to try and eliminate one of them.
Leaving them with only one option.
To fashion a scheme of their own...and turn the tables on him...
When you sell your soul to the devil...there's always a price to pay...and the time to pay it always comes before you think it will.
Just ask the not-so-good doctor...he's living proof.
Because he's now trapped in one hell of a bad trip...from which he'll never escape.
As the two women become the beneficiaries of everything he so desired to possess.
Such being the cost of playing games with the devil, on his terms.
Judith Chapman does an excellent job in both roles as Heather (his daughter) and Jane (the stripper).
And despite it's budget, VHS-quality format...the film is actually much better than one would suspect.
With a storyline that takes inspiration from, the aforementioned films, and then combining that with the plot from De Palma's Sisters.
Though all with an air of originality.
The whole thing was shot in Atlanta and Covington, Georgia...incorporating lots of beautiful scenery, and some great locations.
Exceeding all expectations I had going in.
It's definitely worth a watch.
7 out of 10.