The most interesting thing about the DVD release of Fiend Without A Face is, frankly, the company that released it. The Criterion Collection prides itself on releasing “important classic and contemporary films”, and indeed the company pioneered “special edition” releases of the most well regarded films, ranging from Citizen Kane to The Seven Samurai. Their definition of “important” has been criticized as they released films like The Rock, Armageddon and The Blob, however those films have a cultural importance (and fan-base) that justified their releases. Fiend Without A Face has quite a fan-base as well, collected from decades of television
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