Expert: 7devonapes - 1/22/2011

Question
I remember a couple of shows I would like to identify: In one a man kept hiring beautiful young women to take care of his wife....but he really wanted to take their face because his wife had been burned badly and her's was gone.  In the other, a group of young people lived in a house...and if one were to go in the basement alone,  the would be absorbed into a canning jar that was previously full of a mysterious colorful liquid.

Answer
Hi Kathy,

I think the first film you're looking for could be a 1960 French film called "Eyes Without A Face" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053459/). If "Eyes" proves incorrect, here then are a few more titles that would be worth you checking out:

1) "Faceless" (1987) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095125/
2) "The Awful Dr. Orloff" (1962) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056040/
3) "The Blood Rose" (1920) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064902/
4) Tales From The Crypt's "Only Sin Deep" - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0716871/
5) "Mansion of the Doomed" (1976) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076361/

And of course, this:
http://www.artandpopularculture.com/The_mad_doctor_and_new_flesh_plot


The 2nd film you're looking for I think is the 1987 John Carpenter film, "Prince of Darkness" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093777/). You can watch the entire film on Youtube - here is part one (of 10 parts): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1OSAYwslu4


All the best,
Ryan