10 Most Visually Stunning Horror Movies Ever

10. Eyes Without A Face

While it became famous for its shocking gore, Eyes Without A Face is also an utterly gorgeous film all around. Georges Franju's 1960 masterpiece follows a doctor whose daughter is disfigured in an accident, so he kidnaps women in hopes of giving her a successful face transplant.

The movie is really about desperately trying to recapture something that has been lost forever, with these characters hopelessly clinging to the past. This comes across in more ways than just the screenplay, though. Cinematographer Eugen Schüfftan makes heavy use of mirrors, such as in a scene where Dr. Génessier exits a room and a couple observes him. We only see their reflection, and that divide suggests Génessier's transition into his own world. This motif also speaks to the divide between the true self and the self being projected onto others.

To hammer that home, the Génessier house doesn't have any mirrors in it so that Christiane is spared from having to see what she looks like. Once again, we see a manufactured universe contrasted against the real one. A similar point is made with the constant shadows in many shots, as if each character has two identities.

Eyes Without A Face is scary and brutal, but it's also a magnificent work of art in general, and one of the best horror films of its time.