Eyes of a Stranger dvd movie.|
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List Price: $14.98 Our Price: $12.99 You Save: $1.99 Features • Closed-captioned • Color • Dubbed • DVD-Video • Subtitled • Widescreen • NTSC In Theaters : 27 March, 1981 DVD Release : 25 September, 2007 |
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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | Above Average 80's Horror |
| Made back in the early 1980's, on the heels of the slasher film resurgence, Eyes of a Stranger did it's best to break away from the endless Halloween clones, while still keeping up a level of tension.
It stars the attractive Lauren Tewes (from Love Boat) as a reporter trying to track down and verify the identity of a ruthless killer, played by John DiSanti, who lives near her. Where this movie differs so much from other horror of the era is that DiSanti's identity, and face, are never hidden. You know who he is, and that he did it, from the get-go, giving us more of a suspense film than a true slasher. Tewes is convinced he's the killer, but no one will believe her (duh, of course not) and there is a very tense confrontation between she and her blind and deaf sister (well played by a very young Jennifer Jason Leigh), and DiSanti. Ken Wiederhorn had worked on PBS before this film, and apparently used this film and genre, like so many others, to try to get a bigger break into Hollywood. In all, there are some strong moments of tension, the effects are good, especially for the day (FX master Tom Savini), and Tewes surprised a lot of people with her tough character (not nearly as sweet and pure as Julie on the Love Boat), but in the end the film never generated much interest and flopped, so it's good to see it on DVD, uncut, and in widescreen format too. |
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