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Eyes of a Stranger

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A TV newswoman (Lauren Tewes) catches a pervert (John DiSanti) watching her sister (Jennifer Jason Leigh) who cannot see, hear or speak.
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Derek Malcolm Guardian 12/29/2021
[An] appallingly tasteless film. Go to Full Review
Philip French Guardian 12/29/2021
A moratorium, or if necessary a crematorium, should be declared on such celluloid offal. Go to Full Review
Alan Jones Starburst 07/27/2022
This is just downright illogical and stupid and isn't going to fool anyone with its cobbled-together synthesis of other people's ideas. Go to Full Review
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews 03/09/2010
3/4
...an above-average slasher... Go to Full Review
Lucius Gore ESplatter 06/18/2008
Like many an early-1980s slasher flick, it's so politically incorrect and sleazy that it's actually a shock to watch it in the enlightened times we live in today. Go to Full Review
Christopher Null Filmcritic.com 11/13/2007
3.5/5
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Robson C Oct 19 Um serial killer está matando várias mulheres, mas também quem atravessa o seu caminho. Uma jornalista começa a desconfiar de um os seus vizinhos e inicia a investigação. O filme divide-se entre mostrar o assassino cometendo os seus crimes e a investigação meio mambembe da jornalista. A parte dos assassinatos são cenas bem tensas, com todo um crescendo, até o ato final do assassino. E aí, o sangue e a violência se fazem presentes. A parte da investigação logo te leva a fazer a seguinte pergunta: por que não entregar o assassino para a polícia investigar? E aí fica algo meio Scooby-doo. O grande destaque é o trabalho da Jennifer Jason Leigh, que constrói uma personagem PCD bem independente (o que leva a perguntar qual é o temor da sua irmã, a jornalista?). O duelo final entre ela e o assassino é excelente, com o psicopata "brincando" com ela. See more @jeroduptown 12/17/2022 Early 80s movies hit different. This one is a slow terror where a news reporter is onto a serial killer/rapist. Just so happens that her little sister (Jennifer Jason-Leigh) is blind, mute and deaf. And of course he's gonna get in their apartment and try to kill her. But she suddenly regains some of her senses? See more steve d 07/14/2020 Jennifer Jason Leigh is the only notable thing about it. See more 07/15/2019 From Ken Wiederhorn, director of the underrated underwater Nazi zombie classic "Shock Waves," comes this variation on the classic "Babysitter and the Man Upstairs" urban legend/scary story (i.e. "The call is coming from inside the house!"). Lauren Tewes, Julie McCoy of "The Love Boat" fame, plays a TV news reporter covering a story about a serial murderer/rapist prowling 1980s Miami for victims. The urban legend element is that the killer calls his victims over the phone before he strikes. Tewes begins to suspect her creepy neighbor and we begin to move into a competently made slasher film version of "Rear Window." The film was written by Ron Kurz (as Mark Jackson), who wrote "Friday the 13th Part 2" which gave the world the adult version of Jason Voorhees, but this film's killer is no Jason and the thrills are far from generating Hitchockian levels of suspense. In the film's favor, Jennifer Jason Leigh is very good in an early role as Tewes' younger sister who she's trying to protect and composer Richard Einhorn provides a good score, but a major standout (if it's your sort of thing) are the gory old school practical special effects by genre maestro Tom Savini ("Dawn of the Dead" "Manic" "The Prowler" "Creepshow" etc.). Overall, "Eyes of a Stranger" feels like a competent enough of made-for-TV movie (although it was a theatrical release) with a few decent set pieces that included a fair amount of slasher film levels of gore, which was enough to hold my interest, but not enough to make this a film one to go out of your way to watch unless 80s slasher films are your thing (which they are mine). See more 03/04/2019 Quite disturbing and sleazy thriller/slasher pic that genre fans should appreciate. See more 11/18/2018 Awesome little thriller! See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A TV newswoman (Lauren Tewes) catches a pervert (John DiSanti) watching her sister (Jennifer Jason Leigh) who cannot see, hear or speak.
Director
Ken Wiederhorn
Producer
Ronald Zerra
Screenwriter
Ron Kurz
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co
Georgetown Productions Inc.
Rating
R
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 27, 1981, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 18, 2010
Runtime
1h 25m
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