Eyes of a Stranger (1981)
Release Date: Mar 27, 1981 Wide
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In this slasher film, Lauren Tewes stars as a TV anchorwoman whose deaf, dumb and blind teen sister (Jennifer Jason Leigh) is the next target of a killer. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi
Mar 27, 1981 Wide
Sep 25, 2007
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Cast
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Lauren Tewes
Jane -
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Tracy -
John DiSanti
Stanley Herbert -
Peter DuPre
David -
Gwen Lewis
Debbie -
Kitty Lunn
Annette -
Timothy Hawkins
Jeff -
Toni Crabtree
Mona -
George De Vries
Father -
Dan Fitzgerald
Bartender -
Robert Goodman
Crewman -
Luke Halpin
Tape Editor -
Amy Krug
Young Jane -
Bob Small
Dr. Bob -
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Ted Richert
Roger England -
Richard Allen
News Director -
Mel Pape
Doctor -
Sonia Zomina
Elderly Couple -
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Alan Lee
Photographer
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...an above-average slasher...
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.
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Super Reviewer
In her first major role, Jennifer Jason Leigh plays a blind/deaf/dumb young girl in a bit part that serves to be the only worthwhile aspect of this poor film. It is a fairly basic slasher film with all the elements that make this genre one of the most misogynistic genres of film. When Jane says, "Tracy is not the only defenseless woman in this city," I couldn't help but think of this line as the film's thesis. I understand that two women ultimately resist the male killer, but this comes only after numerous women scream in horror and are subject to the "Gaze." Here, women are objects, not acting subjects.
Overall, for anyone looking to explore feminist film theory, Eyes of a Stranger is the perfect film to write against.
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