VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Kirandeep Yoder The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

Anoushka Slater While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

porkwellington The idea of strange goings on next door and simply having to investigate - is a great one.....It appeals to all of our curtain twitching voyeuristic senses - only here we get to nip round and actually find out what's going on!This idea has played out well in a number of films - my favourite by a mile was the burbs - there is no direct comparison with this.This "stranger" will always remain so as I found it too tedious to watch until the end - the acting is well off...The setting has absolutely no atmosphere and the whole thing is about as exciting as following in your neighbor in to find they are having a carpet fitted....Thrilled - absolutely not...

acidburn-10 The plot = A news-reporter suspects that one of her neighbours's is a serial killer whose been raping and murdering local women in the area, as she investigates further, she little realises that her sister could may well be the next target.Well firstly only recently I've come round to actually seeing this movie, despite the mixed reception from the fans, but in my opinion I thought that this movie was pretty good, okay I can see the complaints as most of the murders are off screen despite the effects being handled by Tom Savini, that's where I can see the problem despite his input we don't get to see hardly anything which is a real shame.The opening scene and murders was handled really well, I was kept on the edge of my seat at that part, especially the creepy phone calls which were equally terrifying, and I was expecting more of the same, but sadly it does kind of go off key. When we get introduced to the killer played by John Di Santi who gives a pretty decent performance, the main problem is that we're not given any insight to him at all, we just see him doing what he does and doing normal things around the house, he could have been a bit more fleshed out.The performances from the two leading actresses firstly Lauren Tewes who plays the reporter, handled her part really well, I definitely enjoyed her investigation part, some real tense scenes here like when she's hanging off the balcony, but then she quickly becomes stupid like when she's trying to play the killer at his own game, She's a victim due to her own actions and not for any other reason. Jennifer Jason Leigh who plays the other sister, truly gives the stand-out performance in this movie playing a blind deaf and mute girl, who becomes the object of the killers intentions and then showing thats she's not totally defenceless as she may seem in the final gripping showdown which is a real highlight.Despite some good scenes, this movie does tend to go a bit on the bland side at times and there are some good opportunities but are wasted, and some of the scenes are rushed despite good build up, like for instance the final showdown with Jennifer Jason Leigh was good, but when her sister turns up it's over too quickly. The good aspects though are that's it's saved by good acting, the opening scene and the atmosphere and every so often does shine in certain aspects, but sadly not enough.All in all "Eyes Of A Stranger" is not all bad, it does show potential but doesn't quite get off the ground, but worth watching if you're a fan of early 80's slashers.

Poseidon-3 Coming along when slasher flicks were enjoying popularity and when female newscasters in peril was also a common hook, this thriller failed to catch on when it was released (due in part, perhaps, to some censoring of the more graphic violence.) Tewes is a pretty news anchor living in a south Florida high-rise with her sister, the deaf-mute victim of a crime perpetrated against her as a young girl. While Tewes reports a series of deaths by serial killer on the air, she soon begins to suspect that her neighbor DiSanti is behind them! She has spotted him in bloodstained clothing and in a mud-splattered car following the discovery of a body in such a place. The audience is made aware early on that DiSanti is the deranged, sadistic killer (who, by day, appears like any pudgy, white-collar businessman), but watches as Tewes carries out a dangerous investigation of her own. Unfortunately, her rather sloppy approach to unmasking him turns his eye to her debilitated sister (Leigh) and she becomes the next girl on his list. Tewes enjoys playing something other than the bubbly and lightweight role she played on "The Love Boat" and generally does well in this far more serious role. DiSanti has few lines and is actually quite terrifying in his brawny, creepy way, never more so than when he presses his face up against one young lady's shower door! Leigh, in one of her earliest roles (and also one of her least grating), isn't given a great deal to do until the end, but performs admirably. Her encounter with DiSanti is memorably taunting. DuPre (sporting very dated glasses and hair) plays Tewes yuppie, ineffectual boyfriend. Lewis, Lunn and Crabtree play three of DiSanti's victims and their scenes provide varying degrees of suspense, with Lewis's probably taking the cake as the creepiest. Though there's never any doubt that it's not even close in quality, the film takes a few cues from Hitchcock's "Rear Window," even making DiSanti resemble that film's killer Raymond Burr. There are some genuine scares to be had here as DiSanti uses the telephone to taunt his early prey. This does turn unintentionally funny in Lunn's segment as he somehow manages to patch through to the emergency phone in the elevator! Other chuckles pop up when Tewes rolls around in her ghastly dark bedclothes with matching headboard and drapes and when she hangs from a balcony, eventually intruding upon an aged couple having their morning coffee. For what it is, it's an enjoyably tawdry little film with a few decent gore sequences and a creepy feel to it. At 85 minutes, it's also easy to digest and doesn't become oppressive to sit through.

Jonny_Numb Outside of the superb '70s sleeper "Shock Waves" (which is blatantly referenced here), director Ken Wiederhorn's stabs at horror have been maddeningly mediocre-to-awful, largely personality-free affairs, and "Eyes of a Stranger"--yet another early-'80s knock-off of "Friday the 13th" and "Halloween"--is no exception. Lauren Tewes (who acts as well as can be expected from a "Love Boat" alum) plays a news anchor covering a rash of rape-murders, and can't help but get emotional about the whole subject: after all, her younger sister (Jennifer Jason Leigh) was rendered a blind deaf-mute by an encounter with a neighborhood molester years before; Tewes' lawyer boyfriend sensibly concludes that she's overreacting to the possibility that her overweight neighbor (John DiSanti) in the opposing apartment tower is spending lonely evenings making obscene phone calls before claiming his female prey. While post-"Halloween" slashers like "The Prowler" and "My Bloody Valentine" wallowed in imitation, they at least brought their own unique elements to the table; "Eyes" creates some decent suspense early on (Wiederhorn certainly knows how to manipulate light and shadow to great effect), almost enough to detract from the wobbly performances and the Idiot Plot elements at work, but the film becomes--even at a scant 85 minutes--a needlessly drawn-out affair made worse by the lack of interest/exploration into the killer's 'modus operandi.' As usual, Tom Savini's effects are quite good, and go a long way toward making these mediocre "Eyes" worth watching.4.5 out of 10