It's not bad at all but it has some flaws. What killer leaves his muddy shoes in the closet to be found there by a lady who's living in the same building? Only a stupid killer. What killer throw a shirt dirty with blood in the garbage bin from the garage at the base of the block where he lives? The same stupid killer. But they're all stupid, the killers, since they commit crimes. I wanted to watch this because of Jennifer Jason Leigh. But she has a small role of a deaf-mute almost blind. She's very young, one of her first roles. OK, let's accept that she has a very strong shock, being almost raped by the killer-psychopath and that helps returning her sight and speech. The interesting idea of the movie is the killer watched by the neighbor, tortured by phone, as he watched and tortured his victims. Lauren Tewes looks like Agnetha Fältskog, the blonde of ABBA, and John DiSanti, the killer, looks like Rod Steiger. They are both very good, specially DiSanti.

I remember watching, "Wait Until Dark", and it dealt with creepy people. Well, in "Eyes of a Stranger", it takes creepy to a whole new level. In Miami, Florida, there's a creepy caller roaming around. Not only he's making obscene calls he's raping and killing as well. A bar worker gets sexually assaulted and by this behemoth, after he cuts off his head with a cleaver. Following up on the case is a headstrong reporter (Lauren Tewes, "The Love Boat") who is tracking down this maniac while she does her best to protect her sister(Jennifer Jason Leigh) who was blinded and deafened from a vicious attack years earlier. Jane has suspicion on a neighbor who was changing his shirt in a hurry. Her hunches were right, and she doesn't mess around. For her sister, her past injuries turned out to be temporary, when the serial killer came after her. Lauren Tewes did a great job as Julie, the cruise director, on "The Love Boat". In this movie, she didn't play around. Jennifer Jason Leigh did very well, in her debut as the blinded sister Tracy. A very good movie, must see! 4 out of 5 stars

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.

When I picked up the film,and I noticed on the sleeve mentions to the Friday the 13th series,it got me to expect that the film would be a fun, nasty slasher film. During my viewing of the movie,I was surprised to discover,that most of the film is actually a very efficient cat-and-mouse thriller. The plot:Over a period of a few weeks,Stanley Herbert-who seems to do his best to make sure that he stays a loner (so as not to raise any ones suspicions)starts to terrorise girls,who are also on there own.Herbert sets out tormenting the girls,by first of all ringing each of his victims up, to give them terrifying phone calls about how he is going to rape and murder them.After having gotten the girl to become a shivering wreak,Herbert waits until the girl is on her own,so that he can grab them,and then brutally rape and kill them.With signs that there might be a serial killer on the loose in the area,the local TV news station hears about this,and decides to make this there top stories.Although as the murder count increases,it seems that the police have no idea what is happening around them.This leads to the local news channel head reporter (who is also taking care of her blind and deaf sister,who in the past has been brutally raped.)to decide that she cant wait for the police to get round to properly investigating,and that she is going to investigate the murders herself.As the reporter starts to investigate around the area,she begins to notice that a neighbour of hers seems to be acting very strangely.. View on the film:Looking at the cast,I have to admit the I feel that John Disanti gives the most memorable performance in the film as the crazed serial killer Stanley Herbert.With his small-round specs (that should have become a horror trademark)Disanti is truly chilling as Herbert,who seems to enjoy calculating the best time to destroy his victims.In the final battle,Disanti shows that whilst most people would seem to be at a huge disadvantage with a gun pointed at them,he is able to make it feel that Herbert may actually be the one with the upper hand.With being the only one that seems to be after him,Lauren Tewes (making her film debut) gives a very good performance as news reporter Jane Harris,with Tewes giving the scenes where she is getting closer,and closer to realising the killer,a fantastic edge-of-your-seat intensity,with the risks that the character is taking.Also in her film debut with this film is Jennifer Jason Leigh as Janes sister Tracy.Even though Leigh plays someone who hardly speaks in the film,the last twenty minutes of the film,where Tracy and Stanley are battling against each other,are given a great sense of danger,by Leigh showing how strong-minded Tracy is about surviving being out of her comfort zone.Although the first half an hour of the film,has some very enjoyable hack"n" slash moments, (although I do have to admit,that I did smile a little when some one gets beheaded due to the sound effect sounding like someone was cutting through very smooth treacle!) the rest of the film turns into a much more gripping cat-and-mouse thriller,with sections of the film such as Jane being in the killers apartment which,although being a staple of the genre,is still strongly written and very gripping. From the first ten minutes of the film,the main thing that caught my eyes about the start of the great screenplay by Mark Jackson and Eric L. Bloom,were the phone calls that Herbert does .Which along with being very disturbing,they seem to have inspired the threatening phone call scenes in the first Scream film (especially the first ten minute section of the film.)Final view on the film:A gripping cat-and-mouse horror/thriller,with a great script and a fantastic creepy performance by Disanti.