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See No Evil (Blind Terror)
1971
Poor old Mia Farrow. Not only does she get beaten up, kidnapped, knocked
off a horse and nearly drowned in this film, but to top it all off, she's
blind. Yes, it's that old chestnut, the "disabled person in peril"
film.
We'll gloss over the fact that Ms Farrow's "blind acting" (if
that's what it's called) is truly horrendous - she makes eye contact with
everyone she's talking to, and seems to navigate round objects with considerable
ease considering the blindness is a relatively new thing.
Instead, we'll concentrate on the rest of the film, which is actually
quite good. Mia , recovering from the horseriding accident which has left
her without sight, goes to stay with relatives in a big country house.
While she's out for the evening, someone breaks into the house and massacres
the rest of the family. She comes home and goes to bed, not realising
that the family's bodies are lying prone all around her.
Some clever camerawork actually lets realisation of what has happen dawn
on the viewer quite slowly, and we're only just one step ahead of Mia
as she makes her shocking discovery.
The killer is a porn loving, violent movie-watching cowboy-boot wearer
(aren't they always?), who's only motive appears to be that at the beginning
of the film, the father of the house has the temerity to splash said boots
as he drives past in his Jag. Remember this the next time you're driving
in the rain.
Of course, Mia escapes the clutches of the killer (it wouldn't be a particularly
long film if he grabbed her straight away), but only after treading on
a load of broken glass (ouch!). Suspicion then falls on a local band of
gypsies, who respond by kidnapping Mia and locking her in a shed on a
building site (like you do).
There's a couple of obvious twists at the end and it's not for the squeamish,
but this ain't a bad film at all. And any film which has a blind person
riding a horse full pelt into a large tree branch (bang - thump-whinny!)
deserves to be seen, just for the sheer bad taste of it all.
See No Evil (1971)
Director: Richard Fleischer Writer(s): Brian Clemens
Mia Farrow - Sarah, Dorothy Alison - Betty Rexton, Robin Bailey - George Rexton,
Diane Grayson - Sandy Rexton, Brian Rawlinson - Barker, Norman Eshley - Steve
Reding, Paul Nicholas - Jacko, Christopher Matthews - Frost, Max Faulkner -
Steve's Man #1, Scott Fredericks - Steve's Man #2, Reg Harding - Steve's Man
#3, Lila Kaye - Gypsy Mother, Barrie Houghton - Gypsy Jack, Michael Elphick
- Gypsy Tom, Donald Bisset - Doctor
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