The greatest movie ever!

The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

There is definitely an excellent idea hidden in the background of the film. Unfortunately, it's difficult to find it.

"Eyes of a Stranger" follows a Miami television news anchor (Lauren Tewes) who grows increasingly disturbed by a series of brutal sex killings in the area. Her paranoia leads to an ardent protectiveness of her vulnerable blind-deaf sister (Jennifer Jason Leigh), and she becomes convinced a male neighbor is responsible for the murders.For an early-eighties slasher entry, "Eyes of a Stranger" has a pretty darn good opening that seems to promise a nasty, unrelenting horror flick. As much as it seems to be borrowing from its contemporaries (it shares many things in common with other entries, such as "Don't Answer the Phone," and "He Knows You're Alone," as well as 1974's "Black Christmas"), the film's opening scene and first murder sequence are startlingly effective and brutal. The first half remains compelling, with an ambiguous subplot concerning the sisters making sparse entries into the narrative—but as it reaches its halfway point, the film begins to slightly devolve.It's not a fatal devolution by any means—this is still a very watchable film—but the tightfistedness and intrigue begins to dissipate as the audience becomes familiarized with the villain. The flip side is that the exposure allows John DiSanti's performance some room to breathe, and he manages to evoke a fairly frightening antagonist. Lauren Hewes is solid as the feminist lead, and Jennifer Jason Leigh makes her first major screen role in the film as Hewes's disabled sister, a role that also flourishes in the second act. The film's conclusion is a bit anticlimactic by most accounts, and this also detracts a bit from the picture, but it's not enough to cause a serious implosion.Overall, "Eyes of a Stranger" is a mixed bag. It is conceptually unoriginal, and there is a sense of unevenness between its first and second acts, but it's also relatively well-shot and the performances from all are above the standard. It also boasts some unexpectedly disturbing, effective murder sequences that are likely to catch the audience off guard. 6/10.

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...

A reporter suspects a creepy neighbor,who lives in the high-rise building across from hers is a serial killer terrorizing the Miami area.This sexual predator calls his victims repeatedly before raping and strangling them."Eyes of a Stranger" by Ken Wiederhorn is a suspenseful slasher flick with effective gore scenes by Tom Savini.The killings are fairly nasty and bloody including meat-cleaver decapitation,throat stabbing and throat slashing.The film is quite sleazy and misogynistic,so beware.John DiSanti plays really creepy psycho and Jennifer Jason Leigh is fantastic as the blind girl in one of her earliest roles.If you are a fan of "Maniac","The Prowler" or "Don't Answer the Phone" check out this thrilling spectacle.8 fish tanks out of 10.

spoilers ahead..Chances are, this movie is over 25 years old , if you haven't seen it by now, you probley won't!Eyes of a stranger came out in the spring of 1981 along with the slasher craze of the early 80's 1981 seemed to be a huge year for slashers.Eyes of a stranger plays like a made for t.v. movie with some pretty violent scenes and some gore.The story is a crazed killer is stalking women in Miami FL. And hes targeted a young jennifer jason leigh as his next victim.with gore effects done by tom savini of all people who was pretty busy from 1980-1983.. doing gore shots for horror films. The violence in eyes seems like its real, we get a woman being attacked in her apartment and raped. and we get a lovers lane couple getting sliced up too. One departure from the other slashers i will point out is when the woman has her throat sliced in the car, she suffers quite a bit making it look disturbing and realistic. She basically chokes on her own blood. So warner now has finally put the film out on DVD In its uncut glory... And don't forget to watch for the head in the fish-tank i kid you not... not much else... also look for the Dawn of the dead poster outside the movie theater, kinda a inside joke cause tom savini also did the effects for that film as well..