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Director:
Ken Wiederhorn
Writers:
Eric L. Bloom (writer)
Ron Kurz (writer)
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Release Date:
27 March 1981 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror more
Tagline:
Sorry, your party is dead. more
Plot:
A reporter suspects a creepy neighbor, who lives in the high-rise building across from hers, is a serial killer terrorizing the Miami area. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
Decent slasher flick. more (36 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Lauren Tewes ... Jane Harris

Jennifer Jason Leigh ... Tracy Harris
John DiSanti ... Stanley Herbert
Peter DuPre ... David
Gwen Lewis ... Debbie Ormsley
Kitty Lunn ... Annette
Timothy Hawkins ... Jeff
Ted Richert ... Roger England
Toni Crabtree ... Mona

Robert Small ... Dr. Bob
Stella Rivera ... Dancer

Dan Fitzgerald ... Bartender
Jose Baramonde ... Jimmy
Luke Halpin ... Tape Editor
Rhonda Flynn ... Woman in Car
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Die Augen eines Fremden (Austria) (West Germany) [de]
En främlings ögon (Sweden) [sv]
Gli occhi dello sconosciuto (Italy) [it]
Los ojos de un extraño (Spain) [es]
Muukalaisen silmät (Finland) [fi]
O strangalistis tou Miami xanahtypa (Greece) [el]
Yabancinin gözleri (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
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Runtime:
84 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Miami, Florida, USA

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
At the movie theater there is a poster for Dawn of the Dead (1978) which Tom Savini also did makeup-effects for. more
Goofs:
Continuity: During one of the last scenes of the movie, a man rips Jennifer's top completely from front but during next few seconds her top is intact but later on when she goes to bathroom her top is ripped again. more
Movie Connections:
References Dawn of the Dead (1978) more

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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Decent slasher flick., 3 October 2007
7/10
Author: Scott LeBrun from Winnipeg, Canada

Lauren Tewes of 'Love Boat' fame stars here as a TV anchorwoman who lives with her deaf, dumb, and blind sister (Jennifer Jason Leigh, making an appealing film debut). She comes to suspect that one of her own neighbors is the serial rapist / killer stalking Miami, and takes it upon herself to catch the psycho.

With shades of "Rear Window", this creepy and sleazy little film was originally intended to be more of a straight thriller, but the producers were all too conscious of the slasher craze going on at the time, and insisted on adding the gore and nudity. Tom Savini provides the gore, although in reality it's very restrained compared to his work on such films as "Maniac", "The Prowler", and "The Burning". One major gag is an exact copy of a similar scene in "He Knows You're Alone": a severed head in a fish tank.

The film itself is actually not all that bad. Better slashers have been made, true enough, but there have also been worse. Director Ken Wiederhorn (who shows scenes from his spooky 1976 flick "Shock Waves" playing on TV sets here) establishes an eerie, uncomfortable mood, enhanced quite well by an excellent Richard Einhorn music score.

Tewes is quite acceptable in the lead, although Leigh and John DiSanti, as the lustful, disgusting cretin, are the obvious standouts.

It begins ominously enough, with one of the victims being discovered underwater by a photographer, and doesn't waste any time, providing some solid, sordid thrills from beginning to end. I definitely liked it.

7/10

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