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Blind Fear

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In this movie Shelley Hack plays a blind woman named Erica who finds herself trapped in an Inn by some murderous armoured car robbers. Shelley has to use all of her resources to get through a very long night as she is persued by these thugs. This movie has a very unexpected ending which I did not see coming and is a very satifying thriller to watch. Besides that Shelley shows just what a good actreess she is and is great to watch onscreen.

Shelley Hack deemed as the angel who can't act, actually, I thought she acted better than Jaclyn Smith and Cheryl Ladd in the 4th season but this should be with the Charlie's Angels review, proves she can act. Blind Fear has been compared with Audrey Hepburn's "Wait Until Dark" but the movie is completely different and Hack makes the movie. Shelley plays Erica, a blind switchboard operator at the inn. She is forced to stay overnight because her cousin can't pick her up until the next morning. She plays a game of hide and seek with three murderous thugs, who robbed an armored security truck for a million dollars. Hack uses her resources against the thugs. Amazingly Hack looks younger then she did on Charlie's Angels 10 years ago. There is a surprise twist at the end but like the other reviewers, I can't be a jerk and ruined it all for you. Buy it and you will like it.

I love Shelley Hack. I think she is an underrated actress. This DVD is fun, suspensful, and exciting. The price is just right. Good fun. There is also a great twist ending. This movie keeps you on the edge of your seat. Fantastic.

This film takes you by the hand, and leads you in the wrong direction. I was floored by the ending!

I really enjoy this movie. It was released years ago on video and laser disc and I am glad it is now on dvd.

Shelley Hack is one of those actors I really enjoy watching. There's a special charisma on her that holds you back while watching her. Will she do it or can she do it, sort of questions all thime while you're watching her. That's make her really interesting. It's the same thing with her turn in her movie THE STEPFATHER. I think, she's under rated as an actor.

But anyhow, buy this and enjoy....

Former Charlie Girl and Charlie's Angel Shelley Hack receives top billing in this low-budget bore though the cover art proclaims it "a tale of gothic suspense". Actually, Shelley's big episode "Of Ghosts and Angels" deserves that title more than this snoozer.

Hack plays a blind switchboard operator at a remote Maine Inn, being shut down after being sold. Somehow this coincides with the robbery of an armored truck taking place nearby involving three criminals (two men, one woman) who eventually shoot the guards and seek retreat in the abandoned Inn.

The rest of the movie has Shelley, looking as far from the Tiffany Welles fashion-plate character as possible in a baggy sweater, ankle socks and plain canvas sneakers, trying to outsmart the bad guys by throwing the breaker and trying to hide from them (on her own terms, see?) a la Audrey Hepburn in "Wait Until Dark".

The bad guys have more lines than Shelley. The only reason they become aware of her presence is because the pizza that arrives from an androgynous delivery boy in denim short-shorts only has anchovies on HALF of it. So there must be someone else at the Inn besides the tight-lipped old handyman they strangled to death earlier.

I admit I didn't see the twist at the end coming, so there was a bit of a payoff, and the way Shelley disposes of the bad girl is inspired, but rent before you buy. For completists who want to see everything the Angels have ever done. Even when found in a bargain bin, this one's NOT a keeper.