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See No Evil [VHS]

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SEE NO EVIL is an excellent horror / thriller movie w/ loads of suspense and mystery! Mia Farrow (Rosemary's Baby) is Sarah, a blind woman who is staying w/ relatives in the country for some rest and relaxation. Well, she is rudely interrupted by a local maniac (we only get to see his legs and distinctive cowboy boots) who slaughters her family while she's out. Sarah returns home, unaware of the carnage around her. She walks through the big house, right past the dead bodies! Sarah's blindness works extremely well to heighten the tension. Meanwhile, the killer realizes that he's left something behind and must return to the murder scene in order to recover it. Yep, this is a classic!...

Good old fashion suspense thriller. Keeps you glued to the tube until the very end.

When this movie first came out, I never dreamed the day would come that I could actually own any movie. It was one of my favorite thrillers, and it showcased Mia Farrow's talent as a serious actor. I had to keep going back to the theater to see it again. There was something really terrifying about a helpless blind woman being alone in a house with her dead relatives scattered here and there. The bath scene was the spookiest....What is especially satisfying is the fact that it can still hold its own as a thriller. It is just down right scary. In spite of the fact that the hairstyles and wardrobe are obviously dated, it gets five stars from me for a movie worth owning and watching again and again.

Newly Blinded woman (and an orphan too) recently discharged from the rehabilitation center, comes to spend the weekend with her Aunt and Uncle on their estate. She wistfully pets the horses she knows she will never ride again. She spurns the boyfriend she can never marry now (despite his proposal). She seems to get off on the wrong foot with the new gardener who hangs around the stables. And they all have such charming English accents ! Life like this could go on forever until ...

A madman ransacks the house and kills all the occupants (what a surprise) !

When our intrepid heroine returns from spurning the aforementioned boyfriend, she wanders blithely around the house almost but never quite tripping over her dead relatives. Sadly for her, the killer realizes that he left behind incriminating evidence so now he must return to finish what he started. As she realizes the danger she is in, a race for survival begins

While slow in some spots it does have quite a bit of action. It was suspenseful and there were enough suspects wandering about the place that the mad killer is a surprise. If you like to watch helpless women be chased around the English countryside by a serial killer then this movie is well worth your time.

I saw this movie as a child in Cali, Colombia in English with Spanish subtitles. It made a huge impression on me and I went to see it several times. Sara, played by Mia Farrow, is a young woman who has recently lost her sight. She is still learning how to operate as a blind woman in a sighted world and is visiting her aunt, uncle and cousin on their country estate. While she is out on a date with her boyfriend, her family is brutally murdered. When she returns home, she goes about the business of getting ready for bed. The audience sees what she cannot: the bodies of her aunt, uncle and cousin. The suspense begins there, when you know she will inevitably discover their bodies, as she does. The panic she feels is palpable and sets the tone for the rest of the film. The killer has inadvertently left an identifying calling card behind, one which she discovers by accident, just in time for him to come back and search for it. The race is on as Sara eludes the murderer in an attempt to avoid the fate her family met. Throughout the film there are visual clues to the killers identity but the culprit is still a surprise. Great suspense without the gore that is so often part of horror flicks nowadays.

British film of the Vietnam era with Farrow stealing the show in her role as a blinded girl recovering her place in the world.She's just beginning to re-connect with a former boyfriend when a mass murderer goes on a rampage, killing her entire household in beautiful,rural England. While the motive for the murders remains a mystery, it's Farrow who finds the corpses, a full 18 hours after their demise.It seems quite a "stretch" that the muderer, given several opportunities to kill Farrow too, especially at the end of the film,fails to do so. But, Farrow's incredible perfomance,surpassing that of Audrey Hepburn in "Wait Until Dark",has the power to overcome most of the weak points in the film's script. In summary, it's now a difficult film to locate, but one well worth the search.

Having seen this movie years ago in England.(When I resided there)it kept me on the edge of my seat.I have been attempting to locate it since,so know I can finally watch it again.Once seen never forgotten.

Having seen this movie years ago in England.(When I resided there)it kept me on the edge of my seat.I have been attempting to locate it since,so know I can finally watch it again.Once seen never forgotten.

The best Hitchcock movie never made by Hitchcock. It is also I think the best movie Mia Farrow ever made. She gives an outstanding and believable performance as a blind girl. While she is out visiting with her boyfriend her family back home is murdered. When she comes home she thinks her relatives are out of the house. In fact they are dead all around the house. It is not until the next day she makes the grizzly discovery of her family being killed. At the same time the murderer realizes he has left behind an important piece of evidence at the house that will connect him to the crimes. Now he has to go back to the scene of the crime to retrieve the evidence and Mia Farrow has to run for her life to prevent becoming the killer's next victim. As the movie progresses the suspense slowing increases. The movie does start a little slow but once you get into the story it does indeed pick up the pace.

I bought this dvd a while ago under ten bucks.Now it's 30.00 or higher WHY??? i contacted Sony,they have no idea why this title is hard to find,and easy to find,then hard to find again.what is going on with this dvd title? and Rosemary's Baby must be OOP, that to is sky high Attention Movie studios,stop the insanity!!!
i smell remakes,beacuse when a movie is remade the original version half the time is scarce,then a Special Edition emerges. Just a thought