See No Evil, also known as Blind Terror, is a 1971 British psychological thriller film directed by Richard Fleischer (The Boston Strangler; Amityville 3-D) from a screenplay by Brian Clemens (And Soon the Darkness; Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter). It stars Mia Farrow (Rosemary’s Baby) , Paul Nicholas (What Became of Jack and Jill?) and Michael Elphick (The Elephant Man). The film also features a strident classical score by Elmer Bernstein whose eclectic genre credits range from Robot Monster to An American Werewolf in London.
Having been blinded in a horse riding accident, Sarah (Mia Farrow) visits her uncle’s home. Out on a date with her boyfriend Steve (Norman Eshley - The Lost Continent), she escapes the fate of her relatives (Dorothy Alison, Robin Bailey, and Diane Grayson), who are murdered at their home by a psychotic killer. Sarah returns from her date and spends the night in the house, unaware that three of her family members’ corpses are strewn about the house.
She eventually discovers the bodies, as well as a bracelet containing the engraved name of the killer. The killer returns, searching for the lost bracelet and discovers Sarah, who manages to flee on horseback. Sarah encounters a family of gypsies and shows them the bracelet with the name “Jacko” inscribed. One of the gypsies concludes that his brother Jack must be responsible. In an effort to save Jack, the brother pretends to take Sarah to the police but, instead, locks her in a secluded shed…
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‘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 … 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.’ Chris Wood, British Horror Films
‘Our protagonist watches double bills like The Convent Murders and Rapist Cult, which sounds promising, though given that we’re in Wokingham I’m pretty sure the BBFC would have cut the crap out of them if they were real films. Ever watched a porn movie with the sex cut out? That’s what the BBFC tended to do to movies. So maybe the frustration of watching a couple of lurid movies with everything lurid cut out is what turns him into a psycho nutjob?’ … Blind Terror may not make it to the top tier of thrillers, but it holds its own in the next tier down; those solid, very watchable films that succeeded despite the lack of star power, money and advertising that tend to get thrown at the greats. It stands up nearly forty years later as a tense, sure ride… ‘ Hal C. F. Astell, Apocalypse Later
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