Blind Terror (1971)

UK, 1971
89m, 2434 metres
35mm films, Eastmancolor
mono, English

A British horror film directed by Richard Fleischer.

Plot Summary

A young blind woman is visiting relatives at their mansion in the English countryside when her family suddenly goes missing, leaving her alone and vulnerable. She realises that her relatives have been murdered and that she is the only survivor – and the killer is now looking for her…

Credits

Crew
Directed by: Richard Fleischer
© MCMLXXI [1971] Genesis Productions Ltd.
Genesis Productions Ltd.. Columbia Pictures and Filmways present a Martin Ransohoff, Leslie Linder production
Produced by: Martin Ransohoff and Leslie Linder
Associate Producer: Basil Appleby
Production Manager: Jilda Smith
Written by: Brian Clemens
Assistant Director: Terry Marcel
Continuity: Pamela Carlton
Director of Photography: Gerry Fisher
Camera Operator: Bernard Ford
Lighting Equipment: Lee Electric (Lighting) Ltd.
Film Editor: Thelma Connell
Music Composed and Conducted by: Elmer Bernstein
Sound Recording: Ken Scrivener
Sound Mixer: Robert Allen
Sound Editor: Colin Miller
Wardrobe: Evelyn Gibbs
Make-Up: Stuart Freeborn
Hairdresser: Betty Glasow
Art Director: John Hoesli
Set Decorator: Hugh Scaife
This Film was photographed on location in Berkshire, England

Cast
Mia Farrow (Sarah)
Dorothy Alison (Betty Rexton)
Robin Bailey (George Rexton)
Brian Rawlinson (Barker)
Diane Grayson (Sandy Rexton)
Paul Nicholas (Jacko Osgood)
Norman Eshley (Steve Reding)
Barrie Houghton (gypsy Jack)
Michael Elphick (gypsy Tom)
Lila Kaye (gypsy mother)
Christopher Matthews (Frost)
Max Faulkner (Steve’s man)
Scott Fredericks (Steve’s man)
Reg Harding (Steve’s man)
Donald Bisset (doctor)

Alternative Titles

Buff – shooting title
See No Evil – UK (DVD), USA
Sokea kauhu – Finland
Stiefel, die den Tod bedeuten – Germany
Terrore cieco – Italy

References

Periodicals

  • Films and Filming vol.18 no.2 (November 1971) pp.58, 60 – review
  • Films in Review no.10 (December 1971) p.631 – article
  • The Hollywood Reporter vol.19 no.12 (1971) p.283 – note
  • The Hollywood Reporter vol.217 no.41 (3 September 1971) p.3 – review
  • Kine Weekly no.3336 (18 September 1971) p.13 – review
  • Monthly Film Bulletin vol.38 no.453 (October 1971) p.192 – credits, synopsis, review
  • Sight & Sound vol.28 no.1 (January 2018) p.104 – blu-ray review (by Christina Newland)
  • Today’s Cinema no.9851 (27 October 1970) p.23 – credits
  • Today’s Cinema no.9940 (17 September 1971) p.13 – review
  • Today’s Cinema no.9942 (24 September 1971) p.11 – note (Trade shows)
  • Today’s Cinema no.9952 (29 October 1971) p.15 – Department of Trade and Industry registration details
  • TV Times 14-20 July 1984 pp.21; 48 – credits, review
  • Variety 8 September 1971 p.16 – credits, review

Books

  • Creature Features Movie Guide Strikes Again by John Stanley p.341 – credits, review
  • English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby pp.217, 218, 285
  • Euro Gothic: Classics of Continental Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby p.251
  • Film Review 1972-73 by F. Maurice Speed (ed) p.214
  • Ten Years of Terror pp.84-85 – credits, reviews (by Harvey Fenton; Nigel Burrell)
  • Uneasy Dreams: The Golden Age of British Horror Films, 1956-1976 by Gary A. Smith p.39