Written by James M. Tate / 10/27/2024 / No comments / body count , eighties , exploitation , james daughton , joseph bottoms , keir dullea , kirstie alley , lana clarkson , marina sirtis , nico mastorakis , science-fiction , serial killer , suspense , thriller , valerie golino
JOSEPH BOTTOMS, LANA CLARKSON & KEIR DULLEA IN 'BLIND DATE'
Joseph Bottoms in BLIND DATE Year: 1984 Rating: ***1/2 |
If it weren't for the Sony Walkman that Joseph Bottoms listens to in order to miraculously visualize computer-graphic/inferred grid-like outlines after having lost his sight, offbeat director Nico Mastorakis's BLIND DATE would seem from the steely neo-noir 1970's instead of the more glossy and subdued 1980's...
As that decade brings a wall-to-wall score of loud synthesizers and bad techno pop songs in what's an otherwise intriguing Greek-set giallo that builds beyond an uninspired initial 30-minutes... picking up when blinded Joseph Bottoms becomes a James Stewart/REAR WINDOW-style protagonist, only with moveable investigatory skills like VERTIGO... stalking the dark night for ex-girlfriend (and possible final victim) Lana Clarkson...
Lana Clarkson and Kirstie Alley artwork in BLIND DATE |
The search for lost love leading to the discovery of a neck-slitting serial killer, sporadically experienced in a violently-sadistic horror movie fashion alongside edgier moments including a suspenseful walk outside a neon high-rise...
Meanwhile, the peripheral characters include Kirstie Alley as the faithful love-interest and Keir Dullea as a doctor/surgeon, spouting just-enough technical jargon to make this obscure cult film work more as a modernized Hitchcock-esque thriller than the attempted Michael Crichton-inspired science-fiction.
Joseph Bottoms in BLIND DATE |
Joseph Bottoms in BLIND DATE |
Lana Clarkson in BLIND DATE |
Keir Dullea and Joseph Bottoms in BLIND DATE |
Keir Dullea in BLIND DATE |
Keir Dullea in BLIND DATE |
Joseph Bottoms in BLIND DATE |
Marina Sirtis in BLIND DATE |
Kirstie Alley in BLIND DATE |
Lana Clarkson in BLIND DATE |
Kirstie Alley in BLIND DATE |
Joseph Bottoms in BLIND DATE |
Kathy Hill in BLIND DATE |
James Daughton in BLIND DATE |
Joseph Bottoms in BLIND DATE |
Lana Clarkson in BLIND DATE |
From BLIND DATE |
James Daughton in BLIND DATE |
James Daughton in BLIND DATE with Lana Clarkson |
Joseph Bottoms in BLIND DATE |
Marina Sirtis in BLIND DATE |
Joseph Bottoms in BLIND DATE |
Joseph Bottoms in BLIND DATE with Kirstie Alley |
Keir Dullea in BLIND DATE |
Keir Dullea in BLIND DATE (seen by Joseph Bottoms) |
Joseph Bottoms in BLIND DATE |
Spyros Papafrantzis in BLIND DATE |
Noelle Simpson in BLIND DATE |
Noelle Simpson in BLIND DATE with Spyros Papafrantzis |
Kathy Hill in BLIND DATE |
Lana Clarkson in BLIND DATE |
Lana Clarkson in BLIND DATE |
Lana Clarkson in BLIND DATE |
Lana Clarkson in BLIND DATE |
Valerie Golino in BLIND DATE |
Lana Clarkson in BLIND DATE |
Lana Clarkson in BLIND DATE |
From BLIND DATE |
Lana Clarkson in BLIND DATE |
Lana Clarkson in BLIND DATE |
Kathy Hill in BLIND DATE |
Kathy Hill in BLIND DATE |
Joseph Bottoms in BLIND DATE |
Joseph Bottoms in BLIND DATE |
Joseph Bottoms in BLIND DATE |
Joseph Bottoms in BLIND DATE |
Joseph Bottoms in BLIND DATE |
Lana Clarkson in BLIND DATE |
Lana Clarkson in BLIND DATE |
Lana Clarkson in BLIND DATE |
Lana Clarkson in BLIND DATE |
Lana Clarkson in BLIND DATE |
James Daughton and Lana Clarkson in BLIND DATE |
James Daughton in BLIND DATE |
From BLIND DATE |
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