Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)

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• Tim S

  
  One of the great American giallos, Eyes of Laura Mars is an unsung little thriller masterpiece. Very little gore and violence is actually seen taking place, but the score makes it a hell of a lot more thrilling than violent content could. I can't believe I've gone all of… More
  One of the great American giallos, Eyes of Laura Mars is an unsung little thriller masterpiece. Very little gore and violence is actually seen taking place, but the score makes it a hell of a lot more thrilling than violent content could. I can't believe I've gone all of these years without seeing this gem. I don't want to brag and say I knew who the killer was right from the beginning, but I kind of did. I just knew there was something very off-kilter about a certain character (those who have seen it will know who I mean). Very Argento-esque, it reminded me a lot of Opera and Suspiria. A truly underrated classic of the genre, to be sure.

• AJ V

  
  So, I got to see this movie again yesterday. It's very interesting how Laura has psychic powers, yet doesn't know who the killer is till the end, but then the ending is cliche. Overall, it's pretty good, but it could be better.

• Cassie H

  
  A great film but I was sad at the end when Tommy Lee Jones (John Neville) was the killer. Worth a watch & a classic 70s film :)

• Drew S

  
  The Eyes of Laura Mars begins with legitimate promise, itching at the surface of this New York art-or-trash aesthetic that sort of serves as an interesting mirror for the movie itself. It seems to have a few smart ideas about the scene it deals with, ideas that quickly fizzle out to… More
  The Eyes of Laura Mars begins with legitimate promise, itching at the surface of this New York art-or-trash aesthetic that sort of serves as an interesting mirror for the movie itself. It seems to have a few smart ideas about the scene it deals with, ideas that quickly fizzle out to give way to a disappointingly generic slasher. Perhaps the most exciting part of the film is how batshit hysterical Faye Dunaway is - she isn't necessarily bad, pulling some sympathy out of us and displaying some pretty exemplary dialogue timing, but she hits astronomically over-the-top heights during her chase scenes. She's just not meant to be a scream queen, not especially with her hilarious wounded-seal hollering. Eventually even my derision of the film grew unappealing as it made its way toward a predictable ending propped up on some really shitty psychodrama. Still, The Eyes of Laura Mars has some surprises up its sleeve, mostly in its first half hour, when it promises to say something insightful about art and death but mostly just ends up acknowledging that they both exist. The photo shoots themselves, often accompanied by music that must have been too cool in 1978, are entertainingly lurid (though not even remotely objectionable or violent as this movie's world seems to think they are). And that cast is fun; Rene Auberjonois is a special treat, camping it up something fierce as Dunaway's ambiguously gay agent, and Brad Dourif is befuddling as her hobo driver. Tommy Lee Jones is also hilarious as possibly the ugliest cop I've ever had a movie tell me was hot. Check that unibrow, dude. Not imperative viewing. Worth it if you're really running low on your late-70s thrillers, which I don't think you ever will be.

• Martin S

  
  A lot like the movie Hideaway. But a little better. Tommy Lee Jones was good...but he's a little too young.

• Greg S

  
  Photographer Laura Mars begins literally seeing murders through the eyes of a serial killer--a curse that turns her effectively blind at tense moments, such as when the killer begins stalking her. A fine cast of Faye Dunaway (Laura), Tommy Lee Jones (as the cop), Rene Auberjonois (as… More
  Photographer Laura Mars begins literally seeing murders through the eyes of a serial killer--a curse that turns her effectively blind at tense moments, such as when the killer begins stalking her. A fine cast of Faye Dunaway (Laura), Tommy Lee Jones (as the cop), Rene Auberjonois (as the gay best friend) and Raul Julia (as the ex-husband) buoy this otherwise preposterous thriller.

• Mike T

  
  Undeniably stupid thriller that still manages to milk out some style along the way. Well-acted, but this is another "surprise" ending that I guessed long before I was supposed to.

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