Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

HomeyTao For having a relatively low budget, the film's style and overall art direction are immensely impressive.

Maleeha Vincent It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

dustingibbons I watch this movie at least once a year and I know, by industry, standards it is a terrible movie, but I like it. It has disco music, it has Faye Dunaway, it has models, and it has (some) stylish clothing. I once did an Eyes of Laura Mars photo shoot, so having said that, stylistically this is a little iconic thriller that not many people know about. It's cheesy, it's campy, but it looks and feels great. Perfect Halloween movie to watch for any person who works in the 'fashion' industry.Also, if anyone can find the movie poster, please let me know. I love it.

FlashCallahan Laura Mars is a very successful fashion and advertising photographer. Whilst at one her art launches, Detective John Neville notes striking similarities between her art photos and those of actual crime scenes. Although suspicious of her, he soon realises that she hasn't been involved in any of the crimes but can see what is happening through the eyes of the killer. After her friends and some of her models are killed, she joins forces with the future U.S. Marshal to identify the killer before she is next.......It's a silly movie for sure, the majority of the film from a characters point of view is seeing Dunaway/Mars taking lots of photos of scantily clad ladies before standing there silently for a few minutes and then running off without explanation. Ironically, if we saw the film form someone else's point of view, it would have made for a more tense thriller.But this is high concept for you, and knowing that De Palma was doing good things homaging Hitchcock, Kershner must have wanted a taste before hitting the heady heights of Star Wars, Bond, Robotic Police, and..................Seaquest DSV.And for the most part, it's pretty entertaining, having the plethora of red herrings thrown at the screen is always a camp treat, but I'm sure it would have been more fun back on its initial release, as I'm sure Dourif wouldn't have been a suspect as soon as we saw him, because Child's Play was ten years away.Sub characters are the archetypes you would expect when the film focuses on the upper class, all la dee dar, and abhorrent toward one another, Laura aside, you couldn't really care less who out of her group is next.Jones is good, he's just a younger Gerrard in this, and he steals the film from anyone, thanks to his intense performance.If your a fan of this type of sub genre, you can see the ending coming quite soon into the films second act, but the outcome is quite entertaining.And it has a soundtrack that could rival Saturday Night Fever.Not brilliant by any means, but it's a lot of fun.

allyatherton A renowned photographer can suddenly see through the eyes of a serial killerStarring Faye Dunaway and Tommy Lee Jones.Written by John Carpenter (Screenplay) and David Zelag (Screenplay).Directed by Irvine Kershner.Everything about this movie is average. From the acting performances to the story itself.It just about kept my interest and it does build up to a good climatic ending. On a historical note it was interesting to see all the old cars and landmarks and it captures well the feel and atmosphere of the disco scene in the late seventies,However Faye Dunaway's performance throughout was about as hammy as a tin of spam. This movie really needed a better leading actress or at least a better performance. I wasn't too keen on all the photography and modelling stuff either but maybe that's just personal preference. I'm not interested in that world whatsoever.An average but easily forgettable film.6/10

tmpj I had heard about this movie, but had never seen it until just a few days ago when I found it in a thrift store. I wish now I had left it where I had found it.This is a film that might have come off better if it had been filmed in Black and White. It is very suggestive of the "noir" genre atmospherically. Dunaway, who usually renders bravado performances, appears very vulnerable in this vehicle, and it does not come off well or as very convincing. There is no build up to her "psychic" vision, if that's what we can call it, where she is able to see the victims of murder as it happens, but cannot see the perpetrator of these crimes. As a photographer of some very violent scenes and a totally different animal altogether in that world, she has come under the gun from numerous angles, and some of the shots, unbeknownst to her, are exact matches to crime scene shots in the NYPD crime book. She comes under suspicion early, but is somewhat sheltered from the raw reality of it all by her effete agent, in the person of Rene Auberjunois, and a very young looking Tommy Lee Jones. This is 1978...I never knew T.L.J. was ever that young ! More killings ensue, and they are very close to home...her models, her associates. Raul Julia appears as part of the sub-plot to this gore fest as the ex-husband/failed writer, who winds up on the list of suspects in the killings...but who winds up being killed himself. Bad turns to worse as the sordid actions lead up to the trail of the REAL murderer. It's supposed to be a "surprise ending" or an "ending with a twist", and while it may raise some eyebrows, the shock of it seems to have been dulled with the passage of some years, and where this might have been a shocker in its day of sailing relatively ( then) uncharted psychological waters, it comes off as pretty milque-toast today. I read that Barbra Streisand was originally cast for the role...but turned it down. Good judgment on her part. She did sing the theme song to the film, but does not appear. Far from being a classic, this film is little more than a "pot-boiler" and has not stood well the test of time. No doubt it did wonders for the careers of Jones and Auberjunois, but Dunaway didn't need the credits on her resume ( she had just won an Academy Award) and neither did Streisand. But, we would hear more from John Carpenter after this, as this was his initial salvo into the realm of cinema. I did not like the film, would not care to watch it again, and I cannot recommend it because so much could have been better, and so much could have been done differently. It was a very dis-appointing watch from a number of aspects. Close Laura Mars' eyelids.