Blind fear shelley hack

Sign In. R R 1h 30m. Crime Thriller. A blind employee at a New England lodge is in danger when a gang of killers arrives to stay at the lodge. Director Tom Berry. Sergio Altieri screenplay. Top credits Director Tom Berry. See more at IMDbPro. Photos Top cast Edit. Kim Coates Ed as Ed. Heidi von Palleske Marla as Marla. Jan Rubes Lasky as Lasky.

Ron Lea Cal as Cal. Derek Bradshaw Homer as Homer. Larry Schwartz Mr. Quentin as Mr. Stefan Wodoslawsky Guard as Guard. Tyrone Benskin Guard as Guard. Norris Domingue Mel as Mel.

Blind Fear. Hide Spoilers. Woodyanders 26 October Smart and resource blind switchboard operator Erika Breen a fine and convincing performance by Shelley Hack finds herself being terrorized by a gang of dangerous criminals led by the ruthless and psychotic Ed Kim Coates in inspired wicked form in a remote closed down lodge on a dark and stormy night.

Director Tom Berry keeps the gripping story moving at a brisk pace, builds a good deal of tension, makes adroit use of the rundown abode setting, and pulls out the stirring stops for the exciting climax.

Sergio Altieri's crafty script comes through with a nice and genuinely surprising twist at the end. Michael Melvion's moody synth score does the brooding trick. The sharp cinematography by Rodney Gibbons boasts some smooth use of a prowling Steadicam and provides an appropriately shadowy look. A neat sleeper. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Coventry 30 April Disabled damsels in distress blind damsels in particular are thankful and often recurring protagonists in thrillers.

Young Erika the stunningly beautiful Shelley Hack and the elderly Lasky are the last remaining employees of little hotel in remote Maine that recently got declared bankrupt. On their final night, however, they receive unwelcome guests when the three fugitive robbers of a money transport entrench themselves in the hotel.

Erika must hide and eventually fight back, but this is not easy for her since she's blind and - obviously - quite petrified. Director Tom Berry clearly didn't have a wide budget at his disposal, so he merely aims at generating atmosphere and tension via the claustrophobic setting and the unpredictable personality of lead villain Kim Coates.

This works quite well at first, but eventually the film does become rather tedious and repetitive. Half of the footage is also too dark to follow, and I ensure you it's hasn't got to do with "putting the viewer in the heroine's shoes". The plot twists at the end are ambitious, but absurd and they feel very much forced. Best part of the film: crazy robber Kim Coates unleashes his Sherlock Holmes deduction skills and figures out the presence of another person inside the hotel, based on the anchovies' toppings on half a pizza!

Another Dark And Stormy Night The excitement begins when Erica finds herself trapped in a deserted lodge with three desperate criminals, one of whom is a murdering psychopath. At first, Erica must stay out of sight, while trying to outsmart the paranoid bad guys. When she's discovered, all bets are off! Fortunately, Erica is no pushover. This is a tense, suspenseful film.

Everyone is great, especially Ms. Hack in her smart, resourceful role. Modest, unknown low-budget b-grade thriller which would cue ones interest if they're a fan of the main actress; Shelley Hack of TV's "Charlie's Angels" fame. What we get here is in the tradition of "Blind Terror" and "Wait Until Dark", but no way does it reach the great heights of those aforementioned films. A blind switchboard operator at a remote New England inn loses her job as its shutting down, but during her last night there she finds herself sharing the abandon inn with three criminals hiding out after robbing an armoured van.

When they find out who they are sharing the inn with another person who's blind, they go about trying to get rid of this problem. The plot is rather down-pat and contrived, setting it during a stormy night within an lodge filled with empty rooms and shadow-laced corridors.