Eyes of a Stranger: Jennifer Jason Leigh slasher gets Blu-ray release in May

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

The 1980 classic Friday the 13th (watch it HERE) was made possible thanks to a group of investors who were based out of Boston, the men behind Georgetown Productions. Between the release of that film and the 1981 release of the first sequel, Georgetown put money into another slasher movie, director Ken Wiederhorn's Eyes of a Stranger (watch that HERE). Now Scream Factory has announced that they're bringing Eyes of a Stranger to Blu-ray on May 18th. Copies can be pre-ordered at THIS LINK.

Scream Factory has not yet revealed what sort of bonus features the Blu-ray will contain.

The script for Eyes of a Stranger was crafted by Eric L. Bloom and Ron Kurz (who did uncredited revisions on the Friday the 13th script and wrote Friday the 13th Part 2), under the pseudonym Mark Jackson. Starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, the film has the following synopsis:

A lovely blind and deaf teen reaches for a plate she just put on the counter. It's gone. She reaches again … and it's back in its original place. Someone is playing a cruel game with her. That someone is the serial killer terrorizing Miami in this terrifying thriller from the production company behind the original Friday The 13th and the director of Shock Waves.

Making memorable movie debuts are Jennifer Jason Leigh (Single White Female, Annihilation, Possessor) as that endangered but not helpless girl and Lauren Tewes (The Love Boat) as her TV newscaster sister, whose investigation inadvertently leads the killer (John DiSanti, The Relic) to her home. With a final sequence that will leave you breathless, this Stranger delivers face-to-face fear as few other films can.

Georgetown also brought Tom Savini in to provide the special effects for Eyes of a Stranger, but much of the work he did on this one was removed at the demand of the MPAA. It's a good movie regardless, yet another '80s slasher that's worth checking out.