Blind (2019 film)

Faye is a successful actress whose career seems to only be on the rise. After receiving Lasik surgery, Faye is left totally blind and despondent, as her career seems to have dried up and she feels like she is unable to put her life back together.

Her mood is given a boost by her friends Sophia and Luke. Sophia is blind from birth, so unlike Faye, doesn't feel a sense of loss for the sighted world. Luke is mute (but not deaf), and has unrequited feelings for Faye, which he feels can never be reciprocated, despite Sophia's encouragement.

Things take a turn for the deadly when a creepy masked stranger begins to stalk Faye and murder the people around her.

• Sarah French as Faye Dayne
• Caroline Williams as Sophia Lewis
• Tyler Gallant as Luke
• Jed Rowen as Pretty Boy
• Thomas Haley as Officer Jacobs
• Ben Kaplan as Sushi Boy
• Jessica Galetti as Lydia

Filming for Blind took place "almost a year before COVID".{{citation needed|date=March 2024}} While filming Blind Walz deliberately added colors and styles reminiscent of the giallo genre, as he wanted it to be "more of a horror/drama" than a "straight horror movie".{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=November 17, 2020|title=Interview: Marcel Walz, Director Of Horror Film 'Blind'|url=https://geeksofdoom.com/2020/11/17/interview-marcel-walz-director-blind|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Geeks of Doom}}

Actor Tyler Gallant was brought on to portray Luke, a mute trainer, and to prepare for the role he viewed documentaries, videos, and books that covered mute people and muteness.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}

Blind held a screening on July 10, 2019, in Beverly Hills, California for press and offered a limited amount of seating for general audience members.{{Cite web|date=2019-06-27|title=Marcel Walz's BLIND Gets Special Screening in Beverly Hills 7/10|url=https://www.horrorsociety.com/2019/06/27/marcel-walzs-blind-gets-special-screening-in-beverly-hills-7-10/|access-date=2021-01-27|website=Horror Society|language=en-US}} This was followed by an October 13, 2019 screening at the Festival of Fear and a digital screening the following year at FrightFest.{{Cite web|title=FESTIVAL OF FEAR|url=https://edmontonfestivaloffear.com/|access-date=2021-01-27|website=FESTIVAL OF FEAR|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=BLIND|url=https://frightfest.co.uk/2020FilmsDigitalEdition/blind.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807005522/https://frightfest.co.uk/2020FilmsDigitalEdition/blind.html |archive-date=2020-08-07 |access-date=2021-01-27|website=FRIGHTFEST DIGITAL EDITION 2020}}

Blind was released to home video and VOD in the United States and United Kingdom on November 6, 2020.{{Cite web|date=2020-08-04|title=Everything We Know So Far About Blind|url=https://screenrant.com/blind-movie-updates-release-date-story/|access-date=2021-01-27|website=ScreenRant|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-06-17|title=Marcel Walz's Blind: T-shirt and Pretty Boy mask up for pre-order|url=https://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/news/marcel-walzs-blind-t-shirt-and-pretty-boy-mask-up-for-pre-order|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207155805/https://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/news/marcel-walzs-blind-t-shirt-and-pretty-boy-mask-up-for-pre-order |archive-date=2021-02-07 |access-date=2021-01-27|website=JoBlo}}

In November 2020 Walz announced that there would be a sequel to Blind and that filming had been completed. He further stated that it would be a direct sequel, akin to the setup of Halloween and Halloween II, and would be called Pretty Boy.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}

Critical reception has been negative and Blind holds a rating of {{RT data|score}} on Rotten Tomatoes, based on {{RT data|count}} reviews.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blind_2020|title=Blind|website=Rotten Tomatoes|publisher=Fandango|access-date={{RT data|access date}}|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230211129/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blind_2020 |archive-date=2021-12-30 |url-status=live}} Horror website Dread Central and sci-fi magazine Starburst both rated the film favorably, with the latter remarking that the "creeping pace and that divisive, frustrating ending will piss a lot of people off, but this is easily, queasily, one of the most disturbing horror films this year."{{Cite web|date=2020-11-09|title=BLIND Review--Stylish Slasher is More Than Meets the Eyes|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/356621/blind-review-stylish-slasher-is-more-than-meets-the-eyes/|access-date=2021-01-27|website=Dread Central|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=BLIND|url=https://www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/blind|access-date=2021-01-27|website=STARBURST Magazine|language=en-GB}}

JumpCut and Flickering Myth were more negative, both criticizing the script's dialogue and pacing.{{Cite web|date=2020-09-04|title=REVIEW: Blind (FrightFest 2020)|url=https://jumpcutonline.co.uk/2020/09/04/review-blind-frightfest-2020/|access-date=2021-01-27|website=JumpCut Online|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2020-08-30|title=Arrow Video FrightFest 2020 Review – Blind|url=https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2020/08/arrow-video-frightfest-2020-review-blind/|access-date=2021-01-27|website=Flickering Myth|language=en-US}}

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