The Headless Eyes (1971) 
The Headless Eyes is a grimy early '70s proto-slasher concerning an artist who is blinded during a failed robbery attempt and who, several years later, takes it upon himself to go on a killing spree and remove his female victims' eyes with a spoon he keeps wrapped up in his pocket.
The atmosphere and aesthetic is very H G Lewis, with more than a dollop of Andy Milligan thrown in... However, the contents and mood of the film never seem to gel together to create an engaging enough and smooth-flowing experience. The film often flip-flops between gritty tension tinged with nastiness, and that of strained absurdity and silliness with our eye-patch sporting killer shrieking about his eyes (of which sounds sampled off a repetitive audio loop). Some drawn-out filler scenes also aid to counteract the film's flow.
Whilst The Headless Eyes certainly has some interesting and manic moments, there just wasn't enough of them or the fluidity in their execution to invest me to the point where I'd actively want to visit it again.
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