We continue our Halloween tradition of looking at films that hit our personal phobias...this time, it's the idea of "eye trauma". We start off with 1975's appropriately titled "Eyeball" from Italian director Umberto Lenzi. A fairly boilerplate giallo with a gloved killer and tons of misdirects, but it is fun and moves along quickly. It also features a number of off-camera eye gouging incidents that makes it a fairly decent choice for this theme. We follow that up with an absolute masterpiece...1987's "Anguish" from director Bigas Luna. This is a really trippy and, at times, genuinely unsettling experience. Using the idea of hypnotism and combining that with a layered series of meta narratives, it's truly something you need to see. We then proceed to a discussion of things we've seen lately. Please send emails to flickersfrom@yahoo.com or flickersfrom@gmail.com. You can also reach us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
