#18 – The Shout (1979)

Crossley (Alan Bates), a mysterious travelling man invades the lives of a young couple, Rachel and Anthony Fielding (Susannah York and John Hurt). Anthony is a composer, who experiments with sound effects and various electronic sources in his secluded Devon studio. The couple provides hospitality to Crossley but his intentions are gradually revealed as more sinister. He claims he has learned from an Aboriginal shaman how to produce a “terror shout” that can kill anyone who hears it unprotected. Wikipedia

This is a weird ABC late night classic, I remember catching parts of it as a kid and being weirded out and kinda scared as well. The film is rather slow, very BBC, but also strange and enjoyable. 3 stars.

#19 – White of the Eye (1987)

White of their Eye is a 1987 British/US Thriller about a guy with very special hearing abilities.

In a wealthy and isolated desert community, a sound expert is targeted as the prime suspect of a series of brutal murders of local suburban housewives who were attacked and mutilated in their homes. As he desperately tries to prove his innocence, his young wife starts to uncover mysteries of her own… IMDB

Very big on sound, the soundtrack, scene music. The visuals and setting scenes, big wide shots, great close ups. The characters, the town, its good. Its very good. Its a cop drama, Then….Holy shit. The last 1/3 is… This is, its uh fucked up. It gets nasty, dark. Holy shit. Then some resolution?

3.5 stars, this film is uh great. Weird as shit, confusing, disturbing, but holy hell, its an enjoyable mess of a film.