A blind man with a bionic eye faces off against a scalpel-wielding killer in Athens’ shadowy streets.
BLIND DATE
You won't be coming home alone.
When Jonathan Ratcliff suddenly becomes blind, doctors fit him with an experimental electronic device designed to partially restore his sight. With his renewed vision, he witnesses a murder and must stop a serial killer.
Quick Answer
Blind Date is a 1984 Greece/USA horror, science fiction, and thriller film directed by Nico Mastorakis about a man who regains sight through an experimental device and must stop a serial killer.
Programmer's Pick
Blind Date puts a cybernetic spin on giallo, melding experimental tech with slasher suspense. Between voyeuristic thrills and a genuinely unsettling psycho killer, it’s a Greek-American oddity that’s as much about obsession as it is about vision.
— SassyFlix Programmer
Overview
Details & Specs
- Director
- Nico Mastorakis
- Writers
- Nico Mastorakis, Fred C. Perry
- Release
- 1984
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Country
- Greece, United States of America
- Language
- English
- Genres
- Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Also Known As
- Deadly Seduction, Visão Fatal, Cita ciega, Sokea todistaja, Onde de choc, Matia mesa sti nyhta, Fantomkép, Po omacku, Encontro na Escuridão, Morilec brez obraza
Why This Matters
This independent erotic thriller marks an early entry in the filmography of director Nico Mastorakis and features performances by actors such as Kirstie Alley, Marina Sirtis, and Valeria Golino before their later mainstream successes.
Cast & Crew
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Why Cult
Jonathan’s partial sight is restored by a computer-brain interface, blending sci-fi gadgetry with stalker suspense.
The film brings Mediterranean style to the slasher genre, with nods to both giallo and American thrillers.
A gas-wielding taxi driver preys on young women, delivering fatal amateur surgery with a scalpel.
Expect voyeurism, nudity, and exploitation twists woven into the slasher mayhem.
Scene Gallery
Threat File
Taxi driver begins stalking women
Serial killer with surgical tools
Victims are murdered in their apartments
Athens, city streets and apartments
Questions from the Vault
Who directed Blind Date? +
Blind Date was directed by Nico Mastorakis.
How long is Blind Date? +
Blind Date has a runtime of 105 minutes.
What genre is Blind Date? +
Blind Date is a horror, science fiction, and thriller film.
Where can I watch Blind Date? +
You can watch Blind Date on SassyFlix.
How does the experimental device restore Jonathan's vision? +
The device allows Jonathan to see by interfacing a computer with his brain using electrodes, providing artificial sight.
