Some prostitute leaves a fancy hotel after meeting a customer. On her way out she has a throat slashed with wire and ends up dead covered in blood. The police arrive. A witness saw a black van. We see the criminal now painting the van white.
A girl arrives somewhere during an eclipse. She's also a fine prostitute. She asks a customer to take a shower because he stinks. He happens to be a dog breeder and instead decides to leave, insulting her angrily. At night she's followed by the white van, which rear-ends her launching her car forwards so it crashes into another car killing the dad driver, while the wife ends up in the hospital. So does our prostitute who has a brain hemorrhage that leaves her blind. Some social worker helps her to cope, gives her a walking stick, a special phone, and a guide dog. The prostitute tries to make amends with the surviving son of the accident. He is now in an orphanage and eventually ends up living with her. That causes problems with the police so they decide to spend time at the social worker's out in the country. But the van-killer is also after them and coincidentally kills the two cops who were about to remove the kid from her "custody." That gives the killer access to the cop's phone. And the dumb kid for some reason calls the cop's number giving the killer their location who is now on his way to get them. So a blind prostitute and a child will have to try to save themselves from a determined killer, at night, somewhere out in unfamiliar territory.
Dark Glasses is a refreshing giallo, refreshing because no one does them anymore, and it is done with a bit or a retro flavor. There's the constant sinister and menacing synth music, which is kinda cool. Problem for me though was that as usual for a horror movie, it very quickly turned night, a very long night, where no one ever turns a light on. On top of that, cinematography is exceedingly dark in itself, so this movie wasn't enjoyable to watch in that regard. But otherwise it's good at what it does. Of course the kid and even the prostitute and awfully dumb and annoying, but that's expected. Things so get very bloody though and there's a bit of nudity. So overall, I enjoyed Dark Glasses. Oh and for once, the dog survives...and then some.
A girl arrives somewhere during an eclipse. She's also a fine prostitute. She asks a customer to take a shower because he stinks. He happens to be a dog breeder and instead decides to leave, insulting her angrily. At night she's followed by the white van, which rear-ends her launching her car forwards so it crashes into another car killing the dad driver, while the wife ends up in the hospital. So does our prostitute who has a brain hemorrhage that leaves her blind. Some social worker helps her to cope, gives her a walking stick, a special phone, and a guide dog. The prostitute tries to make amends with the surviving son of the accident. He is now in an orphanage and eventually ends up living with her. That causes problems with the police so they decide to spend time at the social worker's out in the country. But the van-killer is also after them and coincidentally kills the two cops who were about to remove the kid from her "custody." That gives the killer access to the cop's phone. And the dumb kid for some reason calls the cop's number giving the killer their location who is now on his way to get them. So a blind prostitute and a child will have to try to save themselves from a determined killer, at night, somewhere out in unfamiliar territory.
Dark Glasses is a refreshing giallo, refreshing because no one does them anymore, and it is done with a bit or a retro flavor. There's the constant sinister and menacing synth music, which is kinda cool. Problem for me though was that as usual for a horror movie, it very quickly turned night, a very long night, where no one ever turns a light on. On top of that, cinematography is exceedingly dark in itself, so this movie wasn't enjoyable to watch in that regard. But otherwise it's good at what it does. Of course the kid and even the prostitute and awfully dumb and annoying, but that's expected. Things so get very bloody though and there's a bit of nudity. So overall, I enjoyed Dark Glasses. Oh and for once, the dog survives...and then some.