“See No Evil” is a great early seventies horror / suspense effort featuring Mia Farrow as Sarah, a young woman recently blinded in a horse-riding incident and now living with her aunt and uncle in their Manor House in the English countryside. Sarah is slowly getting her life back on track with the assistance of boyfriend, Steve (Norman Eshley). Unfortunately a psycho-killer is on the loose and Sarah finds herself trapped and alone in the Manor House with him. The story by the legendary tv writer Brian Clemens isn’t intellectual fare, but it is ruthlessly efficient in building mystery and tension. He cleverly helps us identify and sympathise with Sarah, keeping everyone blind to the killers identity and motivations throughout. Director Richard Fleischer’s direction is clever and focussed on squeezing maximum tension out of each situation. He cleverly hints towards the killers mindset at the beginning, gives us a clever image (in the cowboy boots) to build a picture of the killer around and provides plenty of red herrings and misdirection. His low angle use of the camera helps exacerbate the tension by creating a degree of disorientation. Mia Farrow is first class in a difficult role and throws herself (literally) into it with plenty of energy and no little acting skill. Overall this is a clever, efficient, chilling little film and a bit of a minor classic of this genre of British film-making. ( )