Review: Sightless Pulls The Viewer In—And Doesn’t Let Go
June 8, 2022
Sightless is a psychological thriller about a woman who is trying to relearn how to live after being blinded by an attack.
The movie’s images portray what Ellen thinks she would be seeing if she wasn’t blind; as she finds out new revelations, we see these changes as well.
Ellen moves to a new apartment gifted to her by her brother. She also has a helper, Clayton, to assist her in adjusting to her new life. The movie first starts with a glance into the future and abruptly shows the title card. Then it shifts to Ellen in the hospital and her reaction to her blindness.
As the movie goes on we see her relationship with Clayton grow as she trusts him more. She also meets her neighbor Lana, who, as soon as they meet, Ellen becomes suspicious of.
Lana warns Ellen of what could be coming for her; she tells her, cryptically, not to trust anyone. She then notices more and more strange things going on in her apartment. Putting the disparate pieces of the puzzle together, Ellen quickly realizes something is wrong. She needs to find out what is happening; her blindness, however, hinders this immensely.
I would recommend this movie because it pulls you in and keeps you hooked. As Ellen discovers more about her life, we feel as though we are part of the situation ourselves. By the end, the viewer finds out everything and remembers incidents from the beginning that can connect mysteriously to the conclusion.