What if your eyes could kill? This 1954 Mexican cult thriller asks the price of fame.
Sketchy TV personality exploits a busker with psychic powers for personal gain.
Cinematography
Expressionist shadows that prefigure later Mexican horror.
Acting
Adalberto Martínez's sleazy charm as the opportunistic host.
Director
Fernando Cortés
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Miradas que matan emerged during Mexico's Golden Age cinema boom, when studios rapidly produced genre hybrids to compete with Hollywood imports.
Famie Kaufman, credited here, later became legendary comedian 'Vitola'—her dramatic turn in this film was deliberately against-type.
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