Laura Mars is an in-demand, high fashion, New York City photographer who has vision beyond what anyone else can see. This 'gift' seems to color her photographs with touches of violence and sex. Laura is tough but willowy, always dressed to the nines in silk and leather, capes and boots. Something is haunting her. We don't know why this is. Perhaps it is her ex-husband who is giving her the creeps? He is a weird-o sex freak (played by Raul Julia) who just can't seem to let go of her and shows up at the most inopportune times. Maybe it is all of the pressures of having a high profile career and being the photographer everyone wants? Or, maybe this is just the way she is?
Laura surrounds herself with a close knit group of colleagues who are like a family to her - midgets, makeup artists, fashion models, photographers, dancers, artists. These people make up the contents of her book, The Eyes of Mars.
On the eve of The Eyes of Mars' release, one of her subjects calls to tell her she just looked at the book and it is going to be a hit. Laura is thrilled to hear her excitement. The next evening at her book signing (at a slick discotheque) the cops show up to give her the bad news. Laura finds out her friend has been slaughtered by ice pick. Soon after, everyone of her associates is considered a suspect and taken in for questioning. 
One after the other, Laura's associates start dropping like flies. These murders she can see. Well, Laura can see the moments before the killer strikes (before he or she kills). She can see the victim being stalked and tortured but not murdered. When this occurs, Laura gets a terrible head pain, powerful visions and is gasping for breath. These killer visions seize her day and night. 
Eyes of Laura Mars is not a great film, but I am a fan. It's one of those pictures that puts the 'C' in camp for me. I am drawn in to the heavily stylized, sexy look of this film. The soundtrack is solid if you are a fan of true Studio 54 cuts (like "Let's All Chant", by Michael Zager's Band) with a dash of schmaltz sung on the title track by Barbra Streisand. There is a twist ending to Eyes of Laura Mars which will make sense when you put together the 'something' I can't tell you - which takes place during Laura's glossy book signing early in the film.
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