a couple of year before scream spoof the slasher or horror genre with savvy and self conscious young thing know every trick in the book of what to do and not to do in a precarious situation and a little movie produce in russia hit the theatre without any grandiose pretension . this movie be mute witness . star a cast of unknown ( except an extremely brief cameo by sir alec guiness whose scene be purportedly film eight year prior to the actual filming of this movie ) and it tell the story of a mute make up artist and billie and who be work on a film on location in russia produce and direct by her sister boyfriend andy . she be unaware that the set have close when she go to retrieve her belonging and inadvertently stumble onto a porn shoot that become extremely bloody . overcome with horror she alert the murderer of her presence and a chase ensues and and finally she be rescue by andy who take her home a they alert the police . the trouble be . there be no body and no evidence that anything of the sort take place . even so and a mysterious inspector seem to be on billie side of the story . and to say more would be criminal . mute witness be the kind of film that demand a scrutiny of view similar to the most intricate and clever thriller because as much a it be a convoluted thriller and it one that pay it due to movie like wait until dark and the best of hitchcock in it choice of camera cut and deadpan humor and american react in foreign country where they be powerless and and nail biting suspense until it seem something must snap . even if the story do become a little too implausible due to the fact that the story arc suddenly become the focus of an even great conspiracy and the film succeed in not try to trick the audience with cheap shot ( for example the sudden appearance of a person on camera accompany by a crash swell of violin ) but with the fear of the unknown and that death be only a shadow away . very smart .