Shelley played Erika Breen, a blind switchboard operator, in the 1989 big screen thriller Blind Fear. Erika is working at a country lodge that is invaded by a gang of criminals (who've just hijacked an armored car), looking for a place to spend the night. But despite her disability, Erica manages to outsmart them all; and manages to... There's a surprise ending. It was filmed in Québec, Canada and runs for an hour and 27 minutes. Jack Langedijk, Kim Coates, Heidi von Palleske, Jan Rubes, Ron Lea, and Geza Kovacs co-starred. In July 2009, Shelley told her fans at the Hollywood Collectors Show a little bit about her experience while filming Blind Fear. She said that she wore a type of contact lens that blocked the vision and literally made her blind. She couldn't see anything when they were filming her scenes. Blind Fear has been released in DVD and VHS format.
