I'm a fan of Hitchock, De Palma classics and newer horror like A Quiet Place and Hereditary. This film shines. Great actors and great looking film. The movie has some clear references to horror suspense classics but in an original way. But you have to have patience to get into the film it has a slow build.
Some people say Dakota Shapiro (Henry) is like the new Anthony Perkins and I agree.
Eye Without a Face
2021
Action / Horror / Thriller
Eye Without a Face
2021
Action / Horror / Thriller
Plot summary
Agoraphobic young man Henry, living with a Youtuber and struggling actor Eric, hacks the webcams of young women, and suspects that one of them is a serial killer.
Uploaded by: FREEMAN
August 10, 2021 at 10:05 AM
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cool take on classics
Quite good
Gimme a break, 3.5? At least solid 7. May be predictable, but still greatly executed!
Acting was great too, camera angles also.
Don't trust the 1 star reviews.
C'mon! It's not that bad!
I wasn't expecting anything after first reading all the awful reviews, but gave it a whirl anyway.
Honestly, what I found was an intriguing premise for a story, but unfortunately, it's execution could have been substantially better.
A voyeristic young man spies on girls through their web cams, murders begin to happen and mystery insues. Sure. It could work. But it doesn't get there with a lot of finesse.
The first and most painful detail is the lead, Dakota Shapiro's portrayal of Henry. Henry mumbles and walks around looking like he's 30 minutes into a heavy dose of heroin at all times. Really irritating at first. Was this on purpose? Don't know. But he did kind of grow on me after 20 minutes.
Next is Eric (Luke Cook), who plays Henry's roommate. Eric's from Australia and is a struggling actor. He's also the most annoying person you could ever share a house with. I wanted to punch him in the face straight off.
The sound track sounds original, and all by itself, is quite good. However it's application is very heavy handed and even out of sync with some scenes.
Camera work is adequate, but painfully amateur in some scenes.
As far as the plot, I thought it had some original spins on some old themes, but again, very light production values didn't let it shine as good as it could have.