My Little Eye

My Little Eye

My Little Eye

I was alone at night watching this one. It was late, around 3 a.m. and darkness came to town. I wanted to watch something that could scare me a little. It had been a long time since I felt the creeps from a movie, and I was hoping to do something about that. Boy, was I cheated out of this one! 95 minutes of my life wasted. 95 minutes that I will never get back. Even with the volume cranked up to the sky, this movie is, and I believe Jamiroquai's album says it the best, "Traveling without moving". The acting is lousy and the script likewise. And don't even get me started about the dialogues... There was an occasional cool camera angle, but not enough to dodge the 1 out of 10 verdict. Boys and gals, trust me on this one: If you see this title advertised with the words "run to rent" or "fly to buy", then either run or better yet fly - but better make it the opposite direction. Piece of crap!!!

What can i say. I can't figure out why this movie has such a high rating. I really hated this film. And i can honestly say that it was the longest one and a half hour i have ever experienced. But if you like these kinds of movies i wont stop you. See it at your own risk. It is stupid, badly written and it seems to go on forever.

It was a good idea and it did start to build into a slightly interesting film, then I guess the script and screen writers got bored. The movie falls flat back on "Boo, there's someone behind you oh it's your mate" and flash some flesh to keep them interested. Not much mind you. If you want a movie that's more scary than this, I'd suggest Shrek. That dragon was just sooooo scary :)

It's a pity the creators didn't make any effort at developing character - or plot - or indeed something other than a film which is nearly an exact rip off of "the shuttered house" - but swapping S&M webcams for Snuff webcams to be different. I wanted to see a "horror film" - but then again there hasn't been one made in decades worthy of the name. MISANTHROPIC SPOILER ALERT I tried to enjoy it - seeing dumb teenagers killed is how I get my kicks in films - but for the life of me I couldn't find a redeeming feature - barring the spooky glowing eyes greenvision night filming. Just the premise of folks spending 6 months in a house with strangers is far more interesting than the drivel on show - but as there is no depth to anything from the US these days - the lack of understanding of dramatic elements from the creators, eliminates the possibility of any tension in situations they come up with. Instead we fast forward to the last couple of days of the stunt and endure some lame incidents which result in a lot of clamour and shoutiness - from novice actors squawking predicatable and largely worthless lines. Convenient in terms of a short film - but poor plotting story wise. The climax - as it is - comes as no surprise and the film is almost entirely shockless and gore-less. My happy-go-splatter cheery demeanour was crushed with bored misery by the time the credits rolled - and due to a printing error in the running time, I had expected (indeed looked forward to) another 25 mins of screen time, but as soon as the final die is cast the film abruptly ceases - just when there was scope for a bit of extreme nastiness and depravity onscreen - (I won't elaborate but I was sorely aggrieved that nothing further happened. ha ha ha) It's as if the "Texas Chainsaw massacre" hadn't been made. Now that is a low budget movie that delivers the goods - in fact it is almost a blueprint for every film that came after. A pity the makers obviously hadn't heard of it really, as in the 28 years since it was made - it seems that the horror genre has completely lost the power to be original or shock - and is regressing in quality. Too many stupid contrivances. No depth. Pointless in the extreme. Characterless/faceless/useless. I really cannot think of a single good reason to watch this absolute crying disgrace of a film. Really - see it yourself by all means - I'm only writing this to get it out of my system so I no longer feel spavined by abnegation - but if you dig Halloween, Texas Chainsaw massacre, Argento, Hooper, Romero movies etc, peter jackson even (his pre LOTR stuff)- and you know your horror movies like me - then you will sit there stunned that people as giftless and feckless as this are allowed anywhere near a movie camera. On the other hand if you thought "Jeepers creepers" was good (well the first 15 mins are OK) then you may be enthralled by this little flick. If you are scared by flapping birds, or green lights, then you'll love it. I simply left the cinema with a really miserable face on. As a writer I make a point of seeing 100's of films a year to hone my craft, and each year I swear that the decent ones are both fewer in number and lesser in quality. What the hell is going wrong out there in film land???? 1/10 for horror fans. 5/10 for folks who haven't a clue about horror films. 10/10 for morons/blair witch fans.

Pace is an important feature of any film and this one lacks it. The plot is not original and easy to see through. Hark back to "Driller Killer" and "The Texas chainsaw massacre" and throw in "Big Brother" then you have this film. I wanted to walk out after the first 30 mins. Other semi-good and good films about for you to not waste your time on this one.

This movie had none of the ingredients necessary to make a successful horror/thriller, it was weak from beginning to end, and was incapable of thrilling or shocking, when you take into account this is the point of such a movie you can see what the problem is. It's a film that lacks any humour whatsoever, and doesn't compensate with enough of the dark chills that you would expect from such a storyline. The complete implausibility of the story/plot ensures that you never forget you are watching a bunch of half-baked actors plying their trade. Their attempts bringing to life to a leaden script failed, it stunk and it sunk. Whatever you do avoid this one like the plague, if you do not heed my words, fine, I will only say "I told you so".

This film promised to be so good. I had heard rave reviews on the radio, and decided to go and see it for myself. I was torn between seeing this and seeing One Hour Photo, but went for this film. What a mistake. The film looked promising, set in a Big Brother style house, with unknown actors in the lead roles. It was a huge let down. The film which promised to be the most scary film this year was not. I have been more afraid of Mr Staypuff than of this film. We were subjected to 2 hours of boredom, watching a couple of people doing sweet FA, and getting scared of something that didn't seem worth being scared about. We did not see any action until 20 minutes before the end of the film, and even then, it did not carry itself off properly, and failed to be the least bit scary or suspenseful. I appreciate some people will like it, but not for me, and not for the 20 odd other people who were at the performance, as I noticed 4 of them leave and the rest looked bored to death at the end. A promising film, which turned out to disappoint