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.
Eye Without a Face
2021
Action / Horror / Thriller
Eye Without a Face
2021
Action / Horror / Thriller
Keywords: stalker
Plot summary
An 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.
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C'mon! It's not that bad!
Entertaining
To the people saying they picked the twist at the beginning and you'd have to be stupid not to - I watch a LOT of these types of movies and I still didn't *particularly* see anything coming. Henry's character was fantastic, so well played. He had all the signs of the agoraphobe who was on medication, but we didn't really ever find out what for and can only have made assumptions. I thought for ages his funny and entertaining mooch of a tenant was sinister but I was way off.
Anyway I was never bored, even though it was slow in many parts it was always entertaining. Definitely recommend this little low budget thriller for anyone who likes a character based thriller.
It's the One in the Mirror
It's a worn premise of inner demons coming out as the real killer. Henry can't go outside, so he watches people on hidden cameras...and when a new roommate pushes the boundaries - the man in the mask comes out.