My Little Eye (2002)
Average Rating: 5.2/10
Reviews Counted: 20
Fresh: 13 | Rotten: 7
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Picking up where the multitudes of late '90s/early 2000s reality-based television shows left off is the unexpectedly shocking horror film My Little Eye, from director Marc Evans. Five twentysomethings are assembled to live together for a period of six months in a house specially outfitted with a bevy of webcams in order to collect a one million prize. The one major caveat being if anyone abandons the house prior to the end of the six-month period, no one will win anything. After introducing the
Jan 1, 2002 Wide
Apr 27, 2004
Universal Studios Home Video
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Sean Cw Johnson
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Stephen O'Reilly
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Laura Regan
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Jennifer Sky
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Bradley Cooper
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Nick Mennell
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A nasty piece of work, but we probably deserve it.
Top CriticWitless and utterly pointless.
A spiffy, high concept horror movie about webcams, isolation, and spooky guys coming in from the cold.
My Little Eye is simple little story and a sharp exercise in style that could have done with a stronger script. But it's nonetheless effective.
MY LITTLE EYE is the best little "horror" movie I've seen in years.
Not only does the movie fail to make us part of its reality, it fails the most basic relevancy test as well.
... an unimaginative, nasty, glibly cynical piece of work.
Barely manages for but a few seconds over its seemingly eternal running time to pique your interest, your imagination, your empathy or anything, really, save your disgust and your indifference.
O ótimo esforço do diretor acaba sendo frustrado pelo roteiro, que, depois de levar um bom tempo para colocar a trama em andamento, perde-se de vez a partir do instante em que os estranhos acontecimentos são explicados.
Marries the amateurishness of The Blair Witch Project with the illogic of Series 7: The Contenders to create a completely crass and forgettable movie.
It's still far scarier than 99% of Hollywood's offerings; it's just a pity Evans had to resort to their clichés.
There are just enough twists in the tale to make it far more satisfying than almost any horror film in recent memory.
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Marc Evans' My Little Eye offers some very intriguing twists to the documentary style of horror which has been ruthlessly exploited of originality in more recent years. It borrows numerous elements from The Blair Witch Project but crucially it offers imagination, incredibly creepy sets, real smarts and challenging pacing that cranks up the tension. As the plot is slowly progressed further into unsettling weirdness, the characters become more likable and the horror plays out very effectively. Although the typically bland dialogue destroys any chance at character development the strong performances and Evan's hypnotic style of directing holds everything in place and from that it actually ends up going somewhere. I think that there is an underlying subtext to the film expressing hatred for reality TV in how we enjoy watching everyday people experience differing form of mental trauma and humiliation on screen or in this case via the Internet. Although some of the twists tend to be predictable and the script is sometimes weak it made me bite my nails more than Paranormal Activity or any of the recent "found footage" outings and is overall a real classic of the sub genre. The visually yucky quality of the gore and Evans' decision to allow the narrative to really take it's time adds to the thrills of watching it. I love this film, but the ending has understandably split opinions. A character in it's finale describes "the company", which is something often discussed by the group of protaganists, and reveals some expected/unexpected information about what, where, who and why it is. In a way the speech was cheesy, but it was an absolutely spine tingling conclusion to the madness of the story. A little horror film which has been unforgivably forgotten. Scary, funny, under rated and a real creepy eye opener.