MamaGravity good back-story, and good acting

Micransix Crappy film

TeenzTen An action-packed slog

Nessieldwi Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

b-presbitaro This movie is one that will keep you thinking for a while long after you watch it. I'm not usually in for visceral sex and gore, but in 'Starry Eyes' it's all about internalizing (pun intended) the intimacy of the betrayals and vulnerability Sarah puts herself through. *spoilers* She literally ingests the evil of the cult, which then goes through a twisted mockery of natal gestation mixed with death, then is reborn with Aestreus. It's a brilliant take on vampirism and Hollywood cultism. Brilliant film.

necresaro I am an avid horror movie lover. I have such a broad spectrum of the types of horror movies I watch. However, this movie is not worth the time. It is truly one of the worst psychological thrillers I have ever seen. I kept waiting for it to become more suspenseful, but 20 minutes before the end, I finally gave up. Everyone definitely has their own tastes, but I cannot fathom how this received such a high rating.....

sol- Intent on winning the lead role in an upcoming horror film, an aspiring actress gradually surrenders herself to the increasingly bizarre demands of the film's casting agents and producer in this odd little film with some remarkable parallels to Nicolas Winding Refn's 'The Neon Demon'. The film's best asset is the 80s style synthesizer music score, which provides ample eeriness at key points. The other big highlight is Alex Essoe as the waif-like protagonist who undergoes some massive progressions throughout as she truly transforms, just like one of the casting agents say that she has to early on. On that note, it is the early scenes here that work best, most notably, the cold and uncomfortable initial two auditions with some elongated silences. Die-hard horror fans though might prefer the latter stages of the film since they are the wildest and goriest. They also make the least amount of sense, however, with the film never really exploring the details of the pact she makes to get the leading role, nor the cult that she gets embroiled with, an occasional visible pentagram aside. And yet, the film still essentially works even with such plot details left murky and ill-explained. This might not be the subtlest of films about being ruthless in order to get ahead in life, but it is certainly one of the most atmospheric and offbeat, leaving several images that are hard to shake from the mind.

Claudio Carvalho In Hollywood, the Big Taters'waitress Sarah Walker (Alex Essoe) is an ambitious aspiring actress that suffers from hair pulling disorder. Sarah does not respect her boss Carl (Pat Healy) or her job since she believes she will be a great actress and this job is temporary only to pay her bills. She shares an apartment with her roommate Tracy (Amanda Fuller) that frequently discloses her secrets to their selfish friends Erin (Fabianne Therese) that likes to humiliate Sarah and steal her roles; Danny (Noah Segan), who is an aspiring director that likes Sarah; Poe (Shane Coffey) and Ashley (Natalie Castillo) that are indifferent to her. When Sarah is invited to an audition of the film The Silver Scree from the company Astraeus Pictures, their auditioners do not show any reaction to her performance. When Sarah leaves the audition, she goes to the toilet room and has an attack, pulling her hair and crying. Immediately after, the casting director (Maria Olsen) invites her to return to the room and repeat what she did in the bathroom for her assistant (Marc Senter) and she. Sarah is invited again to an audition with the producer (Louis Dezseran) and when he insinuates to have sex with her, she refuses and goes home. However her ambition prevails and she returns to his house and has oral sex with him. He tells that she wants to be famous, she needs to die and reborn. When Sarah returns home, she finds that her body is deteriorating and she needs to murder her friends to complete her transformation. What will she do?"Starry Eyes" is a disturbing horror film with potential to be great. The story is a sort of gore version of Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray", where the body of the lead actress deteriorates instead of her body, with "Faust". Alex Essoe has a top-notch performance and the gore scenes are impressive. The plot has flaws, without any explanation about the cult or how the deaths could be explained to the police, families and landlords, maybe because of the low-budget. The conclusion does not show Sarah famous but she probably might be. My vote is six.Title (Brazil): Not Available on Blu-Ray or DVD.