The Child's Eye
The Child's Eye
| 13 October 2010 (USA)
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A group of friends finds themselves stranded in an old hotel. As they uncover the history beneath the walls, they're slowly drawn into its sinister past, making it harder to get out alive.

Reviews
Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
Evengyny Thanks for the memories!
Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.
Flow While the coherence on this one might be a tad bit broken, there were some scenes that seemed out of this world! And yes, in a good way!As most such films, of course it will seem twisted, sick, hard to read, difficult to interpret and so on! But what good Asian horror puts itself on the plate for you? Either go with the program, or find yourself another hobby! People like those involved in the making of "The child's eyes" should be encouraged, helped with finances and let them show us more, see what they are truly capable of. I had fun, I admit it, it kept me very interested the entire movie, didn't seem as long as other Asian horrors I've seen lately, and again, I have to put an accent on the fact that tension is a huge factor here. When such moments will make their appearance you'll just stand there, frozen, waiting to see what will happen.Not many films have that effect on you, so a good scare is where you find it! Doesn't have to be a Boo, a loud fast sound, or a scary monster coming out of nowhere, it can indeed be something slow, annoyingly slow actually, and you'll feel your eyelids opening more and more, waiting..for what is there to happen. As I said, I had fun!Cheers!
revbighig Watching a movie (reading a book, attending a concert)in order to review it, is to chose not to be entertained. Surrendering to art, allowing it to sweep you along as it may, is always my plan. But when the down-river flow is so full of rocks as to keep bumping my head, I fell out of this movie and back into my living room going "huh"? I love Asian horror. It has a creepiness unseen elsewhere. This movie did too, but only in atmospherics -- the hotel was a fright! The acting, however, did not add much. It mainly consisted of long, silent pauses where the actors stared at each other, at nothing, at ghosts. And considering the ugliness and horror all about them, the three girls were remarkably unfazed, wandering over and over again back into dark and dreadful places. I might have accepted some of this, if the plot made any sense. Even the amazingly knowledgeable narrative of the Doggy girl, wasn't much help.(It seemed to fall apart in the b/w flashback.) Who was the mother? The wife? The half girl/half dog? How did she get this way What was that crazy hellish world on the other side of the goo? Why did we need so much time dedicated to the riot scene -- it felt like a separate movie. 4 for atmosphere, 10 minus 6 for everything else.
rust37 The most beautiful part about horror movies, the very essence is whether you've experienced that eerie feeling on a brink of "I just can't see it any further" and of course shivers. To summarize, this one delivers both. Couple of scenes are real, real creepy.New words to the genre? Yes - I'm following horrors quite closely and still have found new tricks. Visual candy - yes, I've liked a lot the way camera played about dimensions, 3D-oriented scenes were also likable. Derivative to The Eye, Insidious and Re-cycle - also yes, quite unfortunately. But! I'd l-love to see more derivatives to Insidious.Well, one can complain also about full-straightforward story, which is not so to say. So-so direction - here I can agree, but did you ever see stronger performance from teens in Asian horrors? (Pals, this is not a J-horror, it is from Thailand/Hong Kong) Not likely, so why complain too much? I can mumble a while around longish scenes, but I can also cease it on the fact that this is quite typical for pan-Asian movie school and well, this is not a Transformers franchise anyway. All in all this is a solid, quite creative 6/10 effort well worth watching for those who seek for new tricks on the horror arena. Give it a shot - at least to your exploratory agenda.
Sabalon I usually like the Pang Brothers so gave this a shot. It was better than a lot of works that get over here, but not exceptional. The story was not that convoluted that it could not be followed. It was a straight-forward ghost story with some redemption - nothing surprising for fans of The Eye.Originally this was done in 3-D and you can tell some of the scenes were designed to take advantage of that, but it was not too over-the-top about it. It works quite well in 2D.Some of the acting feels a little weak, but it is not bad enough to be distracting. A few tense moments where they don't go for an obvious scare, even after a large build-up. Refreshing that not everything is predictable.