The Eye
The Eye
R | 09 May 2002 (USA)
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A blind concert violinist gets a cornea transplant allowing her to see again. However, she gets more than she bargained for when she realizes her new eye can see ghosts. She sets out to find the origins of the cornea and discover the fate of its former host.

Reviews
Matcollis This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.
Peereddi I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.
Ezmae Chang This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
Payno I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
craigh01 Just a boring boring movie with no point at all. No deep thoughts. People said this was scary? I guess there were a few slightly scary scenes. The whole thing was just slow, and ultimately pointless.I do like some Japanese horror films (this one is in Hong Kong), but this one is just lame. I can't understand these good reviews. I feel like I wasted my time on this.At least throw in some twists or a mystery, like the American remake "The Uninvited" of the Korean horror film "A Tale of Two Sisters". (Actually I liked the American version of that better, but both were good). Those weren't all that scary either but at least there was a point to it.Just slow, boring, and no fun. I can't say much more about it without giving a spoiler.
ebiros2 When it comes to understanding the creepiness, I think Asian film makers have better grasp of horror than their western counter parts.There are no statistics about the number of Asians vs Westerners about their ghostly encounters during their youth, but many places in Asia seems to be naturally haunted (like the hospital in this movie), and percentage of people who have direct experience with ghosts may be higher there. The creepiness of many good Asian horror films are based on these first hand experience, only amplified about ten times. They really know how to hit your subconscious fear. On the other hand, Western horror films seems to be focused more on physical violence (like seen in "1408"), which really isn't as terrifying.The Eye is good, because the horror is intensely personal. We can really emphasize with the fear of the main character. This is an excellent film that has no violence, but still has high creepiness factor to it.
atinder This is also know as The Eye.it about A blind girl gets a cornea transplant so that she would be able to see again. However, she got more than what she bargained for when she realised she can even see ghosts.This movie was really creepy, the ghost in this movie are not scary as they don't want to scare, they want to creepy you out with the creepy atmosphere.The elevator scene was my favourite scene of the whole movie has it's makes hair on the back of next stand up, Great scene.The ending was was great but not outstanding as the rest of the movie. Acting this movie was fantastic8/10
Backlash007 ~Spoiler~The Eye is one of the original properties that was responsible for getting everyone excited over Asian horror. I remember liking the film the first time I saw it, however, watching it now I find that it's a bit boring. Well, the first half of the film is still engaging, but the latter is tedious and uninteresting to me. In the beginning of the film, we find 20 year old Mun, who has been blind for most of her life, has just had a successful cornea transplant. The operation allows her to see once again. But this new sight is more than she bargained for. She now has the ability, or curse, to see apparitions. There are some genuinely creepy moments where Mun is discovering that she can see ghosts. One involving an elevator is downright unnerving. When Mun decides to find out who the donor of her cornea was, the film turns into a kind of supernatural mystery and doesn't offer up anymore chills. That's where they went wrong. The Pang Brothers have a knack for generating some good scares. Unfortunately thus far they've put those scares into sub-par films (i.e. The Eye 2 and The Messengers). If you like films such as the original Shutter, you will probably find something to like here.