Demon Eye

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While frequently derivative, there's much unintentional levity to be found in Ryan Simon's low budget, supernaturally shonky DTV horror flick. The blackened 'Demon Eye' is given a weirdly warped tonal tweak by the uniformly unthreatening presence of housewives telly favourite Darren Day!!!?? A cheap and cheerful creepshow that relies heavily upon its garish smash n' grab of contemporary horror tropes, borrowing liberally from J-Horror, Found Footage, Blumhouse, and the current vogue for 70s Folk Horror nostalgia. After the sudden death of her estranged, occult-dabbling father (Darren Day), his pretty, emotionally fragile young daughter Sadie (Kate James) reluctantly returns to her spookily isolated family home in rural Yorkshire. Far from stable, perpetually popping pills, boorishly blitzed on booze, self-medicating Sadie fatefully discovers an ancient, ill-omened amulet that somewhat duplicitously grants the finder their darkest wishes. In a dread moment of pique she misguidedly makes with the hocus pocus, thereby heralding a hellaciously hateful haunt upon our hedonistic heroine's handsome head! On the plus side, blissfully buxom Blonde bombshell Kate James is an appealingly FF'd up, saucy-looking terror Thottie, and I righteously grooved on the idea of the film's darkly demonizing duo 'The Burning Girl' and 'Padfoot' rather more than the so-so execution. And yet, wholly unexpectedly, 'Demon Eye' maintained interest despite its lack of invention. The singular casting choices, and the delightfully earnest, am-dram theatricality colourfully provided some deliciously overwrought interludes! 'Demon Eye' is generously slathered with a silly, supernatural soapiness that I found strangely appealing! Sadly, the conspicuous amount of drone shots diluted the desolate location's innate sense of doom, and FYI there were FAR too many bubbles in the bath scene, which, frankly, is a schoolboy error. Provided one's expectations remain low, 'Demon Eye' yields a bemusingly eccentric 'Emmerdale' slash 'Halloween TV movie-of-the-week' aesthetic which just might win it some additional fans!

Breathtaking views and great pictures overall but still stuck in the horror movie clichea. Erotical buildup instead of really blood chilling horror tricks.

Too many ideas thrown together resulting in failure. And they were all unnecessary. And then things go from bad to disgusting when it's revealed they are brother and sister. And he doesn't seem to care because "they didn't know each other." That is not how it works young man! You can't have relations with your blood sister and think it's ok! Why was that even added to the film? Wish I could reverse time and unsee this trash

A promising story with potential is the only good thing about this movie. Clichés can still work of done cleverly and with a creative spin. That wasn't the case here. Terrible acting and annoying characters ruined this film. Feels like you wasted your time..

When will horror directors realise bad acting kills their film? That's what struck me in this, the acting was truly poor. Look at B movies from 30 years ago, and the acting was far superior to what's on show here. A shame as there's a decent storyline, and the film looks good for a low budget movie, but it's killed stone dead by the acting.

I do love B movies, but this one flops it all. No later than the 30iest minute you only wish that this disaster ends. Do yourself a favor, even as a B movies fan, don't watch it. Really. Just leave.

To be fair I only caught the last five minutes turning over to it on TV. I hate cable and would never give Netflix a dime, but with lockdown I bought a TV and it has a horror channel so I drop in on occasions like this. I don't think it's a spoiler to say I didn't understand anythingbut since I missed the film that is understandable. What it did do is give me a very good laugh. I mean I dropped in just as the two demons were closing in and the look on her face was pure LOVE Island or Ibiza show- - take your pick. For the Yanks I will explain that it really is the worst in British TV. But then again 99.9 % British Television is just full of clangers - - I can't stand more than two minutes of anything - - the preening by self-indulgent luuvies who do endless game/quiz shows that are supposed to be funny and the canned audience (and leftest dullards) just laugh at themselves endlessly as if arching their necks and egos into a frenzy of self-delight "as if every word is just too funny" MODE. Either that or; over sexed, hormonal early 20 somethings told to argue and then make up and screw later if you haven't died of boredom by then. Hard to believe in the land of Monte Python how far it has gone down. Mixed with miles of adverts selling PC. Her face had that Google box look, and then suddenly, as if by magic and as quickly - - she is clutching her eyes. Wtf?? Go figure. Did I miss it? The monsters looked cool then she's screaming. I was impressed: they muted the screams (those films are best on low volume - - tell the director(s) sound men, editors, sound editors, producers- - the louder the screams, does not increase the scare factor. Suddenly she is at a table looking like she just got back from A&E Eye hospital...lol, more laughs. When the bloke says, "You're gonna need the cash to fix your eyes"... I nearly fell out of my chair. That's the NHS for you.

There were some good points and bad points, I would recommend it if you really really don't have anything good to watch though you may get bored with how the story progresses., anyways here is a quick rating of the movie STORY = 5/10 ENDING = 6/10 ACTING = 4/10 SPECIAL FX = 5/10

Sadie (Kate James) leaves her American home to go back to her old home on the Moors following her father's (Darren Day) apparent suicide. We later discover there is a "demon eye" necklace made by a girl in 1851 and she was burnt alive because of it... and her little dog too! John had the necklace and was haunted by her. Sadie takes a job as a photographer at the local paper and has her own visions...even before she found the necklace. The special effects were okay for a low budget film. However, the scenes needed some help. The bedroom scene with Sadie and Dan (Robert Hamilton) was pathetic as they just talked. The tub scene should have been a shower scene with Misty Mundae in the lead. The "eye" aspect was underdeveloped. Now the paper was looking for a story. She had a photo of the burning girl on her camera and she had the demon eye too. Yet, she is out looking for a story about the eye and the burning girl. The horror aspect wasn't bad, it just needed some support. I mean you writer/director Ryan Simons. Guide: F-word. brief sex scene. brief photo nudity.