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Глаза звезды, Zvezdane oči, Tiszta tekintet, セーラ少女覚醒, A Qualquer Preço, Starry Eyes - Träume erfordern Opfer, 오디션, Gwiazdy w Oczach, 闪亮的眼睛, Şeytanın Gözleri, Cena za slávu, 腥夢驚魂, セーラ 少女のめざめ
Sinister, dark, brutal, I fucking loved it. Alex Essoe gives a brilliant, punishing, literally, performance. Pat Healy plays another sleaze with Burt Reynolds stache and everything. The girl that played Britanny Murphy on that horrible Lifetime movie is here too. The two directors here directed the shit out of their own Hollywood story. They have vision, style and balls. The score is great also. Reminded me a bit of Mulholland Dr. Thanks Matt for the factoid.
This is one of those films that would have benefited from more and/and and less either/or.
Starry Eyes starts off as a slow burn, disconcerting thriller with an absolutely outstanding female lead. Alex Essoe owns this role. She gives life to Sarah in a nuanced and affectionate way, reeling in the sympathy of the audience with apparent ease.
The directorial duo manage to conjure up a fantastically creepy atmosphere in the first two acts, shifting from real life worries to the more intangible dread of the supernatural. The world Sarah inhabits feels real, the problems she faces as a young actress with a self centred circle of friends are relevant and tangible, providing a very interesting mix of almost satirical…
”I told you, Sarah. Dreams require sacrifice. And so do we.”
Neon Demon’s scrappy older cousin—two years earlier, much less polished, but when it goes dark, it becomes the film it is reborn to be. That will make more sense after you watch it. Which you should do.
My first watch I remember finding it a bit rough and linear with good violence toward the end. That is what it is like, absolutely. The beginning of this film has room for improvement. The color is a bit desaturated and muddled for me, and the acting seems overacting. But it improves quickly and becomes a frolicksome adventure…
What a perfect, unsettling, and well-thought-out indie horror film! Starry Eyes follows Sarah (played by Alex Essoe), a young actress who’s chasing stardom and finds out the hard way just how dark that path can get. The film is both captivating and disturbing, with Sarah’s descent into madness for fame driving the whole thing. Essoe is absolutely incredible here, she owns this role. The gore and blood effects are used just right, never over the top but really effective when they do show up. The score is great, and the direction is sharp, building up the anxiety as Sarah spirals. The third act? Absolutely brutal, no holding back. It’s a dark look at what people will do to make it in Hollywood, and the feeling of hopelessness sticks with you long after the movie ends.
really blows the lid off Hollywood being a poisonous environment for women/hotbed of Satanic activity. plus "awesome" title font and synth score. it's at least an hour before the lead girl has to blow some old sleazeball, so extra half star for restraint i guess.
A horror movie that suggests the existence of an immortal “Hollywood Illuminati”. As if it weren’t real!
I’ve always thought it must take some serious acting chops for an actor or actress to PLAY an actor or actress, especially when there are scenes where they’re auditioning or practicing for a role. Seems pretty deep, doesn’t it? They’re essentially playing two people at the same time.
Alexandra Essoe (who we’ve seen lately in a bunch of Mike Flanagan productions) turns in a spectacular, intense and physical performance as Sarah, an actress looking for a break and offered a lead role - at a significant price. Somewhat ironically this film could be considered actress Alex Essoe‘s break, her first lead role. Gulp.…
Saw this back in 2015, but basically anything I saw that year was a total waste because I was too high on my daily Vyvanse-Adderall-Klonopin cocktail to actually pay attention to anything sooooo I finally got around to watching it again tonight and while I might not have felt that state of better living through science, I certainly was able to actually watch it and goddamn is it great.
A story about the lengths people will go to for fame and adoration that’s one fun ride from start to finish. The main character is very well thought out and wonderfully performed by Alex Essoe. An excellent #metoo tale that was a few years ahead of its time. Some really effective…
Now, what the heck. Starry Eyes is not for the faint of heart — and I mean it. It’s brutally real in telling its story about a girl who wants to be a star and is willing to do whatever it takes to reach that goal. It's darkly comedic at times and horrifically gruesome at others. I cringed and winced plenty of times during this film — and not just because of the graphic imagery, which is horrifying enough (though thankfully, it never crosses into torture porn). The film also sheds a dark light on Hollywood and human nature itself, exploring the most vile, revolting aspects of both.
It’s heavily reliant on atmosphere and definitely gives off a David Lynch…
It’s the journey, not the destination. If that phrase is true, then ‘Starry Eyes’ sucks.
The protagonist had zero redeemable qualities. Her friends had less than that.
And when all was said and done, what part of Sarah’s ‘transformation’ was necessary? The body horror, or the regular horror? Because neither seemed to be related to the ceremony which honestly appeared to the key to the whole thing.
I kind of liked the ending...but it was like visiting Hawaii via a sinking life raft.
"actually, let me explain to you how hard it is to be a woman in the movie industry. ladies, be extra bitchy to each other and strip down to your underwear." - two dudes
honestly, cut out all the dialogue and you've got a solid four star movie. mute it and put Goblin on the stereo or something.
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