The Eye

The Eye

How can you believe your eyes when they're not yours?

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Release Date

2/1/2008

Runtime

98 mins

Overview

Violinist Sydney Wells was accidentally blinded by her sister Helen when she was five years old. She submits to a cornea transplantation, and while recovering from the operation, she realizes that she is seeing dead people.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$12,000,000

Revenue

$58,010,320

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A psychological horror film that mines dread from the unreliability of perception itself. It's the story of a woman learning to see again, only to discover that sight comes with an unwelcome burden.

Mood

UnsettlingDread-soakedMelancholicTense

Themes

GriefFamilyMortalityIdentityRedemption

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticHigh-contrast

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violenceChild endangerment

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