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Starry Eyes

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Starry Eyes

Released Nov 14, 2014

1h 36m

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A woman's pursuit of Hollywood stardom puts her on a collision course with a satanic cult.

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Starry Eyes pokes Hollywood's seedy underbelly to produce a refreshingly original horror story led by a breakout performance from Alex Essoe.

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Clark Collis

Entertainment Weekly

Horror fans should keep their eyes on the filmmakers - and Essoe, who gives a star-making performance.

Rated: B+

Nov 21, 2014

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Simon Abrams

RogerEbert.com

"Starry Eyes" may leave you feeling hopeless, but its bleak vision of masochistic perfectionism is clear-eyed, cogent, and devastatingly unsettling.

Rated: 3/4

Nov 14, 2014

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Frank Scheck

The Hollywood Reporter

The degeneration into familiar genre tropes reduces the impact of the wittily satirical set-up, with the result that Starry Eyes fails to live up to its initial promise. But the film indicates genuine talent on the part of its directors/screenwriters.

Nov 13, 2014

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

A slow-burn, surreal nightmare that honors paranoia-filled dramas of the '60s and '70s that has a shocking payoff to make it feel entirely original, all grounded by Essoe's tortured performance.

Rated: 5/5

Sep 20, 2023

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Kathi Maio

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction

Equal parts occult horror and slasher flick, Starry Eyes is definitely a B movie, but fairly well done, as such.

Mar 11, 2020

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

Unfortunately, it becomes a grisly, exploitative Faustian romp in the second half, reduced to cliché and depending on a descent into violent gore.

Rated: 2.5/5

Sep 12, 2019

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Mark H

Open your Eyes. Very original and quite disturbing. Moves beyond those tired traditional Hollywood vaporous plots. Enjoy something fresh here.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/21/24

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Kim D

I'm amazed I hadn't heard of this sooner. Loved it! Acting, story line, effects...everything!! KimD

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/25/24

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Darren D

Starry Eyes from directors Kevin Kolsch & Dennis Widmyer, bring a tale of fake friendships, struggling actors & throw it all into a nightmarish dark decent of the personal price & lengths one will go for fame before spiralling into a slow transformation of pure blood-soaked rage. Lead actress Alex Essoe delivers a wonderful & bloody performance as the struggling wannabe star, that brings an unnerving mix of ambition, fear & uncomfortable panic-inducing self injuries.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/21/24

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Sparky K

Biggest waste of time ever. Pointless film with no coherent story. Don't bother.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/16/24

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inta k

quite stupid and pointless movie

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/13/24

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Captain A

The actress and the acting was great, the overall movie plot was not.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/28/24

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Synopsis

A woman's pursuit of Hollywood stardom puts her on a collision course with a satanic cult.

Director: Dennis Widmyer, Kevin Kolsch
Producer: Travis Stevens
Screenwriter: Kevin Kolsch, Dennis Widmyer
Distributor: MPI
Production Co: Parallactic Pictures, Dark Sky Films, Title Media, Snowfort Pictures
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 14, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 29, 2016
Runtime: 1h 36m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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