Review of Five Across the Eyes (2006) by Damir A — 19 Apr 2013

There's a car chase scene in the movie where one girl shits in her hand and throws it at her attacker. Cool, right? Unfortunately we don't get to see it much because by that time the hand-held cameras (or is it mobile phones?) will have you in dizzy trippiness, and if that is not so then the blurriness will fix you just fine. Acting is non-existent and you can forget about lightning. This is the no-budget zone. The dialogue will have you in fits.

But the natural settings are suitable for a sense of genuine menace and the girls' continuous screaming, much like a Sonic Youth record, eventually crawls just under your skin. Violence is almost all of it off-screen so not much gore but you do sense its nastiness. There's a toolbox.

No better horror like The Last House On The Left and I Spit On Your Grave have been praised as 'groundbreaking' and 'influential' and it's a shame really because at the very least Five Across The Eyes never takes its self that seriously (nifty Euro-tune at the end credits). Hopefully this little indie will shift a few hundred units but even so once, and only once, should be enough.