Review of Starry Eyes (2014) by Itsmuchmore — 04 Feb 2015

I recently watched Starry Eyes and wow this is one messed up movie. The film is basically about Sarah who is a pretty, disturbed young actress who auditions for a role in a movie but has to literally sell herself to the devil to get to where she wants.

The film is worth watching just for the performance of the lead actress Alex Essoe, she does a fantastic job and the supporting actors are good also. The transformation of Sara from her nieve begginings to a her hell bent efforts of stardom and the horrific body alterations is very impressive. I wouldn’t say the movie is a slow burner but it does take a while before it truly becomes a horror movie and when it does there are some scenes which are quite difficult to watch.

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If I was to compare it to a similar type of movie I would say its like RoseMary’s Baby and more recently The House Of The Devil (both of which I think are better then this) just because of the satanic cult elements.

Where this movie fails is in setting up even any loose logic as to why everything is happening. There’s obviously a cult involvement, but there is absolutely no explanation as to what they do, or how they do it.

If your looking for a decent horror movie to watch on the weekend then I would definitely recommend this movie, its disturbing, funny, **** up and quite unsettling. It’s not very original, and initially you might have some trouble getting into it, but it takes a visceral turn that more than makes up for the somewhat shaky foundation set earlier.