My Little Eye

Plot synopsis:
Five contestants, Matt (Sean Cw Johnson), Emma (Laura Regan), Charlie (Jennifer Sky), Danny (Stephen O'Reilly) and Rex (Kris Lemche), agree to take part in a reality webcast, where they must spend six months in a house to win $1 million. If anyone leaves, then no one wins the money. Nearing the end of the six months, tension between the contestants rises after Emma finds strange messages she believes are from a man from her past and the food packages arrive containing a letter that claims Danny's grandfather has died, and a gun with five bullets.
One night, a man named Travis Patterson (Bradley Cooper) arrives, claiming he is lost in the woods and that his GPS has died. Despite claiming to be an internet programmer, he claims to not recognise any of the contestants or ever having heard of the show. Later that night, Travis has sex with Charlie, and then secretly talks directly into a camera, to communicate with whoever is watching them. The next morning, Travis leaves and Danny discovers his backpack outside covered in blood and shredded to pieces. The contestants assume he was attacked by an animal but Rex believes Travis works for the people running their show and that it is all a trick to make them leave the house and forfeit the prize money.
Emma discovers her underwear among Danny’s belongings and confronts him, unaware that Travis planted them there the previous night. Danny denies it and attempts to make peace by giving her a crudely carved wooden cat, which Emma and Charlie ridicule, while Danny overhears. The next morning, the group finds Danny has committed suicide by hanging himself from the staircase balcony with a rope. The guests finally decide to leave, but after being unable to contact anyone via radio, decide to wait until the next morning. Rex uses the GPS unit from Travis' bag and his laptop to gain access to the internet to find out more about the show but is unable to find any evidence of their show online. He is only able to find a heavily encrypted beta site, that requires a $50,000 fee to access, and displays a web page with their pictures and betting odds. The group decides they will leave the next morning, though Rex and Emma go up to the roof to set off a flare. While Charlie and Matt remain in the house, Matt asks a camera if he should kill her, before suffocating her with a plastic bag.
Later, while Emma is sleeping, Rex comes downstairs and is decapitated with an axe by Matt. Matt awakens Emma and brings her up to the attic, telling her he is being chased and the others are dead. He then makes advances on Emma, who refuses, and attempts to rape her, before she stabs him in the back and runs off. Emma runs outside and finds a police officer, who handcuffs her inside the car and enters the house. An injured Matt then crawls out, begging the cop to let him kill Emma, since he spent six months in the house with her. Realizing they are working together, Emma escapes the car and tries to run but is shot in the back with a rifle by the cop. Matt and the cop sit in the kitchen discussing the setup they created with Travis for their high paying clients who want to witness the murders. When the cop says there are always "five suckers" to play the game with, Matt corrects him to four, and is then shot in the head. The cop then leaves, talking to Travis over the radio, while Emma is seen locked in a small room, unable to escape. As she collapses screaming, the cameras filming all shut off, one by one.

Tags: violence, horror, murder

Review:
When bricks get delivered instead of supplies and a stranger who happens by the house says he has never seen or even heard of their reality show, alarm bells start to ring.When this came out I just assumed it was a slasher movie that decided to try and ride the wave of reality show popularity all the way to the box office.
The film could easily have been making a point about the exploitative nature of such reality shows, the type of people that go on them and the sort of things that we turn in to watch (lets be honest  the fights and the sex).
Funnily enough, before the film they showed a trailer for the new HALLOWEEN flick (out in the UK in time for, well, you know ...); I heard a few people muttering that this seemed to have exactly the same plot as the film we were about to see (we'll gloss over KOLOBOS and BIG BROTHER.COM - THE MOVIE, shall we?).
I don't want to give anything away, really, lest to say that the two movies that this reminded me of most were THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT and SESSION 9: they were all shot on video, and they all had an unrelenting bleakness andan innate power to unnerve which distinguished them from the popcorn horrors of, say, SCREAM and the modern crop of audience pleasers (which I having nothing against, by the way).
The makers of MY LITTLE EYE use a dizzying array of discordant camera angles and white noise (and loud jarring sonic shards to unnerve its audience); it's the most inventive low budget genre film making I've seen since THE EVIL DEAD, and it doesn't seem overly contrived, or forced; the subject matter and set-up (the Big Brother'esque all seeing cameras constantly whirring, slipping in and out of focus) lend itself to it perfectly.As the majority of reviews point out, this *is* scary stuff.
Essentially, stripped of all it's visual trickery and clever manipulation, it's a teen horror flick at core (a teen slasher movie at that), but it's a million miles away from genre films like URBAN LEGEND, and it's ilk.MY LITTLE EYE (a British film made in Canada with American actors) is a gruelling hour and a half; it's endurance test horror.
Five strangers are brought together to take part in a reality web cast, the rules are simple; they must stay in an isolated house together for 6 months to receive the prize of $1 Million, if anyone of them leaves early they all lose.When strange things begin to occur in the house, the group suspect that someone is trying to scare them out of the house; but perhaps there is more to it than meets the eye.Marc Evans Directs a cast of relative unknowns through this quite fresh feeling chiller, and he manages to create a dark and creepy atmosphere that helps to build and sustain the tension in preparation for a fine climax.OK, so its a fairly trashy and a little easy to predict at times; but My Little Eye still prevails as a pretty original piece of work, that provides a few shocks.7/10.
I had never heard of it or anything about it when I saw it so I really didn't know what to expect, but I definitely didn't expect to like it as much as I did.The basic story: 5 kids in an isolated house in the snowy mountains in the middle-of-nowhere, have to stay there for 6 months to win $1 million for some internet "reality" program.
I usually like to watch movies that aren't mainstream, and the concept of My Little Eye sure stands out.The plot isn't that complicated; it focuses on five people trying to live in an old house in the middle of a forest.
But as it usually is, some things aren't what they seem to be...The cast of My Little Eye is great, since all of the few actors/actresses are pretty much 'non-famous' (for me at least), helping to create an illusion of an Big Brother-type of game, where ordinary people do stuff for money.There is this certain tension throughout the movie, creating a disturbing feeling that 'something isn't right'.
Five 'contestants' are invited to stay in a house for six months but if any of them leave, they all lose the $1million on offer.Where this film really works is in its use of sound and sudden shocks - early on a raven in the dark provides some truly 'jump out of your skin' moments, the rear channels working over time to engulf the viewer in a feeling of dread.The film gets darker and darker in its tone as we begin to realise that what the contestants signed up for what very different to what they thought they had.
It has a "Big Brother" (as in the TV show) element to it, except the contestants must stay in the house for 6 months without leaving (except to go out front), and some of the guests have secrets in their past that began to play out in front of them.The filming, direction, and cinematography of "My Little Eye" are all superb.
Pretty soon the house mates' resolve is tested as the mysterious "company" starts doing all they can to make the group implode.Riding in on the wave of Big Brother style reality shows and low budget documentary type films such as Blair Witch, My Little Eye is an unsettling and claustrophobic horror piece.
I have just spent two of the most excruciatingly unenjoyable hours of my movie-going life watching what can most kindly be termed a pile of witless crap, not wanting to walk out for fear of offending the friends that my wife and I went to the cinema with.I was quite frankly glad when the five central characters were dispatched in tediously unimaginative fashion, but was disappointed to note that no-one appeared to have done the decent thing and ensured that the director, cameraman and scriptwriter (now that's GOT to be an offence under the Trades Description Act) joined them in gory oblivion.
The film is poorly shot with abysmal wacky camera angles.On another level, the films treatment of the female characters is actually downright nasty - and I'm not talking about Halloween-type scream queen stuff, it's just deeply unpleasant.I don't even have much of an objection to dumb films, but this one doesn't even fall into the "so bad it's at least a good laugh" category.All in all I can heartily recommend this film to anyone that I really don't like - but you guys here, do yourselves a favour and avoid this one.This has been a cinematic health warning, thank you for your attention.
The plot, about a "Reality show" of 5 young and not-interesting people, ask for a lock at the cinema, or most of the audience would like to spend this time in a more interesting situation, as eating French fries....I could say that it would be useful it made before the Blair Witch Project...the movie connections are so obvious that we can believe it is a parody..But we can believe it is an ode to human futility and dumbness..
We were subjected to 2 hours of boredom, watching a couple of people doing sweet FA, and getting scared of something that didn't seem worth being scared about.We did not see any action until 20 minutes before the end of the film, and even then, it did not carry itself off properly, and failed to be the least bit scary or suspenseful.I appreciate some people will like it, but not for me, and not for the 20 odd other people who were at the performance, as I noticed 4 of them leave and the rest looked bored to death at the end.A promising film, which turned out to disappoint.
Some have called it a mix between "Blair Witch Project" and "Big Brother," but I think the best thing about this movie is that it has a unique style that creates an incredibly eerie atmosphere and terrific suspense.
The premise that 5 people would sign up for a reality web-cast with little or no knowledge of who is running the show took some swallowing, but My Little Eye still managed to be a surprisingly nasty and rather effective shocker which exceeded my expectations, thanks to a sharp script, innovative visuals and some good performances from its young cast.Aiming to get their hands on a share of $1m, five people agree to spend six months in a remote house packed to the rafters with camerastheir every move supposedly being broadcast over the worldwide web.
But as the 'experiment' draws to a close, it becomes apparent that the participants are taking part in a game far deadlier than they might ever have imagined.With excellent use of both CCTV footage and night-vision, director Marc Evans makes the whole 'My Little Eye' experience much more real to his viewers; at times, the editing and unique camera angles makes it really feel like one is actually watching events as they unfold, and, in this way, the movie is comparable to other recent reality-based films The Blair Witch Project and Series 7: The Contenders.And whilst the slow-burn approach taken by the makers might be a little too leisurely for today's younger horror fans raised on a diet of MTV style cinema, those of us who don't mind a film taking its time to develop will be rewarded with a clever and unexpected ending which takes no prisoners.Add to proceedings a little gore and some female nudity and the result is a surprisingly enjoyable film.
OK I bought this film because of the rating and the tag line..."the greatest fright flick since the Exorcist" and the extreme violence rating...Crap..Five strangers spend 5 months 3 weeks in a house we come in on the last week and follow their generally boring demise.Some of the camera work is mildly creepy and the acting does not suck.It was mildly entertaining and the first half kept you in some suspense...but then it collapses,it gets to be very straight forward not exiting and very predictable with out the promised violence.A very average film with a few jumps...if you liked Blair witch but wished it had some filming standards,them maybe you will like this..
"My Little Eye" reminded me a little bit "Kolobos",but it's not as memorable.Still this experimental horror film managed to terrify me and this is not an easy thing to achieve.Like Japanese nasty "Red Room" series "My Little Eye" is obviously influenced by reality TV programs.However,instead of being on commercial TV,this competition to see who stays in a creepy isolated house is broadcast only on the Internet.Five young people are members of the household and if they can all stay in the house for six months then they'll win $1 million.Soon they are thrown into the nightmare of snuff film."My Little Eye" starts slowly, but once the action kicks in it is quite exciting and rather gruesome.There is a fair amount of gore including one nasty decapitation scene,so I was satisfied.The film was shot entirely by the surveillance cameras dotted around the house and from a few hidden lenses inside household objects.Give it a chance.8 out of 10..
Although I had missed the first fifteen minutes of the film and my television magazine rated the movie as a rather average stuff, I decided to watch it and got drowned into a really creepy atmosphere that made me forget the funny evening with my friends.
But each actor plays a very special and unique character and has a strong presence and the concept works very well.The second thing that makes this movie so special is the way it is filmed.
What distinguishes this movie from the Hollywood horror movies is that there is - and I think I don't tell too much when I say this - a really disturbing and haunting ending instead of a happy end.The only negative points are that the movie has a beginning that is maybe a little bit too slow paced and that there could have been more shocking elements that happen instead of putting the whole tension in the very last night the five people live in the house.
I think I might liked the film a little bit more than a lot of people, but that only means that is at least worth a look.
The whole thing starts out pretty weird, and a bit promising perhaps, but as the piece develops it just feels like a waste of time - but who's not interested in ending credit rolls right?
Had it continued in this vein things may have shaped up into something genuinely scary.However, about a third of the way through, the plot is pretty much revealed (or can be guessed at) and the movie descends into a poorly paced slasher formula - except this time in a Reality TV House (which is incidently the plot of the new Halloween movie - previewed before this one starts!!).The web-cam perspective adds something - but at the same time borrows heavily from Blair Witch and the end scenes from Silence of the Lambs - both of which were done better.4/10 missed opportunity..
And allthough the reality show of it is nicely incorporated into the plot, it still basically a fairly standard horror movie set in an old creepy house in the middle of nowhere, and provoking only moderate terror in the viewer at that.Oh, and some of the plot twists are fairly predictable, at least I saw them coming..
My Little Eye draws you in, chews you up and spits you out with such force you'll wish you never wasted 2 hours of your life.I like the idea of watching the film from different angles/web cams but as of yet i haven't tried the interactive mode.
I mean it has high peeks in the scary parts but also long boring ones...The thing that stroke me the most is the great sound/music, it was really something else and if it weren't for that fact it would have been a disaster.As a whole i would say that the film is a little flat and would need a bit more development as far as the story and characters are concerned.
On the contrary, if you want big budgets, star cameos, slick action sequences and spectacular chases my advice would be to stay away - go watch 'Scream If Your Urban Legend Destination Knows What I Did Last Summer II' instead.If you like slow-building, atmospheric, nasty little shockers turn the fire off (and the lights out) and prepare to be chilled.
They must also abide by a curfew, which if broken,also end the game, along with their chances of winning the million .....The casting of unknowns was a good idea, the camerawork is superb (especially the use of night-vision cameras), the sound leaves a little bit to be desired,....but there is one major fault with this movie....
I read the plot outline and as i love big brother thought that 5 strangers stuck in a scary house being watched by people online would be my sort of film but unfortunately i was very wrong.
Great suspense bulit up by positioned cameras and incredibly eerie score of sounds and music.I think the reviews for this one will be rather mixed unfortunately since some people just don't like getting scared this much at movies.
'My Little Eye' is a non-original horror movie, indeed a collection of clichés, using the idea of the reality show 'Big Brother', the camera of 'The Blair Witch Project' and the environment of 'The Shining'.
I'm not going to go over the characters and plot (was there a plot?) as you probably know all that by now.This is Blair Witch (my most hated movie of all time) meets big brother.
I never got that) and then some mad person starts hack/hack kill/killing all the people in the house *YAWN*I thought, (like most people) this movie might have some sort of glimmer of orginality (or however u spell it) we were rewarded by something hideously morphed into a wannabe "Blair Witch 3" which has just given birth to their offspring from "Big Brother" Shudders all around.I like the angles of some of the webcams, i like the fact that they used night vision, i liked the fact that the people were total no bodies and we wouldn't be suckered in by the promise of good acting.
Unfortunately, this film does none of the above.In "My Little Eye," a sort of "Real World" meets "Blair Witch Project," a group of five young people agree to live together in an old house for five months while cameras film their every move for a Webcast.
This is something that should be mentioned more often when people review a horror movie which people consider as scary.We have something like a Big Brother this time.
It isn't like the other teen horror films that being released (by the dozen) these days.The movie case caught my eye (5 people offered 1,000,000$ to stay in a house for 6 months and be video taped -- none can leave -- bad things happen).
Another example of a great premise ruined by poor execution.As far as "reality" horror movies go "The Blair Witch Project" still holds the upper hand, all though it lost much of it's effect with all the worldwide hype."My Little Eye" is told through the cameras in the house, Big Brother style.
Blending elements from "The Blair Witch Project" and TV's "Big Brother", "My Little Eye" is a webcast of a group of five strangers who's goal is to stay in a remote house for six months while being filmed, and ultimately winning $1 million.
"My Little Eye" is a slow burn movie that builds to a stunning plot twist and an ending that will leave you thinking of the film for days to come..