Don't Open Your Eyes

Okay, I can understand that this is a "slow-burn" movie. It was a really long setup, but the guy was cute and the setting/scenery was pretty cool. The trailer piqued my interest and the poster was cool.

Two thirds into the movie and things started to shake...but I had NO idea what was going on! Either the lady's accent was too heavy, or she was chanting something ritualistic in another language, I just couldn't understand anything. Whatever was going on in the tape recorder was also impossible to understand. Even the subtitles just said "unintelligible" and "unclear" (I sh@t you NOT)--what's the point of having subtitles if THEY can't even understand what's being said?! (Plus, the screen went too-dark-to-see-anything in the middle of a scene and you have no idea what's happening! Grr.)

The one part I did understand set up some really creepy possibilities. At one point the lady leans against a window and taps out something in Morse code on the frame. She says, "I love this old house. It is always talking to me." Then the creep-factor disappears because the guy has to explain that he got a medal for learning Morse code in the scouts...and that's it.

And I JUST realized, I don't think anyone at any point in the movie said ANYTHING about opening or closing your eyes! @#%$^*&%!!!

If you understood this movie, PLEASE reply and explain it to me. I'm going to try again with the sound blasting and subtitles on all the way through. I Googled all over the place to see if someone else had figured it out, but came up with nothing. I really want to understand what's going on here. I shouldn't have to work this hard to figure out a movie!

NOTE TO DIRECTOR: Please just do it again. Leave the picture alone, just remix the audio to make the sound more "intelligible" for the subtitling company (dubstep, anyone?). DANG, I really want to like this!

I'm going to do my best to leave spoilers out of this review because I really want people to understand what's going on here and what the actual issues are with this movie. Here we go, everyone is tearing this movie apart over it being slow and it's pacing. OK? So this isn't a drag car kind of movie and in no way does it portray itself that way. If you want fast paced horror go find something else to watch. This a movie that builds on itself lair by lair. Everyone complains about the old ladies accent and they can't understand what she's saying...it's never that bad I promise and if you are having trouble there's this really cool thing called closed caption...turn it on

Here's the issues with this movie, it gets lost in itself and in the process the movie asphyxiates itself. WAY too many things not explained and unanswered questions. Plot holes, lack of constructive continuity. If you read reviews about this movie you'll find an ongoing outcry for, "I don't get it, someone explain this to me!" Unfortunately, I'm not sure anyone can because after a rigid search on Google, there are none, zero, nadda explanations or attempts or even reviews on this movie. Why? Because I don't think anyone can. THAT'S the problem with this movie. You will get lost and confused and there's no help waiting for you at the end. I've watched this movie so many times trying to see what I missed or pick up on something but trying to understand this movie is like trying to put together a 5k piece puzzle without the picture on the box of what the puzzle looks like. So there it is, yes it's a slow B movie. Yes it's low budget, but the acting really is not bad, I've seen WAY WAY worse. It's all shot in one spot so the scene is good. The lighting has some really bad spots in it, which you'll see. Man, yeah the damn movie is confusing as hell and leaves you lost after watching it. Hell maybe THAT'S the point of it, to make you feel like you have dementia too be the end of it life the old lady, who knows...not me and apparently not anyone else. So I invite you to watch this and see if you can figure it out and piece it together for the rest of us.

I downloaded and watched this low budget pos yesterday. Saturday afternoon, nice day, relaxing on my day off, it's the weekend, I feel like watching some horror, what the hell. When I say this was just slow awful and stupid, I'm being very nice. Don't open your eyes to this crap is a better title or don't even bother, would be more suitable, this was just awful. Avoid this three cast F upped class horror..ble film. A portion of my day off ruined.

The storyline was kinda interesting for the first half...The 'scary scenes' were more so a glimpse than a scene and the ending just had me completely confused.

I'm the kind of person who likes things everyone else scoffs at and abhors the popular so it's not surprising to find myself enjoy this movie. Then again, the main character reminded me so much of a former friend of mine, I was a bit more patient with it than others who've reviewed this.

Yes, it's a cheap, low budget movie that is very clearly someone's pet project. The kind of schlock I love.

So, we have a male nurse who takes a job as a home hospice carer to save money for his wedding, frequently pulling out the engagement ring to remind himself of why he's putting up with the needs of this sour, foul tempered old lady whose suffering appears to be caused by her one instance of showing a hint of joy.

But the old lady is a practicing occultist and has prolonged her own life at the expense of victims, who continue to prowl about and go "boo!" after the old lady's death. Our boy is stuck in the house after the adopted daughter of the biddy just straight up leaves him there with the dead lady in the most blatant construction of the isolation trope you may ever find. He's left to stumble about in the dark with a spooketty tape recorder and come to terms with the failings of faith and traditions while being harassed by spoopies and ghoulies who come out at night to be creepy.

There are a couple points of the movie lacking in any logic or reasoning. Less as plot holes and more a lazy cop-out of "ghosts did it! deal with it!" The soundtrack is nonsense.

It could have been streets better. Still, it's not so worthy of trashing. Not really. Or I'm just being nice because the guy reminds me of someone I knew. One or the other.