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Sadly Over-hyped

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Cool thrillerMaybe it is a little slower, on the border with the boring, in the first part, but it makes up for it in the second half. I do not know why they count it into the horror genre, although it is a little tense and sometimes bloody, but only for moments. It's more dramatic than it's scary.7/10

Guillermo del Toro has often been presented/named as a horror director/producer... Usually, though, the films he is involved with are more like "dark fairy tales" with sympathetic monsters and... that kind of boring stuff.This movie (which he has produced) is not like that. It actually starts as a decent mystery/thriller which offers very good scares and deals with one of the most tragic conditions a human being could ever face: the loss of one's eyesight. The directors ideas for the depiction of blindness are very very good, and the viewer can actually feel the character's helplessness. And that's about all that's good about the film.Once the plot starts to unravel, the story sinks itself into absurdity, providing us with a villain driven by one of the least realistic motives ever. To top that we are faced with some soap opera situations/twists that are equally non-believable. Yes, in Norman Bate's case, this kind of ideas was very interesting, but after the repetition of those models for the 1000th time, to be honest - we've had enough of them. Also, visually it is one of those "modern" movies that take place in a world with only three to five colors, ranging from blue to (hardly) green. Finally, the movie closes with a repetition one of the most used movie clichés, i.e. the "using camera flash in the dark in order to see" scare...The verdict: when this movie tries to be original, it resorts to ideas that defy logic completely, and when it incorporates classic patterns, it does it in a way that is completely uninspired.

First off, the quality of the film is very good. IF you are the kind of person who doesn't mind or actually likes Foreign Horror / Thrillers AND you don't like them too extreme, then you should enjoy this one.One thing though, is that it is VERY old fashioned, slow, and does NOT pander along the lines of today's modern Gore-Soaked Horror films. Although, it DOES have a few well done Horror elements that are very effective. It almost plays like a Spanish Alfred Hitchcock film. The pacing is EXTREMELY deliberate, but it steadily and effectively builds a level of tension. BUT, again... Very important; IF you DON'T really care for very SLOW films, or if you prefer more in your face Horror, then you will definitely NOT like it.All in all, strictly as a Horror film, I wouldn't say that it is one of my very favourites. However, when I write reviews here, my main concern is to be as accurate as possible and in my lowly and wretched opinion try to portray the film as objectively as I can. And... VERY importantly, whether I feel that it is a quality film or not. This one definitely is. For me personally, I REALLY liked the Guillermo Del Toro produced 'THE ORPHANAGE'. THAT movie really is more my kind of Horror film. There is much more emphasis on mood and atmosphere with strong Psychological / Supernatural overtones. So, films more along the lines of 'THE ORPHANAGE' or the similar British period Horror film about a Haunted Boarding School, 'THE AWAKENING', and the INTENSELY Psychological and unsettling 'SESSION 9' are really more my type of Horror.But, with that said, this one is done very well and is quite involving throughout. Like another reviewer mentioned here, this really is more of a Thriller as opposed to a Horror film, but within that Genre it is very well executed. HOWEVER... Do keep in mind the rather slow and old-fashioned pacing...

I'm always skeptical of horror films which use consistent jumpscares to frighten the audience instead of more honest, creative methods. Happily, Julia's eyes contains a grand total of one jumpscare, meaning the rest of the film had to find another way of being scary, and I'm happy to report that it didn't disappoint. This has to be one of the only films that has genuinely creeped me out, and it's down to the excellent writing, directing and production. Unfortunately, I can't say that about many other horror films these days.I only came across this film by chance as it was on television one night. I decided to give it a go, which turned out to be a pretty good decision. This is now one of my favourites in the horror genre - brilliantly written and gripping all the way through.