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People are voting emotionally.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

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.

Intent on winning the lead role in an upcoming horror film, an aspiring actress gradually surrenders herself to the increasingly bizarre demands of the film's casting agents and producer in this odd little film with some remarkable parallels to Nicolas Winding Refn's 'The Neon Demon'. The film's best asset is the 80s style synthesizer music score, which provides ample eeriness at key points. The other big highlight is Alex Essoe as the waif-like protagonist who undergoes some massive progressions throughout as she truly transforms, just like one of the casting agents say that she has to early on. On that note, it is the early scenes here that work best, most notably, the cold and uncomfortable initial two auditions with some elongated silences. Die-hard horror fans though might prefer the latter stages of the film since they are the wildest and goriest. They also make the least amount of sense, however, with the film never really exploring the details of the pact she makes to get the leading role, nor the cult that she gets embroiled with, an occasional visible pentagram aside. And yet, the film still essentially works even with such plot details left murky and ill-explained. This might not be the subtlest of films about being ruthless in order to get ahead in life, but it is certainly one of the most atmospheric and offbeat, leaving several images that are hard to shake from the mind.

STARRY EYES is one of those 'mumblegore' films set in the soulless world of the modelling industry. Watching it, the only thing that interested me was how similar the story is in tone to the later NEON DEMON, although this one's more graphic and distasteful. The main character is a waitress who aspires to become a model, so when she visits a new agency, you can guess the kind of thing that happens.Truth be told, I'm no big fan of this genre and STARRY EYES reminds me why. This is drawn-out and cheap, with unpleasant characters throughout and a lead you can hardly get behind due to her self-destructive drive. The horror tries very hard to shock but although unpleasant I didn't find it disturbing, merely juvenile in approach. In fact, the whole experience was rather depressing for me. If this is the face of modern horror, I'd rather do without it.

Comparing it to Rosemary's Baby??? Not even close! Rosemary's Baby had a plot, a REASON, an EXPLANATION, it made SENSE! This movie makes no sense. I'm only giving it 2 stars since it kept me watching until the end, hoping to make some sense out of it.At the beginning it seemed pretty good. Seemed like it was leading up to something interesting. But then it dragged on and on. Here's the spoiler: NOTHING HAPPENS. Other than the gory murders at the end. And some stupid cult yelling "Hail Astreaus!" (The subtitles misspelled the Greek God I think it was). Sort of like the slightly corny "Hail Satan!" at the end of Rosemary's Baby. Except in Rosemary's Baby they slowly let you learn about the cult, the people in it, what they were doing, what their origins were, and then let it all hang out in the end. Here, nothing. Just leads up to the end with a cult with no explanation, no background, nothing.If you like to see people's face get smashed into pulp with a dumbbell you can skip to close to the end. It's completely pointless. I don't mind seeing gore like that - I'd rather not - but if it has a point and a plot and makes sense then I don't mind.One little technical point. It's not that easy to stab someone to death. Especially a small girl stabbing a medium-size man. Normally they would fight back, not just sit there going "why?".One thing I will say is the lead actress Alex Essoe did an AMAZING job of acting, wow! She was a great actress, even acting being an actor. She was great. Too bad the rest of the movie was worthless.

The premise is awesome! A disturbing body horror about fame. It's the film you wanted David Cronenberg to make. But what is wrong with the lighting? It wrecks the whole movie. The lighting is bad and then they've slammed some grading on it and made it even worse. Everything is drab and under lit. It's not style it's bad lighting. The digital wonders of grading will not save poor footage. I've been around the internet and weirdly no one is discussing this element.I must mention the score. The soundtrack is a real highlight, completely original. The music is haunting, creepy, and infused with a cool retro feel.