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  Review by davidehrlich ★★★★ 1

  like someone fell asleep towards the end of TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE and then had this horrifically beautiful monochrome nightmare.

  what a thing to watch.

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  Review by matt lynch ★★ 5

  I'm getting extremely tired of generic horror that thinks it's up to anything at all by sheer dint of being slow, very pretty, and formally placid.

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  Review by Eli Hayes ★★★★ 8

  pretty much the epitome of "don't pick up the hitchhiker" films.

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  Review by Lucy ★★★½

  norman bates WHOM?

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  Review by josh lewis ★★★★ 1

  pretty gruesome little gothic horror fable where a child goes to the ed gein school of emotional expression and bodily curiosity.

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  Review by DirkH ★★★★ 1

  Best Horror Films of 2016?

  Jeez, this film got to me in the worst of ways.

  This is the type of horror film that hinges upon how much the audience is willing to allow the atmosphere to get under its skin. Storywise The Eyes of My Mother hardly has any meat on its bones and as this is the case it has to make up for it with something. First time writer and director Pesce goes all out in the style and atmosphere departments and boy does he succeed.

  This is an extremely minimalist film (at points a bit too much) that conjures up a tiny universe of monochrome nightmares. Carried by an outstanding central performance we are taken into…

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  Review by DallasFrance ★★★★

  A tale of two movies, to a certain extent. After the first half of the film, I wanted to scream at the screen,”I GET IT! SHE’S A MONSTER THAT MOVES WITH THE GRACE OF A BALLERINA!” Then, however,  the second half introduced some plot devices that-for the most part-justified Nicolas Pesce’s tendency to beat a dead corpse.

  The cinematography is excellent, with shots emphasizing Francisca’s isolation by shooting her from a distance: sometimes from an eye in the sky, and sometimes from a safe remove on land. 

  Occasionally, a three and a half star film becomes a four star film for me because the filmmaker has the audacity to make an uncompromising movie. This was Nicolas Pecse’s first film, and it didn’t always work. There were some unforgettable scenes, though, and moments where  I couldn’t believe what my eyes (which I’d really love to keep, thank you very much) were seeing.

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  Review by hollie amanda ★★★½

  just a small town girl livin in a lonely world

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  Review by LME ★★★★½ 3

  What a debut!
  INCREDIBLE ending. 

  I love the look of Piercing and (half of) the Grudge but this movie has it all.
  Loved the b/w, the compositions (every barn one), francisca, the editing. 

  Highly recommend on Netflix if you mind the pacing.

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  Review by sodadreamer ★★★½ 11

  At first blush, “The Eyes of My Mother” sounds like it might be the name of a particularly maudlin memoir. In actuality, the title is a ghoulish play on words. With this movie, writer/director Nicolas Pesce has created a wolf in an arthouse film’s clothing. And this wolf delivers quite a bite.

  Our story begins with a young Francisca living on a secluded farm where she spends most of her time with her mother who teaches her the tricks of her trade: optical surgery. Unfortunately, Francisca’s world is upended when she witnesses her mother’s murder. It’s at this point that the cracks in Francisca’s mental state begin to widen. Isolation has already taken a toll on her, and this traumatic…

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  Review by 1313: Tony the Terror ★★★★ 2

  Having been one of the few people who loved the latest incarnation of The Grudge, I knew I needed to check this out as it’s by the same director. I had kind of avoided it because it looked very much art house and that just isn’t really my thing. Well it is art house, but also it turns out it’s very much my thing.

  A surreal slow burn that looks absolutely beautiful in black and white, there’s a lot of downtime between sudden moments of brutal horror, but that downtime is filled with a high tension and sense of dread that is almost unbearable. Nothing good happens to anyone in this and it’s not a spoiler because you just know…

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  Review by Sin ✊🏿 ★★★★ 15

  "Loneliness can do strange things to the mind."

  Never has a movie more delivered on this precise quote! The Eyes of My Mother is twisted and unnerving in ways that I absolutely savor.

  The protagonist (Francesca) is awkward and deranged, the product of unresolved trauma and abject isolation, and she craves to fill the chasm of loneliness she experiences in some of the most depraved ways imaginable.

  I dig how this film's straightforward story, strong performances, and deft directing all meld to deliver physical and psychological terror imbued with elegance. As well, the monochrome aesthetic enhances the eeriness of this creepy, demented ass movie. (Also, while the story's straightforward, it's still an effective exploration of basic human needs and how…