The Mind's Eye
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Mind's Eye |
| Original title | The Mind's Eye |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2015 |
| length | 87 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Joe Begos |
| script | Joe Begos |
| production |
Josh Ethier , Graham Skipper , Zak Zeman |
| music | Steve Moore |
| camera | Joe Begos |
| cut | Josh Ethier |
| occupation | |
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The Mind's Eye is an American horror film from writer-director Joe BEGOS from the year 2015 .
action
The film is set in the 1990s. By the late 1980s, there were more than 125 cases of psychokinesis in the United States.
Zack Connors is on the run. The psychokinetic person is picked up by two police officers. After a scuffle in which he uses his skills, he is struck down from behind. In the interrogation room he receives from Dr. Michael Slovak an offer: he can see his girlfriend Rachel Meadows if he makes himself available to the doctor for experiments.
He still hasn't seen Rachel three years later. Instead, Slovak quiets him down and extracts serum from his blood that he administered himself to gain psychokinetic powers. With a colleague, however, Zack can free himself and also gets to Rachel. The two flee the facility, but their colleague is picked up and killed.
At first they hide with Zack's father, but Slovak, who meanwhile has powers himself and can use them, sends his captors after him. There is an argument in the course of which Zack's father is killed. Rachel lets one of the detectors explode the head, which weakens her so much that Zack calls the ambulance.
He himself returns to the facility and faces Slovak in a life and death duel. He finally succeeds in defeating the doctor by completely bursting him. But the effort was too much for him and he dies too. News of his death reaches Rachel on the hospital bed.
background
Joe Begos sees his film as some kind of unofficial sequel to David Cronenberg's film Scanners - Your Thoughts Can Kill (1981). The film makes use of some stylistic elements from retro films and is reminiscent of similar horror films from the 1980s. The music is reminiscent of the works of John Carpenter and some tracking shots are reminiscent of earlier films by Brian De Palma . The film contains some hard splatter effects that were handmade and implemented without CGI .
The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival 2015. In German-speaking countries, it was released on DVD and Blu-ray via Studio Hamburg. Despite its harsh effects, it was broadcast uncut on Family TV several times in the evening program from December 31, 2017 .
Reviews
Mike Pereira reviewed the film very favorably on the Bloody-Disgusting.com website. Although the film is a typical horror B-film and has some script weaknesses, especially the further the plot progresses, the filmmaker's love for the horror genre can be seen in particular. The reviewer felt like he was back in adolescence when he discovered such films in video stores. The website Dailygrindfouse.com also praised the film as "a fun, blood-soaked pastime that is perfect for a midnight movie with a few beers."
Web links
- The Mind's Eye in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release for The Mind's Eye . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF).
- ↑ Marcel Demuth: Film review: "The Mind's Eye" (2015). In: Filmchecker. August 8, 2016, accessed on April 19, 2020 (German).
- ↑ 'The Mind's Eye' is Extremely Violent and Wonderfully Enjoyable (Review). In: Addicted to Horror Movies. September 19, 2016, accessed April 19, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Mike Pereira: Review: 'The Mind's Eye' is the Bastard Child of 'Scanners' and 'The Fury' You've Been Waiting For! In: Bloody Disgusting! September 16, 2015, accessed April 19, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ Review: TIFF 2015: 'The Mind's Eye' is a throwback made with love (Includes interview and first-hand account). September 18, 2015, accessed April 19, 2020 .
- ↑ The Mind's Eye in the online film database . Retrieved April 19, 2020
- ↑ Jason Coffman: FANTASTIC FEST 2015 DAY SEVEN DISPATCH! In: Daily Grindhouse. Retrieved April 19, 2020 (American English).