The Eye
Starring: Jessica Alba
Released: 2008
Watched: At home, Sky Anytime TV.
Sidney is a concert violinist who lost her sight aged 5 and has been completely blind every since. She is given an operation to restore her sight using the corneas from a donor.
However the donor corneas belonged to a Mexican witch. And as soon as Sidney starts to regain her sight she starts to see things that are not there. These start off as shadows and movement, but soon become clearer as she realises it is the dead she can see, reliving their moment of death, or having just died, being taken away.
Later into the film there is also a nice twist in the story as Sidney looks at her "own" reflection in the mirror.
Verdict:
Normally remakes of JHorror films don't tend to be as good as the originals, but I normally still enjoy them. However I've not seen the original of this one so can't comment on how closely it follows the original, but I enjoyed it. While the story wasn't really anything new and we have seen this sort of JHorror inspired plot, it was done well and remained quite gripping and suspenseful to the end.
The last part of the film reminding me a lot of the beginning of Final Destination 2.
Score: 7.5/10