Julia's Eyes. (2010)
A superior horror thriller from Spanish director Guillem Morales . Julia's Eyes tells the story of a woman trying to get to the bottom of her sisters apparent suicide. Along the way she is drugged and realises she is losing her eyesight.
Julia's Eyes is a terrific thriller with some strong horror overtones reminiscent of the best work of Dario Argento. Director Morales, an associate of Guillermo del Toro, who indeed acts as producer on the film, has created a film with a fascinating premise and some genuine scares along the way, best of all he doesn't resort to loud music crashes to fake the viewer into a jump. The scenes in the blind women's shower room are very unnerving and seem really creepy except there is no actual threat to be had. This scene alone makes Guillem Morales an excellent director in my view. Whilst the film is quite talky in places its still rivetting viewing which makes the flashes of horror even more devastating. One or two scenes are reminiscent of the aforementioned Argento at his absolute best.
Belen Rueda is quite superb in the role of Julia, utterly convincing and the object of our sympathies, in fact all the actors perform well with an intelligent script,and it isn't until the final reel that the film could ever be called formulaic.
For me Julia's Eyes is one of the best films i've seen this year
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