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Starry
Eyes
(2014)
Johnny's
comments:
Starry Eyes is a horror
drama set in Los Angeles
where aspiring actress
Sarah (Alexandra Essoe) is
struggling to get any
roles and is making ends
meet by working at a
Hooters knock-off, Big
Taters. She shares an
apartment with friend
Tracy (Amanda Fuller) and
with others living at the
apartment complex, they
are waiting for their
break or for when Danny
(Noah Segan) can finally
get his movie off the
ground. One day, Sarah
applies for a role in an
Astraeus Pictures
production, a well-known
horror production house
and she gets called in to
audition, which ends up
being weird and inevitably
goes terribly for Sarah.
Afterwards while in the
toilets, she admonishes
herself, which is spotted
by one of the producers
and she asks Sarah back
into the casting room to
repeat what she did. This
impresses the two
producers and Sarah gets a
callback a few days later,
quits her job and goes to
the next audition, where
she reluctantly strips
naked when asked, but this
induces something in her
that impresses the
producers and she gets to
meet the head of the
studio. He asks her to
have sex with him, which
she refuses and she runs
away, back to where she
started. But, this has got
her thinking what if she
went ahead and had sex
with the head of the
studio? It could give her
everything she always
wanted as he promised as
such. So, she calls back
promising that she is
ready, but after the deed
is done, Sarah becomes
violently ill, as if
decaying and her behaviour
becomes erratic. What has
become of Sarah and what
will happen to her?
Interesting little movie
that has a different take
on fame and is actually
pretty creepy for the most
part. Alexandra Essoe is
great in the lead and
embodies the desperation
of wanting to be famous no
matter what perfectly. The
film becomes extremely
dark towards the end,
possibly more than it had
too, but the set up is
intriguing and is
complimented by an
excellent synth score
which adds to the
intrigue. Synth music fits
L.A. films perfectly, it
just has that feel about
it. A great little film
that is something a little
different and well worth a
look.
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