TheLittleSongbird Review of Eye of the Beast

Eye of the Beast (2007 TV Movie)

A little better than I was expecting but didn't involve me all that much

[4/10 · 1 August 2012]

Of course I was dubious as it was SyFy, but at the same I was wondering if it was going to be among the small handful of tolerable efforts. Eye of the Beast falls short of belonging to the tolerable camp but not bad enough to be among the bottom-of-the-barrel movies. It is decently made, with scenery that does have some atmosphere, the sea is darkly lit but gives a sense of foreboding, and crisper editing than anticipated. The effects are nothing great, but again have been far worse in other movies. The music is suitably haunting, and the acting while not awards-worthy is better than average. On the other hand, the script is stilted with some typically cheesy lines and the monster is under-utilised and not very menacing. I know that sparse appearances can add to more suspense, but when the story and characters don't do much to make the scenes where the monster doesn't appear interesting, you have a problem. The story is dully paced on the whole and with underdeveloped subplots and predictable attack scenes is uninvolving as well. The characters and situations are clichéd and not developed enough to be likable. In a nutshell, a lame movie that could've been better and worse. 4/10 Bethany Cox