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Two Eyes Staring

Original title: Zwart water
  • 2010
  • 1h 52m
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5.5/10
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Two Eyes Staring (2010)
When nine-year-old Lisa discovers her sinister new friend Karen is a ghost the fate of her family is put at stake. Karen tells her that she is the dead twin sister of Lisa's mother, who poisoned her when they were nine. Then Lisa's father also begins to s
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Moving into her parents' mansion after she inherits it, a woman, her husband and their daughter stumble upon a dark and terrible family secret.Moving into her parents' mansion after she inherits it, a woman, her husband and their daughter stumble upon a dark and terrible family secret.Moving into her parents' mansion after she inherits it, a woman, her husband and their daughter stumble upon a dark and terrible family secret.

  • Director
    • Elbert van Strien
  • Writers
    • Elbert van Strien
    • Paulo van Vliet
  • Stars
    • Hadewych Minis
    • Barry Atsma
    • Isabelle Stokkel
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    1.4K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Elbert van Strien
    • Writers
      • Elbert van Strien
      • Paulo van Vliet
    • Stars
      • Hadewych Minis
      • Barry Atsma
      • Isabelle Stokkel
    • 10User reviews
    • 23Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins

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    Hadewych Minis
    Hadewych Minis
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    Barry Atsma
    Barry Atsma
    • Paul
    Isabelle Stokkel
    • Lisa
    Charlotte Arnoldy
    • Karen
    Steven Boen
    Steven Boen
    • Rijkswachter
    Warre Borgmans
    • Psychiater
    Philippe Colpaert
    • Peter
    Viviane de Muynck
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    Els Dottermans
    • Juf Bongaerts
    Marc Lauwrys
    Marc Lauwrys
    • Huisarts
    Bart Slegers
    • Geert
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    Tibo Vandenborre
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    Maryous Gabrielse
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    Bastiaan Rook
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    • Director
      • Elbert van Strien
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      • Elbert van Strien
      • Paulo van Vliet
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      In 2011, an American remake of the film titled Two Eyes Staring was announced, to be directed by Scott Derrickson and with a starring role for Charlize Theron. Although the project is officially still in development as of 2019, there have been no updates and Theron is no longer attached to the project.
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    3/10
    Some movies go from 0 to 100, this one does it the other way around
    Well...

    I still don't know what to say. The movie start out pretty cool with a few very good shock effects, "creepy little kid galore", and then... Well... It doesn't built tension, it releases it. In my opinion, the movie gets lamer with every minute...

    What you get, though, is descent camera work and music. The actors look like they know what they do, although I really can't recommend the German dub, this plain sucks. Yes, I watches it German, and the voices sound stupid most of the time. And with stupid, I mean REALLY stupid. Tried a bit of the movie in it's original language, and it sounded better, although I didn't understand very much, the voices seemed much more believable.

    If you ask me, the movies biggest flaw is that it starts REALLY creepy and after maybe half of the movie, it tries to develop into some sort of drama. And for the whole second half of the movie, it doesn't what what it wants to be: horror movie or drama.

    And yes, with this being a "new age" horror movie, you will (of course) get a major plot twist towards the end. Which doesn't save the movie from being boring, except for the first 15 or 20 minutes or so.

    Don't buy it! Go rent it out instead. If you wanna see creepy little kids, then you're right, but turn the player off after 60 minutes. Or go for "The Orphanage".
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    • Release date
      • March 11, 2010 (Netherlands)
    • Countries of origin
      • Netherlands
      • Belgium
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    • Language
      • Dutch
    • Also known as
      • Dehşetin Gözleri
    • Production company
      • Accento Films
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      • $138,381
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      1 hour 52 minutes
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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