Wordiezett So much average

Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece

VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Wuchak Released in 2007, "Eye of the Beast" chronicles events at an island community on Lake Winnipeg when a giant squid decides to utilize the citizenry for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Alexandra Castillo and James Van Der Beek star as the sheriff and marine scientist who team-up to track down the beast once it becomes clear it's for real. Arne MacPherson is on hand as an unfriendly captain of a fishing schooner.While the plot is trite in that it combines the plots of Peter Benchley's "Jaws" (1975) and "The Beast" (1996), the movie's surprisingly well-done. The cast is good and takes the material seriously, so you find yourself entering into the world of the characters. Both Castillo and Van Der Beek make for quality protagonists. I guess it helps that Alexandra is easy on the eyes. Moreover, the Lake Winnipeg locations are a pleasant surprise. So, even though you might have seen a thousand similar flicks, "Eye of the Beast" fills the bill if you're in the mood for a decent Grade B monster-in-the-water picture. And, if you're not, why are you reading this? The film runs 90 minutes and was shot in Gimli and Selkirk, Manitoba, at the south end of Winnipeg Lake, with additional stuff done in Winnipeg. It was directed by Gary Yates from a script by Mark Mullin.GRADE: B-

ferrierdf They say that there are only a certain number of plots. This movie draws on the play An Enemy of The People for its "outsider spoiling the local economy" plot device. It is also a rehash of Jaws, where interfering with the local fishing takes the place of "driving away the tourists." An Indian-Paleface interracial hatred subplot is tacked on to satisfy Canadian content requirements, and the movie echos the theme of innumerable Westerns. Derivative to a fault. Added non-attraction: hackneyed theme of brave scientist "sticking to his guns" in the face of disbelief and antagonism on the part of both his superiors and the locals.

TheUnknown837-1 Out of all the really bad science-fiction creature features that I see quite regularly on the Sci-Fi Channel, there are very few of which I can describe as descent. "Eye of the Beast" is one of those few that is surprisingly good enough to be called descent. The acting is fine, the screenplay is more intelligent than others I can think of, the special effects are better than expected, and since they are mostly shown at night, they are easier to believe. The creature is effectively not shown mostly until the end. Before then, we see nothing of it except for its tentacles (rubber, inflated) that lash out and grab onto people. The plot is kind of ludicrous. A giant squid SOMEHOW gets into a lake and SOMEHOW is not seen until now when it just decides to try human fresh off the docks, but still, it's a B-movie, so can cut it SOME slack. The characterization of the characters is very good, there are some very well-done dialogue and dramatic moments, and the music score really aids it. Ultimately, we have a climax that we really care about, speeches that are actually well-written and don't outstay their welcome (as they do in another B-flick called "Sasquatch Mountain"), and overall, "Eye of the Beast" is a very well-done creature feature. I recommend it for fans of its genre.

black_wolf_1970 This movie is fairly good it develops the characters well gives a real feel to the problems facing small fishing communities and local native Indian tribes. The theory that all myths are based in some fact and we do not always know everything of the world around us. You feel sorry for the victims but also see that the victims were that because of over fishing driving a Giant Squid to find new sources of food and that being humans. The squid is a killer of humans but also is just doing what it has to to survive, so in away it was also a victim of the film as much as the humans it killed. Of course the scientist who finds it tries to get help but is not believed as giant squid do not live in fresh water lakes and they play it safe and bury their heads. This has a lot of good properties to it even being a "low budget film" but it works out well.