Wow, all i can express right now is confusion and disappointment. Just under 2/3rds of the movie i would give close to a 8/10, it was great to watch, interesting to watch this character descend downwards into doing anything for the movie role and the way the film is made it shows great contrast to her everyday life, her kind of friends, her job. The role which she wants is also played up "movie poster in every cinema" and that really affects the character mentally and make her strive for it anymore. But even still, since the beginning i thought that this character was unstable and it pays off if you will, in her later actions. So yeah the plot up to this point has been pretty good. To be honest those audition judges personalities were hard to swallow but i rolled with it anyway i did not have too much of a problem. I like the direction of camera work reminds me of Gattaca in that it's focused on telling this story and there was no shots of bright color and no shots upwards almost no shots of sereneness or tranquility for a second if that makes sense. I think back to lord of the rings where the companions are traveling through along the ground surrounded by lush green grass and the camera is in the sky moving across, great and vibrant scene plenty of life. In this film it's all about the darkness, the greyness more like, the colors in tis film are really dull but not depressing, they are interestingly dull, perfectly adding to or setting up the gritty atmosphere of the film. Good performance from Alex Essoe (Sarah), she is the only noteworthy performance to be honest. Just under 2/3rds of this film is close to 8/10 in my opinion. The last 1/3rd is like they took the last 1/3rd of the script and just threw it away and made up the rest. It's completely stupid albeit bizarre and gruesome. Completely trails off the plot and literally everything about it was nonsense there are simply too many things to mention and makes the whole film fall apart essentially, easily a 4/10. This could have been a great film.

Overall, a great big BIG disappointment. I'd read several reviews on other sites that all made this sound like it would be a very gripping horror/thriller but what a huge letdown. First off, NOTHING noteworthy happened until 1:05:00 (in a film that's less than an hour and a half long, that should tell you something), and even then, it was just one very abbreviated scene of the "body horror" this was supposedly renowned for. People on other sites have made statements such as _"Once you see this [movie], you'll never forget watching it..."_ but IMO, the entire thing was completely forgettable. Sure, there were some pretty gruesome scenes - I'm not sure I've seen a "bloodier" movie except _The Evil Dead_ where 55-gallon drums of crimson paint were obviously turned upside down to decorate a set - but "bloody" doesn't always mean "good"...or even "scary". The kill scenes were quite bland, with only one being truly graphic and somewhat inventive; otherwise, nothing special. There were a couple of scenes where I actually expected some truly stomach-churning moments, _a la_ the 1986 remake of _The Fly_ (one of my favorite Jeff Goldblum movies) but they fell far far FAR short of being anything really horrific. The acting by star Alex Essoe was decent…I would even say it was GOOD…but the rest of the cast, bleh. Even the "villain" (Louis Dezseran as "The Producer") came across as very amateurish and not really into this script. I don't know: maybe the script was just a wee bit intense for these folks to really dig in to. What I'd like to see is this fall in to the hands of a really good producer and director, get some folks with some true acting skills, and see what could be done with this story with some real talent behind it. [spoiler] Although I have to say, that ending was just truly lame and did NOTHING to tie this story off; it was as if they hit a dry hole for ideas and didn't know what else to do so, _"Let's just do this and call it a wrap."_ Huge disappointment for a conclusion. [/spoiler] I would say watch this one ONLY if you're very very bored and simultaneously have an appetite for a slow-paced film that produces a lot of blood in the final 20 minutes. Otherwise, give this one a pass. It's not awful, but it certainly isn't good.

**_Into the diabolical abyss of Hollywood_**

A young woman in Los Angeles works at Big Taters (Alexandra Essoe) while trying to land a role in a cutting edge film. Is she willing to pay the unspoken price for fame and wealth?

For the first hour, “Starry Eyes” (2014) is a drama with droll humor, but it slowly morphs into psychological horror in the manner of “Rosemary’s Baby” before taking a body horror turn with slasher elements. So, the set-up mixes “Hollywood Boulevard” and “Rosemary’s Baby,” but the flick evolves into something along the lines of “Lillith” (2019).

Unlike “Lillith,” which had technical deficiencies, this one’s proficiently made, just marred by a muted palette (which was also the case with “Lillith”). Fabianne Therese stands out on the female front as brunette Erin.

Someone criticized that the film glorifies devil worship and selling one’s soul to the dark side. Why Sure!

It runs 1 hour, 36 minutes, and was shot in Los Angeles and La Cañada Flintridge, the latter of which is a 30-minute drive northeast of Hollywood.

GRADE: B-/C+