Evil Eye (2020) gave Asian Does Horror pink eye, because it did us dirty

 

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For a well produced, well directed, well acted movie, it was too good to be true as Evil Eye stumbled, face planted and lay spread eagle just inches away from the finish line to be considered a horror movie at all. 

We were highly disappointed with the reveal at the end as it showcased no reason for it to be called a horror movie and was just a well imagined thriller. 

Evil Eye is directed by Elan and Rajeev Dassani and executive produced by Jason Blum and Priyanka Chopra Jonas. 

It tells the story of Pallavi, played by Sunita Mani (GLOW), an Indian girl pressured to get married by her controlling mother, Usha, played by Sarita Choudhury (The Hunger Games). When Pallavi eventually meets the man of her dreams, her mother has reservations about this man's background, agenda and identity. 

The production value of the movie is good. It was shot well, the cut scenes were nice, the location scouts did a good job and the acting was spectacular, particularly from Sarita who absolutely nailed the overly controlling, emotionally blackmailing mother. 

Props go to Sarita, a veteran in the industry. (Image courtesy of BloodyDisgusting)

There were a lot of references to Indian culture, which wasn't a surprise as Priyanka Chopra Jonas was one of the executive producers alongside Jason Blum of Blumhouse Productions, but we would've liked to see more in depth spiritual, supernatural elements of Indian culture in the movie. 

However, what we couldn't turn a blind eye to, especially since Jason Blum was involved in the production, is that there was no real supernatural element despite the twist ending to be... slightly supernatural in nature. Or do Indians not consider reincarnation as supernatural?

The ending was just too convenient and we found ourselves yelling, "LAZY!" over and over again at the final reveal. Even The Prodigy did it better and that's saying a lot. 

LAZY! (Image courtesy of IMDB)

It was honestly an enjoyable movie from the start, giving off typical British psychological horror vibes, but the ending just spoiled it for us. 

The movie was just basically a darker version of Indian Matchmaking and then they gave us one of the most half-assed reveals that I've ever watched. 

All in all, we give Evil Eye, 👻 👻 ghost emojis out of five, just because they did us dirty. Excuse me while I go shower and watch an actual horror movie.



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