Starry eyes how can i get to you my true little starry eyes what can i say or do for you my little starry eyes, starry eyes forever shall be mine starry eyes what. The album was sufficiently well received to peak on the billboard chart at no. The film had its world premiere on march 8, 2014 at south by southwest and features alexandra essoe as a hopeful young starlet who finds that fames price is not always easily paid. An ageold fable given a modern hollywood twist, starry eyes is a sublimely satirical and horrific examination of the real price of blind ambition that isnt afraid to let things get nasty or weird. Starryeyed definition, overly romantic or idealistic. The opening jangle of starry eyes fills the room, and the crowd issues a deep sigh of pleasure, mouthing the wellknown lyrics, melting into applause at the end. When you are on ecstacy, your pupils get very dialated and you feel amazing and starry eyed. It stars alexandra essoe, amanda fuller, and noah segan, and is noteworthy for having been partially funded through a successful kickstarter campaign.
Ive seen many horror movies and this is definitely on the more extreme side so if you have a weak stomach then this isnt for you. The casting couch from hell and other tales alex essoe starry eyes interview duration. Zorrie is a nerdy, budding astronomer with allergies and an organisation obsession. Starry eyes is a horror movie about a struggling actress getting mixed up with the hollywood elite. Starry eyed definition, overly romantic or idealistic. Starry eyes alex essoe gives a knockout performance as an aspiring actress who pays a serious price for stardom in this gory horrorthriller. Sigourney weaver the films try at mythmaking makes. Starryeyed definition and meaning collins english dictionary. Starry eyes 2014 is part cautionary tale and part commentary on the struggles faced by. The movie is produced by travis stevens under snowfort pictures, parallactic pictures, dark sky films.
A hopeful young starlet uncovers the ominous origins of the hollywood elite and enters into a deadly agreement in exchange for fame and fortune. Lets hope that alex essoe went through a less arduous audition process for kevin kolsch and dennis widmyers horror film starry eyes than. Starryeyed definition of starryeyed by merriamwebster. Largely dismissed as fantasy upon its release in 2014, kevin kolsch and dennis widmyers film is a dark reflection of the industry. Starry eyes is a body horror movie, but it also makes wise use of the hollywood dream premise to deliver a frightening fable about duality, false faces, and compromising ones character in a wayward effort to create a new personality based on presumption. Starry eyes is a real and beautiful tale of a friendship gone wrong somewhere, of families flawed and complex and a second chance at restoring friendship and love. While most horror films are acquired tastes, starry eyes, a nasty bmovie about an aspiring starlet who makes a deal with the devil, is almost certainly bound to be divisive. Starry eyes is as gory as it is corrosively cynical, a supernatural mood piece thats equally influenced by the arthouse horror movies of david lynch and roman polanski, and the grindhouseready satanic panic films of the 70s, like to the devil a daughter, and the devil rides out. A film of this type has the risk of going too far and becoming a parody of itself, but thankfully starry eyes dodges this pitfall, and it is all thanks to the performance of leading lady alex essoe. Starry eyes is the best horror film of 2014 thus far a movie so fresh and inspired that it makes me believe theres still some life or death left in this genre after all. I dont want to argue, theres nothing to say get me out of your starry eyes and be on your way while you were in the pool we were meeting with the boys upstairs talking to the money men and carrying out affairs we had no time for cocktails or working up a tan the boys have all been spoken to the writ has hit the fan so i dont want to argue, i. The decay of her mind is showcased through false reality and hallucination.
The film had its world premiere on march 8, 2014 at south. Starryeyed meaning in the cambridge english dictionary. Funding for the movie was partially raised through a successful kickstarter campaign. Exclusive starry eyes deleted scene will definitely make you. The film tells the story of emotionally fragile, wannabe actress sarah alex essoe who lives with a group of hipster acting hopefuls and works at a degrading hooters. Starry eyes is a very disturbing and at times, gruesome horror flick that may be a metaphor for loosing ones soul in the pursuit of fame and fortunein this case, literally. Starry eyes a feature film of paranoia and possession by. Starryeyed definition of starryeyed by the free dictionary. Alex essoe in starry eyes 2014 fabianne therese and natalie castillo in starry. Starry eyes may leave you feeling hopeless, but its bleak vision of masochistic perfectionism is cleareyed, cogent, and devastatingly.
When we consider the casting of this movie, the lead roles are played by alexandra. Definition of starry eyed in the idioms dictionary. Starry eyes is the first feature for the young actress who shows an incredible range missing from a lot of the scream queens out there. Starry eyes follows a woman, distraught by loneliness and isolation, as her sense of reality slowly deteriorates. If you like starry eyes you might like similar movies last shift, we are still here, the house of the devil, southbound, spring. Through the metamorphosis of the main character, the movie describes how the entertainment world actually works. Starry eyes is a surprisingly good slowburn about ambition and what for some may be the true price of fame. Lets hope that alex essoe went through a less arduous audition process for kevin kolsch. But it is an excellent primer for the desperation that alex essoes character, sarah, feels throughout the majority of the film. Cigarettes after sex starry eyes lyrics genius lyrics. Dennis widmyer is raising funds for starry eyes a feature film of paranoia and possession on kickstarter. Revisiting starry eyes in the wake of hollywoods sexual abuse. With alex essoe, amanda fuller, noah segan, fabianne therese. On its surface, starry eyes tells a horror story of physical metamorphosis while the deeper theme underneath explores the more intangible terrors that come with transformation.
Starryeyed definition is regarding an object or a prospect in an overly favorable light. Starry eyes is a 2014 english language horror movie directed by kevin kolsch, dennis widmyer. Having a naively enthusiastic, overoptimistic, or romantic view. Starry eyes is a body horror movie, but it also makes wise use of the hollywood dream premise to deliver a frightening fable about duality.
Starry eyes how can i get to you, my true little starry eyes what can i say or do for you, my little starry eyes starry eyes forever shall be mine starry eyes what. Starry eyes nude scenes 11 images and 9 videos including appearances from alex essoe fabianne therese natalie castillo. Starry eyes disturbingly, unforgettably takes this adage to the literal brink, then pushes far beyond it for chillingly good measure. Mar 07, 2015 this feature is not available right now. However, its brutally real in telling its story about a girl who wants to be a star and is willing to do whatever it takes to reach that goal. Nov 14, 2014 starry eyes is as gory as it is corrosively cynical, a supernatural mood piece thats equally influenced by the arthouse horror movies of david lynch and roman polanski, and the grindhouseready satanic panic films of the 70s, like to the devil a daughter, and the devil rides out. Nov 14, 2014 starry eyes tries to wring a horror movie out of this tired old setup but, halfway in, seems to realize it has nothing new to offer and becomes a mere gorefest. The film balances hollywood satire and splattery gore in a way thats both fresh and inviting, taking a typical struggling actress and exploiting her story with everything the horror genre has to offer. Mar 02, 2015 starry eyes is a horror movie about a struggling actress getting mixed up with the hollywood elite. Funding for the movie was partially raised through a successful. Geeks of doom an increasingly gruesome depiction of the lengths people will go in the name of success. Starry eyes is as gory as it is corrosively cynical, a supernatural mood piece thats equally influenced by the arthouse horror movies. The starry eyes she desperately desires belong to a figment of her imagination. Starry eyed definition is regarding an object or a prospect in an overly favorable light.
Starry eyes tries to wring a horror movie out of this tired old setup but, halfway in, seems to realize it has nothing new to offer and becomes a mere gorefest. Starry eyes is a 2014 american horror film directed and written by kevin kolsch and dennis widmyer. Nov 14, 2014 directed by kevin kolsch, dennis widmyer. Starry eyes pokes hollywoods seedy underbelly to produce a refreshingly original horror story led by a breakout performance from alex essoe. This will brighten you up and let your starry eyes shine.
Geeks of doom starry eyes is a most welcome addition to the hollywood nightmare genre that dates as far back as sunset boulevard. What will blunt the films power is preceding the symbolic spookiness with a. Thats the bizarre mistake made by starry eyes, a grand guignol. Starry eyes quickly becomes bloody hands the new york times. Taking cues from films like rosemarys baby without imitating it too directly, the film exploits the psychological despair of failure well and balances it out with the body horror. In the city of dreams, a desperate actress will go to occult lengths for the role of a lifetime. If you say that someone is starryeyed, you mean that they have such a positive or.
Starry definition of starry by the free dictionary. Starry eyes 2014 is an american supernatural horror film written and directed by kevin kolsch and dennis widmyer. When sarah is invited to an audition of the film the silver screen from the. The album was released in the us in july 1979 as the records with different song sequencing and with the original single version of starry eyes replacing langes rerecording that appeared on the uk edition. B so you gonna be taken babe walk in the street like a super star the crazy things you see whats your feelin, oh its time to change. If you are starryeyed, you have a lot of thoughts and opinions that are unreasonably positive. Mar 10, 2017 my occult breakdown of the film starry eyes.
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