The Mind's Eye (2015)

Redundant and unnecessary.

How sad is this?

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

Here's a Fresh Meat review of "The Mind's Eye" (NR - 2015 - US)...Your services are no longer required.Genre: Horror/Paranormal My Score: 4.8Cast=4 Acting=2 Plot=6 Ending=7 Story=4 Scare=4 Jump=3 F/X=7 Creep=3 Gore=8Zack and Rachel were born with psychokinetic capabilities. When word of their supernatural talents gets out, they find themselves the prisoners of a deranged doctor intent on harvesting their powers.Once I saw that the lead looked like a love child between Zach Galifinakis and Daniel Radcliffe...I lowered my expectations. The acting was extraordinarily bad, making it a tough pill to swallow. The gore however, was really good...that was the only part that actually reminded me of "Scanners". Considering the lack of budget and the temperature where they were filming, I was really impressed with how good the blood was. If all you were looking for was gore, then it would be worth seeing. If you're looking at the total package, this is barely a meh.

Fantastic, fun, low budget, daft horror film made for peanuts. Just the sorta thing we here at Plop Towers love watching.Written and directed by Joe Begos who also done the cracking Almost Human.If you ask me, the horror genre, and films in general, need chaps like young Begos. People who won't let the lack of budget get in the way of telling a story, and doing so well.Same goes for anyone who reads this, if you want the world to hear your voice, do it now. Don't wait for external endorsement, sponsorship or someone to hold your hand, it won't happen. You'll probably fail, but what do you wan't to say when your ticket's punched? You tried your best, or you thought about it a lot?Good luck.(Originally at www.filmplop.blogspot.com)

I will try and be brief. The story of the film isn't too bad, albeit slightly bland as it feels like a Scanners remake. The acting wasn't too bad either other than the doctor and his goons. What really killed it for me (or made it better) was the end sequence. It all fell apart from there. It felt like nothing more than two constipated guys showing up and seeing who can take the biggest power dump to defeat the other. The constipation is so bad that blood starts coming out of everywhere. It was easily the worst case of constipation I have ever seen. Thank God I was stoned out of my mind for the end. It totally made the constipation scenes absolutely hilarious.

Here's a first for yours truly: a review of a yet-to-be-released film that's currently making the festival circuit. The 'secret movie' and highlight of Brooklyn's Nitehawk Cinema's Halloween 'Nite to Dismember'celebration turned out to be director Joe Bego's follow-up to "Almost Human," the very 80's (particularly Steve Moore's wall-to- wall electronic soundtrack) "The Mind's Eye." What "Turbo Kid" is to 80's post-apocalyptic movies "The Mind's Eye" is to David Cronenberg's "Scanners": a contemporary homage that looks/sounds like the genuine article, right down to the ugly-looking logo of the institute at the center of the intrigue. Per Begos' representative at the screening, the director's aim was to make the sequel/follow-up to "Scanners" that he feels the actual "Scanners" sequels didn't live up to. It takes an awful lot of trouble for "The Mind's Eye's" psychokinetic characters to flex their mental muscles. A simple ax or gun seems to do the trick better for most of the film. Even though it mercilessly teases early on that big exploding heads and psychokinetic duels are coming, it's not until the final act that "The Mind's Eye" truly goes berserk in a good way. You know, like "Rabid" and "The Brood" and, yes, "Scanners."Personally I feel "The Mind's Eye" has some shortcomings in the casting of its leads. Either that or Begos deliberately went with actors that feel miscast (Graham Skipper) or way over the top (John Speredakos) to match similar bad casting in Cronenberg's late 70's/early 80's films. That would be an even more meta tribute to the Canadian master of body horror than the "Videodrome"-like opening titles/fonts that start the movie. At least the supporting cast is populated with low-budget horror luminaries, from Larry Fessenden ("I Sell the Dead") and Jeremy Gardner ("The Battery") to Noah Segan ("Starry Eyes") and Lauren Ashley Carter ("The Woman"). For a 2015 low-budget film that sets its story in the early 90's (which makes it feel closer to Cronenberg's prime decades) the action is decent and the deaths/gore off-the-charts groovy, something "Scanners 2 & 3" definitely skimped on. For fans of body horror missing the old Cronenberg now that the genuine article is doing mostly psychologically-heavy stuff (not that I'm complaining), "The Mind's Eye" will make for a pleasant and entertaining evening's entertainment. Me and the Nitehawk Halloween crowd really dug it.