You must see something in the teaser trailer for Dead Eyes, a first-person horror film captured using a custom head-mounted Sony Rialto camera system to create an immersive cinematic experience.
It will have its world premiere at SXSW in Austin, TX, on March 12 as part of the festival’s Visions section, which is known to showcase bold, distinctive features with strong directorial voices.
In the film, Sean and his fiancée, Grace, enter a remote forest to search for his missing father, Paul, who vanished following the tragic death of his youngest daughter, Lilly.
Returning to the site of Lilly’s death forces Sean to confront his inner demons — which soon begin to manifest in terrifying physical ways. Their search takes a horrifying turn when they uncover Paul’s dark secret: cloning experiments designed to resurrect Lilly.
The forest is now inhabited by cannibalistic mutant girls, each a clone of Lilly, violently battling to prove she is the “real” one. As Sean and Grace uncover the grim truth, they must survive grotesque creatures while grappling with disturbing questions about identity, loss, and the boundaries between life and death.
The Australian production is written, directed, edited, and produced by Richard E. Williams. Executive producers include Tristan Barr, Ari Harrison, and Jeff Harrison.
Rijen Laine, Ana Thu Nguyen (Mortal Kombat II), Charles Cottier, Alea O’Shea, Mischa Heywood (Bring Her Back), Stephen Phillips (Bring Her Back), and Freya Callaghan star.
Blending psychological terror and body horror with an intense POV style, Dead Eye delivers a relentless descent into grief and obsession that blurs the line between the living and the dead.
Dead Eyes is slated for a spring release in Australia from Umbrella Entertainment. Anthony Buckner of AMP is representing worldwide sales.
