Scream Bloody Entertainment

You can't hide in the dark.

A woman investigates the mysterious death of her twin sister while struggling with her deteriorating eye condition.

- Belén Rueda's leading performance
- gorgeous cinematography
- captivating score
- some genuinely creepy moments
- intriguing antagonist

- cheesy ending
- enough plot holes to drive a truck through
- fails to justify its overlong running time
- the story lacks focus and is often all over the place

- basement hanging
- death by bath electrocution
- another basement hanging
- kitchen knife through the face
- frozen dead body
- suicide by neck slitting

- some people find it easy to be invisible
- blind people can smell when someone's in the room with them
- avoid placing lights right above your bathtub
- making people go blind is the fastest way to love

Los ojos de Julia is a chilling and thoroughly intriguing Spanish horror movie, though its plot leaves a lot to be desired. While the acting is really good (particularly that of leading actress Belén Rueda) and the movie boasts some really impressive cinematography and captivating score, it fails when it comes to its storyline, which isn't very well fleshed out, often feeling as if it doesn't really know what direction it wants to take. Overall, Los ojos de Julia is an atmospheric horror thriller and it's a lot better than what we usually get to see these days, but if you decide to give it a watch, be prepared for a lackluster story.

horror meter: 3 eyeless stars (out of 5)