Eye of the Beast (2007)

Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Of course I was dubious as it was SyFy, but at the same I was wondering if it was going to be among the small handful of tolerable efforts. Eye of the Beast falls short of belonging to the tolerable camp but not bad enough to be among the bottom-of-the-barrel movies. It is decently made, with scenery that does have some atmosphere, the sea is darkly lit but gives a sense of foreboding, and crisper editing than anticipated. The effects are nothing great, but again have been far worse in other movies. The music is suitably haunting, and the acting while not awards-worthy is better than average. On the other hand, the script is stilted with some typically cheesy lines and the monster is under-utilised and not very menacing. I know that sparse appearances can add to more suspense, but when the story and characters don't do much to make the scenes where the monster doesn't appear interesting, you have a problem. The story is dully paced on the whole and with underdeveloped subplots and predictable attack scenes is uninvolving as well. The characters and situations are clichéd and not developed enough to be likable. In a nutshell, a lame movie that could've been better and worse. 4/10 Bethany Cox

Out of all the really bad science-fiction creature features that I see quite regularly on the Sci-Fi Channel, there are very few of which I can describe as descent. "Eye of the Beast" is one of those few that is surprisingly good enough to be called descent. The acting is fine, the screenplay is more intelligent than others I can think of, the special effects are better than expected, and since they are mostly shown at night, they are easier to believe. The creature is effectively not shown mostly until the end. Before then, we see nothing of it except for its tentacles (rubber, inflated) that lash out and grab onto people. The plot is kind of ludicrous. A giant squid SOMEHOW gets into a lake and SOMEHOW is not seen until now when it just decides to try human fresh off the docks, but still, it's a B-movie, so can cut it SOME slack. The characterization of the characters is very good, there are some very well-done dialogue and dramatic moments, and the music score really aids it. Ultimately, we have a climax that we really care about, speeches that are actually well-written and don't outstay their welcome (as they do in another B-flick called "Sasquatch Mountain"), and overall, "Eye of the Beast" is a very well-done creature feature. I recommend it for fans of its genre.

If you accept the fact that this is a B-movie from the outset, this isn't too bad of a movie. The writing wasn't too badly stilted anywhere, the story is...well...a fairly predictable "sea monster" story, and the acting, while nothing to write home about, was certainly nothing to complain about. Of course, James van der Beek makes the movie a little easier to watch too. :)My biggest complaint about the movie, other than the obvious low-budget quality, was the straight-forwardness of it. Establish the town, figure out the relationships, show monster to viewers, nobody believes monster exists, prove monster exists, deal with it, male and female leads fall in love and live happily ever after. Wow, now there's a story that hasn't been told about a million times before!But in spite of its shortcomings, it was suitably entertaining for a Saturday afternoon where I had nothing better to do. I don't think I'd ever watch it again, but I'm not disappointed at having watched it a first time.

This movie is fairly good it develops the characters well gives a real feel to the problems facing small fishing communities and local native Indian tribes. The theory that all myths are based in some fact and we do not always know everything of the world around us. You feel sorry for the victims but also see that the victims were that because of over fishing driving a Giant Squid to find new sources of food and that being humans. The squid is a killer of humans but also is just doing what it has to to survive, so in away it was also a victim of the film as much as the humans it killed. Of course the scientist who finds it tries to get help but is not believed as giant squid do not live in fresh water lakes and they play it safe and bury their heads. This has a lot of good properties to it even being a "low budget film" but it works out well.