Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Graphic
- brutal
- claustrophobic
- foreboding
- late night horror marathon
- halloween viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly regarded the film as a derivative, poorly written slasher whose brutal set pieces and imposing killer could not overcome its thin characterization and execution.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The inmates and their guards are trapped overnight in the derelict Blackwell Hotel while Jacob Goodnight hunts them through its damaged floors.
Jacob Goodnight collects the eyes of victims, making blindness and eye removal recurring motifs of the attacks.
Glenn Jacobs plays the enormous killer as a nearly unstoppable figure who repeatedly attacks victims with an ax.
Inmates are sent to clean the hotel in exchange for reduced sentences, turning institutional reform into the setting for lethal punishment.
Films like See No Evil, and why
House of Wax
Shares a brutal masked-killer premise, confined location, escalating group attacks, and graphic slasher violence.
The Collector
Shares an abandoned-building setting, imprisoned or vulnerable young characters, and a relentless serial-killer threat.
The Devil's Rejects
Shares a grimy enclosed setting, sadistic killer, religious imagery, and visceral body-focused horror.
Jason X
Shares a supernatural-tinged slasher atmosphere, grotesque killer mythology, and high-intensity survival horror.
Movie Details
- Director
- Gregory Dark
- Release Date
- 2006-05-19
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Rating
- 5.4 / 10 (726)
Cast
- Glenn Jacobs
- Christina Vidal Mitchell
- Luke Pegler
- Craig Horner
- Rachael Taylor
- Jason Chong
- Michael J. Pagan
- Samantha Noble
- Steven Vidler
- Penny McNamee
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is See No Evil about?
- A mutilated guard and a group of inmates face an eye-collecting ax murderer inside a fire-damaged hotel.
- What is See No Evil like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of See No Evil as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as simple.
- Is See No Evil violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in See No Evil as graphic.
- What did critics think of See No Evil?
- Critics broadly regarded the film as a derivative, poorly written slasher whose brutal set pieces and imposing killer could not overcome its thin characterization and execution.
- Which films are like See No Evil?
- Films with a similar feel include House of Wax, The Collector, The Devil's Rejects, and Jason X.
- How long is See No Evil?
- See No Evil runs 84 minutes.
- Where can I watch See No Evil?
- In United States, See No Evil streams on MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel.
