My Little Eye
Five contestants trapped in a filmed million-dollar challenge discover that the cameras may be recording something far more sinister than their competition.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- eerie
- paranoid
- claustrophobic
- late night horror marathon
- found footage double feature
What critics said
Critics generally found the film an effective, inventive contained horror experiment, though its execution and conventional scares limited its impact.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The five contestants live under continuous observation while suspecting that something beyond the production crew is watching them.
The million-dollar prize and rule that one departure punishes everyone turn the shared house into an escalating morality test.
Numerous cameras record the contestants, making video surveillance both the film's central visual device and its source of dread.
The contestants are confined to a remote house for six months as part of a filmed competition with hidden dangers.
Films like My Little Eye, and why
The Blair Witch Project
found-footage horror built around surveillance, voyeurism, and escalating paranoia
Cube
contained psychological horror that turns an enclosed social experiment into a source of dread
Series 7: The Contenders
reality television premise transformed into tense horror through observation and manipulation
House of 9
slasher conventions filtered through an isolated setting and distrust among a group of strangers
Movie Details
- Director
- Marc Evans
- Release Date
- 2002-10-04
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Rating
- 5.4 / 10 (239)
Cast
- Sean Cw Johnson
- Kris Lemche
- Stephen O'Reilly
- Laura Regan
- Jennifer Sky
- Bradley Cooper
- Nick Mennell
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is My Little Eye about?
- Five contestants trapped in a filmed million-dollar challenge discover that the cameras may be recording something far more sinister than their competition.
- What is My Little Eye like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of My Little Eye as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is My Little Eye violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in My Little Eye as graphic.
- What did critics think of My Little Eye?
- Critics generally found the film an effective, inventive contained horror experiment, though its execution and conventional scares limited its impact.
- Which films are like My Little Eye?
- Films with a similar feel include The Blair Witch Project, Cube, Series 7: The Contenders, and House of 9.
- How long is My Little Eye?
- My Little Eye runs 95 minutes.
- Where can I watch My Little Eye?
- In United States, My Little Eye is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home.
