I'm loving the little cottage industry Guillermo Del Toro is creating for himself. It's sortof like what Judd Apatow has chiseled out over on the comedy side of things, where he doesn't even have to direct anymore, he can just add his name to projects he believes in. One of Del Toro's more successful producing ventures was The Orphanage, the 2007 thriller/horror about a woman who returns to the orphanage she grew up in and experiences some weird goings-on. Ghosts and bag headed children running amok. Everything had gone all cattywompass.
Well now the star of that film, Belen Rueda, is back starring in Julia's Eyes(original title: Exorcismus), directed by Guillem Morales. If the delightfully mood trailer looks familiar, it's because Oscar Faura, cinematographer of The Orphanage, is along for the ride here as well. As is usually the case with foreign language films like this, whether or not we get a shot at it will depend on the buzz it receives globally. Having Del Toro's name attached won't hurt. Check out the trailer, followed by the film synopsis, and let us know what you think!
SYNOPSIS
Julia, a woman suffering from a degenerative eye disease, finds her blind twin sister Sara hanged in the basement of her house. Julia decides to investigate what she feels is a murder case, entering a dark world that seems to hide a mysterious presence. As Julia begins to uncover the terrifying truth about her sister’s death, her sight deteriorates further, until a series of unexplained deaths and disappearances cross her path. The film stars Bele?n Rueda and Lluis Homar.