Evil Eye (2020 film)

Evil Eye is a 2020 American horror film directed by Elan and Rajeev Dassani and written by Madhuri Shekar, based on her Audible Original audio play of the same name. The film stars Sarita Choudhury, Sunita Mani and Omar Maskati. It was executive produced by Jason Blum of Blumhouse Television and Priyanka Chopra of Purple Pebble Pictures.[2][3]

Evil Eye
Official release poster
Directed by
  • Elan Dassani
  • Rajeev Dassani
Produced by
  • Ian Watermeier
  • Nina Anand Aujla
Screenplay byMadhuri Shekar
Based onEvil Eye
by Madhuri Shekar
Starring
Music byRonit Kirchman
CinematographyYaron Levy
Edited byKristina Hamilton-Grobler
Production
companies
Distributed byAmazon Studios
Release date
  • October 13, 2020 (2020-10-13)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5 million[1]

Evil Eye was released on October 13, 2020, by Amazon Studios, as the third installment in the anthological Welcome to the Blumhouse film series.[4]

Premise

"A seemingly perfect romance turns into a nightmare when a mother becomes convinced her daughter's new boyfriend has a dark connection to her own past."[5]

Cast
  • Sarita Choudhury as Usha Khatri,[2] Krishnan’s wife and Pallavi’s mother
  • Sunita Mani as Pallavi Khatri, Usha and Krishnan's daughter and Sandeep’s girlfriend[2]
  • Omar Maskati as Sandeep, Pallavi's wealthy boyfriend[2]
  • Bernard White as Krishnan Khatri, Usha's husband and Pallavi's father

Production

Filming took place in New Orleans from November to December 2019.[6]

Release

The film was released on October 13, 2020 alongside Nocturne as one of the first four films in the eight film anthology Welcome to the Blumhouse, after Nocturne, The Lie, and Black Box.

Reception

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 49% based on 49 reviews, with an average rating of 5.5/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "With Evil Eye, directors Elan and Rajeev Dassani spy a premise that has no shortage of potential, but despite the efforts of a game cast, it remains tantalizingly unfulfilled."[7] On Metacritic has a weighted average score of 54 out of 100, based on nine critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews."[8]

References
  1. G. Allen Johnson (October 10, 2020). "'Welcome to the Blumhouse' brings scares, diversity to Amazon Prime". Datebook. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
  2. Hall, Jacob (August 14, 2020). "'Evil Eye' First Look: Revenge, Reincarnation, and Indian Mythology Come to Blumhouse". Slashfilm. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  3. "Prime Video Drops Evil Eye Trailer: Priyanka Chopra Jonas Produces The Dark Horror Film". Moviespie. 2020-09-18. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  4. Rubin, Rebecca (August 13, 2020). "Eight New Blumhouse Horror Films Coming to Amazon". Variety. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  5. "Prime Video Drops Evil Eye Trailer: Priyanka Chopra Jonas Produces The Dark Horror Film". Moviespie. 2020-09-18. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  6. http://www.filmneworleans.org/production/evil-eye/
  7. "Evil Eye (2020)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
  8. "Evil Eye Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.