jillannellis84

Red Eye is such a fun time! The backwoods setting, provides the perfect backdrop for this slasher gore fest. The kills are unique, brutal and shocking! Just when you think you've seen it all.. along comes Red Eye. A few times, my jaw was literally dropping lol. The characters are not just typical surface level, horror victims. They have depth. Especially Ryker, played by Destinie Orndoff. She has such scream queen potential! She really puts everything into this role and you can tell shes passionate about her character. I honestly wanted more time with her. The gore and spfx in Red Eye was also so well done. All practical effects that looked super real! The cinematography and music score, also very beautiful. Stunning aerial and wide shots of the backwoods filming location. The film looks and sounds gorgeous! The closing credits song, specially made for the film, was so appropriate and killer!

My only nit picks would be very minor things. The run time is short and it left me wanting more. Especially with the character of Gage. I craved more of his backstory. Also, one scene felt a little out of place. Where Ryker's boyfriend slaps and proceeds to rape her (which is implyed and shown off screen). At that point in the film, we already understand he's not a good guy. We didnt need that, to drive to home. Plus the character of Ryker is so strong; she just doesnt seem to be portrayed as a girl, who would EVER date someone like him. Let alone ever be abused by anyone. But minor complaints in the overall product of the film!

What a huge accomplishment for these 2 young film makers. I highly recommend supporting indie horror and especially this film. Cant wait to own it!

Let me start off by saying this is my very first review on IMDB. But after watching the ice cream truck, I felt compelled to leave my thoughts. The movie has everything right, on a technical aspect. Beautiful cinematography. An amazing 80s synth style score. Characters we get to know and care about. Set in a small town suburbia, which gives it that classic Halloween 1978 feel. It has great kills, but this movie isn't about the gore. It relies on tension and dread and our main character. Before I get into spoilers, I just wanted to say that I highly recommend this movie. I think most of the negative reviews you'll see on here, are simply because the viewer did not grasp the writing, or what the director was trying to portray. This movie digs deeper into the psyche, while still remaining a very fun and entertaining watch. See it!! Own it! *SPOILERS* AHEAD....



The whole point was that Mary made up the ice cream Truck Killer to facilitate her fantasies of reliving her youth and living on the edge, making it seem somewhat innocent cause its all in her head. Only for it to be revealed there was a REAL threat all along. There are several scenes where creepy things happen to Mary. Someone being in the house, someone knocking on the door, screaming somewhere in the distance. These things were not linked to the ice cream truck killings and the end reveal shows that those things really did happen and it was actually the moving truck guy. She completely missed that threat because she was so absorbed in her fantasy. The whole point of the ice cream man kills not being very realistic as to drive home that he wasn't actually real. He was a figment of Mary's imagination. He would "kill off" characters around max that served no purpose in her fantasy of reliving her youth. The ice cream truck is a metaphor for Mary's overactive imagination which ultimately led her to oversee the real threat. Which was the moving truck guy. He was ACTUALLY stalking her while she was busy fantasizing about reliving her youth, after becoming a mother at a young age.