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Overview

User Rating:
6.9/10   10,886 votes
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Writers:
Jo Jo Yuet-chun Hui (written by) and
Danny Pang (written by) ...
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Contact:
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Release Date:
9 May 2002 (Hong Kong) more
Genre:
Drama | Horror | Thriller more
Tagline:
What if the reflection you see is not yours more
Plot:
A blind girl gets a cornea transplant so that she would be able to see again. However, she got more... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
8 wins & 5 nominations more
User Comments:
Very creepy horror film. more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Angelica Lee ... Wong Kar Mun (as Lee Sin-Je)
Lawrence Chou ... Dr. Wah
Chutcha Rujinanon ... Ling
Yut Lai So ... Yingying
Candy Lo ... Yee (Mun's Sister)
Yin Ping Ko ... Mun's grandmother
Pierre Png ... Dr. Eak

Edmund Chen ... Dr. Lo
Wai-Ho Yung ... Mr. Ching
Wilson Yip ... Taoist
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kanta Aeamsamang ... Young Mother
Wisarup Annuar ... Dark Figure
Cub Chin ... Boy's Father
Wing-Wai Chin ... Hospital Caretaker
Ousinthorn Chotphan ... Mun as a Little Girl
Sungwen Cummee ... Ghost in the Elevator
Damrongwiseeatpanich ... Ling (Age 8)
Jinda Duangtoy ... Old Lady in the Hospital
Sopol Duriensuk ... Traffic Policeman
Pornchai Hongrattanaporn ... Bride
Si Won Ho ... Ghost in the Restaurant
Panpimol Jeamsakol ... Thai Nurse 2
Pui Ho Jim ... Boy in the Car Accident
Narongsak Junjiamrat ... Young Father
Wirasinee Kuntipan ... Groom
Mylio Lau ... Wah's Secretary
Yuk Ha Lau ... Waitress
Hing Kim Lee ... Restaurant Owener
Somchai Leelanukul ... Thai Mini-Bus Driver
Tao Leung ... Ghost on the Highway
Vuanna Mahachanok ... Thai Mini-Cab Driver
Tassanana Nuntasapee ... Ling (Age 4)
Ming Poon ... Boy with Cap
Dampongongtrakul Sawadee ... Yee as a Little Girl
Nonlaporn Sombatruksasuk ... Boy's Mother
Nittaya Suthornrat ... Ghost in the Classroom
Busarn Thongtiw ... Thai Nurse 1
Wasarat Thrasarchoti ... Mr. Ching's Assistant
Sue Yuen Wang ... Ling's Mother
Yuet Siu Wong ... Ghost in the Hospital
Florence Wu ... Nurse
Tian Nan Wu ... Calligraphy Teacher
Ben Yuen ... Mr. Ching
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Eye (International: English title) (UK)
Jian gui (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Seeing Ghosts (literal English title)
El ojo (Argentina) (festival title) [es]
Khon hen phi (Thailand: Thai title) [th]
The Eye (Italy) [it]
The Eye (France) [fr]
The Eye - Mit den Augen einer Toten (Germany) (TV title) [de]
The eye - El ojo (Spain) [es]
To mati (Greece) [el]
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MPAA:
Rated R for some disturbing images.
Runtime:
99 min | Argentina:110 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival) | Canada:94 min (DVD) | Sweden:94 min (DVD)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital EX
Filming Locations:
Hong Kong, China more

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Trivia:
The dark/black figure/person that constantly appears in the film when the characters die is the Daoist (Chinese religion) form of the Grim Reaper. In Daoist belief, there are two Grim Reapers, the White and Black "Wu Chang". The Black Reaper is the one that escorts the newly dead to the "other world" of "afterlife". more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Mun is in Dr. Lo's office explaining her visions, her bangs hang down over alternate sides of her face. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Deadly Visions (2004) (TV) more

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15 out of 21 people found the following comment useful:-
Very creepy horror film., 17 September 2003
9/10
Author: HumanoidOfFlesh from Chyby, Poland

"The Eye"(2002)has to be one of the creepiest horror movies I have seen this year.The "transplant gone awry" concept has been done before-just check out "Body Parts"(1991)or the third story in the horror anthology "Body Bags"(1993),but the Pang Brothers created extremely eerie psychological horror with plenty of genuine scares.Angelica Lee is excellent as a young girl named Mun.Her numerous and extremely creepy encounters with the spirits Mun sees are filled with excellent use of sound.The conclusion is amazing and totally unexpected.The film is very scary and uncanny-it actually reminds me a bit Japanese horror hit "Ringu"(1998).Check it out,if you dare.9 out of 10.The elevator scene blew me away!

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