An ophthalmologist's assistant with an unhealthy interest in human eyeballs goes on a killing spree to collect eyeballs for his overbearing mother's collection. Reality soon takes a bizarre turn, both for the characters and the audience.
Direction
Bigas Luna's reality-warping meta-structure still feels ahead of its time.
Acting
Zelda Rubinstein's whisper-scream maternal tyranny is deeply unhinged.
Practical Effects
Gooey ocular effects that'll have you side-eyeing your own eyeballs.
Director
Bigas Luna
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during the 'video nasty' panic, it was banned in the UK and heavily cut elsewhere.
The 'film within a film' structure was so disorienting that some theaters handed out barf bags.
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