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My Little Eye
My Little Eye
	UK release poster
Directed by	Marc Evans
Written by	David Hilton; James Watkins
Produced by	Alan Greenspan; Jane Villiers; David Hilton; Jon Finn
Starring	Sean Cw Johnson; Kris Lemche; Stephen O'Reilly; Laura Regan; Jennifer Sky; Bradley Cooper
Cinematography	Hubert Taczanowski
Edited by	Marguerite Arnold
Music by	Bias
Production; companies	Universal Pictures; Studio Canal; Working Title Films; WT2 Productions
Distributed by	Momentum Pictures (United Kingdom); Focus Features (United States); Mars Distribution (France); Alliance Atlantis (Canada); United International Pictures (international)
Release dates	10 September 2002 (TIFF); 4 October 2002 (United Kingdom); 27 April 2004 (United States);
Running time	95 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom; United States; France; Canada
Language	English
Budget	$3 million
Box office	$9 million[citation needed]

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My Little Eye is a 2002 horror film directed by Marc Evans about five adults who agree to spend six months together in an isolated mansion while being filmed at all times. The idea for the film came from reality television shows such as Big Brother.^[4] The title refers to the guessing game I spy.

Plot

Five contestants, Matt (Sean Cw Johnson), Emma (Laura Regan), Charlie (Jennifer Sky), Danny (Stephen O'Reilly) and Rex (Kris Lemche), agree to take part in a reality webcast, where they must spend six months in a house to win $1 million. If anyone leaves, then no one wins the money. Nearing the end of the six months, tension between the contestants rises after Emma finds strange messages she believes are from a man from her past and the food packages arrive containing a letter that claims Danny's grandfather has died, and a gun with five bullets.

One night, a man named Travis Patterson (Bradley Cooper) arrives, claiming he is lost in the woods and that his GPS has died. Despite claiming to be an internet programmer, he claims to not recognize any of the contestants or ever having heard of the show. Later that night, Travis has sex with Charlie, and then secretly talks directly into a camera, to communicate with whoever is watching them. The next morning, Travis leaves and Danny discovers his backpack outside covered in blood and shredded to pieces. The contestants assume he was attacked by an animal but Rex believes Travis works for the people running their show and that it is all a trick to make them leave the house and forfeit the prize money.

Emma discovers her underwear among Danny's belongings and confronts him, unaware that Travis planted them there the previous night. Danny denies it and attempts to make peace by giving her a crudely carved wooden cat, which Emma and Charlie ridicule, while Danny overhears.

The next morning, the group finds Danny has committed suicide by hanging himself from the staircase balcony with a rope. The guests finally decide to leave, but after being unable to contact anyone via radio, decide to wait until the next morning. Rex uses the GPS unit from Travis' bag and his laptop to gain access to the internet to find out more about the show but is unable to find any evidence of their show online.

Rex is only able to find a heavily encrypted beta site, that requires a $50,000 fee to access, and displays a web page with their pictures and betting odds. The group decides they will leave the next morning, though Rex and Emma go up to the roof to set off a flare. While Charlie and Matt remain in the house, Matt asks a camera if he should kill her, before suffocating her with a plastic bag.

Later, while Emma is sleeping, Rex comes downstairs and is decapitated with an axe by Matt. Matt awakens Emma and brings her up to the attic, telling her he is being chased and the others are dead. He then makes advances on Emma, who refuses, and attempts to rape her, before she stabs him in the back and runs off.

Emma runs outside and finds a police officer, who handcuffs her inside the car and enters the house. An injured Matt then crawls out, begging the cop to let him kill Emma, since he spent six months in the house with her. Realizing they are working together, Emma escapes the car and tries to run but is shot in the back with a rifle by the cop.

Matt and the cop sit in the kitchen discussing the setup they created with Travis for their high paying clients who want to witness the murders. When the cop says there are always "five suckers" to play the game with, Matt corrects him to four, and is then shot in the head. The cop then leaves, talking to Travis over the radio, while Emma is seen locked in a small room, unable to escape. As she collapses screaming, the cameras filming all shut off, one by one.

Cast

Sean Cw Johnson as Matt
Kris Lemche as Rex
Stephen O'Reilly as Danny
Laura Regan as Emma
Jennifer Sky as Charlie
Nick Mennell as The Cop/Pete
Bradley Cooper as Travis Patterson

Home media

My Little Eye is available on DVD from Universal Pictures with most of the special features available on the Region 2 Special Edition including a filmmakers' commentary and deleted scenes. There is an audio mode "Conversations of the Company (Eavesdropping Audio Track)" which allows the viewer to listen to the radio conversations between the members of the company: Travis and "the cop". However, during this mode, the viewer cannot hear all of the dialogue of the cast in the scene. A UK release contains a 'Special Mode' where viewers see the film from the perspective of an internet subscriber, and more extra features become unlocked as the film goes on. You can watch other things going on in 'the house' in real time to what's happening in the film.

Reception

The film received generally positive reviews and holds 70% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 23 reviews, with an average score of 5.4/10.^[5]

References

^ "My Little Eye (2002)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
^ Sharf, Zack (15 June 2017). "Focus Features Anniversary: 15 Movies That Define 15 Great Years of Indie Cinema". IndieWire. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
^ My Little Eye - Zeta Minor
^ Marc Evans Interview
^ "My Little Eye (2002)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 15 June 2023.

External links

My Little Eye at IMDb
‹The template AllMovie title is being considered for deletion.› My Little Eye at AllMovie
Interview with director Marc Evans

[1] "My Little Eye (2002)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 23 March 2024.

[2] Sharf, Zack (15 June 2017). "Focus Features Anniversary: 15 Movies That Define 15 Great Years of Indie Cinema". IndieWire. Retrieved 23 March 2024.

[3] My Little Eye - Zeta Minor

[4] Marc Evans Interview

[5] "My Little Eye (2002)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 15 June 2023.

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+| distributor    = [[Momentum Pictures]] (United Kingdom)<br />[[Focus Features]] (United States)<ref>{{cite web|title=Focus Features Anniversary: 15 Movies That Define 15 Great Years of Indie Cinema|website=[[IndieWire]]|first=Zack|last=Sharf|date=15 June 2017|access-date=23 March 2024|url=https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/focus-features-15-anniversary-15-indies-that-define-best-films-eternal-sunshine-lost-in-translation/}}</ref><br />[[BAC Films|Mars Distribution]] (France)<br />[[Alliance Atlantis]] (Canada)<br />[[United International Pictures]] (international)
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-'''''My Little Eye''''' is a 2002 British [[horror film|horror]] film directed by [[Marc Evans]] about five adults who agree to spend six months together in an isolated mansion while being filmed at all times. The idea for the film came from [[reality television]] shows such as ''[[Big Brother (UK)|Big Brother]]''. The title refers to the guessing game [[I spy]].
+'''''My Little Eye''''' is a 2002 [[horror film]] directed by [[Marc Evans]] about five adults who agree to spend six months together in an isolated mansion while being filmed at all times. The idea for the film came from [[reality television]] shows such as ''[[Big Brother (UK)|Big Brother]]''.<ref>[https://www.jigsawlounge.co.uk/film/marcevans2.html Marc Evans Interview]</ref> The title refers to the guessing game [[I spy]].
 == Plot ==
-Five adult contestants, Matt (Sean Cw Johnson), Emma ([[Laura Regan]]), Charlie ([[Jennifer Sky]]), Danny ([[Stephen O'Reilly (actor)|Stephen O'Reilly]]) and Rex ([[Kris Lemche]]), agree to take part in a reality webcast, where they must spend six months in a house to win $1 million. If anyone leaves, then no one wins the money. Nearing the end of the six months, tension between the contestants rises after Emma finds strange messages she believes are from someone in her distant past and the food packages arrive containing a letter that claims Danny's grandfather has died, and a [[revolver]] loaded with five bullets.
+Five contestants, Matt (Sean Cw Johnson), Emma ([[Laura Regan]]), Charlie ([[Jennifer Sky]]), Danny ([[Stephen O'Reilly (actor)|Stephen O'Reilly]]) and Rex ([[Kris Lemche]]), agree to take part in a reality webcast, where they must spend six months in a house to win $1 million. If anyone leaves, then no one wins the money. Nearing the end of the six months, tension between the contestants rises after Emma finds strange messages she believes are from a man from her past and the food packages arrive containing a letter that claims Danny's grandfather has died, and a gun with five bullets.
-One night, a stranger named Travis Patterson ([[Bradley Cooper]]) arrives, claiming he is lost in the woods and that his [[GPS]] has died. Despite claiming to be an internet programmer, he claims to not recognise any of the contestants or ever having heard of the show. Later that night, Travis has sex with Charlie, and then secretly talks directly into a camera, to communicate with whoever is watching them.
+One night, a man named Travis Patterson ([[Bradley Cooper]]) arrives, claiming he is lost in the woods and that his GPS has died. Despite claiming to be an internet programmer, he claims to not recognize any of the contestants or ever having heard of the show. Later that night, Travis has sex with Charlie, and then secretly talks directly into a camera, to communicate with whoever is watching them. The next morning, Travis leaves and Danny discovers his backpack outside covered in blood and shredded to pieces. The contestants assume he was attacked by an animal but Rex believes Travis works for the people running their show and that it is all a trick to make them leave the house and forfeit the prize money.
+Emma discovers her underwear among Danny's belongings and confronts him, unaware that Travis planted them there the previous night. Danny denies it and attempts to make peace by giving her a crudely carved wooden cat, which Emma and Charlie ridicule, while Danny overhears.
-The next morning, Travis leaves, only to have Danny discovering that his backpack outside has been covered in blood and is shredded to pieces. The contestants assume he was attacked by a wild animal but Rex believes Travis works for the people running their show and that it is all a trick to make them leave the house and forfeit the prize money.
+The next morning, the group finds Danny has committed suicide by hanging himself from the staircase balcony with a rope. The guests finally decide to leave, but after being unable to contact anyone via radio, decide to wait until the next morning. Rex uses the [[GPS]] unit from Travis' bag and his [[laptop]] to gain access to the internet to find out more about the show but is unable to find any evidence of their show online.
-While letting of steam, Emma discovers her underwear among Danny’s belongings and confronts him about it, unaware that Travis planted them there the previous night. Danny denies it and attempts to make peace by giving her a crudely carved wooden cat, which Emma and Charlie ridicule.
+Rex is only able to find a heavily [[encrypted]] [[beta site]], that requires a $50,000 fee to access, and displays a web page with their pictures and betting [[odds]]. The group decides they will leave the next morning, though Rex and Emma go up to the roof to set off a [[flare]]. While Charlie and Matt remain in the house, Matt asks a camera if he should kill her, before suffocating her with a plastic bag.
-The next morning, the group finds Danny has committed suicide by hanging himself from the staircase balcony with a rope. The guests finally decide to leave, but after being unable to contact anyone via radio, decide to wait until the next morning. Rex uses the GPS unit from Travis' bag and his [[laptop]] to gain access to the internet to find out more about the show but is unable to find any evidence of their show online.
+Later, while Emma is sleeping, Rex comes downstairs and is decapitated with an axe by Matt. Matt awakens Emma and brings her up to the attic, telling her he is being chased and the others are dead. He then makes advances on Emma, who refuses, and attempts to rape her, before she stabs him in the back and runs off.
-Rex is only able to find a heavily [[encrypted]] [[beta site]], that requires a $50,000 fee to access, and displays a web page with their pictures and betting [[odds]]. The group decides they will leave the next morning, though Rex and Emma go up to the roof to set off a [[flare]]. While Charlie and Matt remain in the house, Matt talks to a camera and proceeds to suffocate Charlie with a plastic bag.
-Later, while Emma is sleeping, Rex comes downstairs and is decapitated by Matt. Matt awakens Emma and brings her up to the attic, telling her he is being chased and the others are dead before he makes advances on Emma, who refuses, and attempts to rape her. Emma stabs him in the back and runs off.
+Emma runs outside and finds a police officer, who handcuffs her inside the car and enters the house. An injured Matt then crawls out, begging the cop to let him kill Emma, since he spent six months in the house with her. Realizing they are working together, Emma escapes the car and tries to run but is shot in the back with a rifle by the cop.
+Matt and the cop sit in the kitchen discussing the setup they created with Travis for their high paying clients who want to witness the murders. When the cop says there are always "five suckers" to play the game with, Matt corrects him to four, and is then shot in the head. The cop then leaves, talking to Travis over the radio, while Emma is seen locked in a small room, unable to escape. As she collapses screaming, the cameras filming all shut off, one by one.
-Emma runs outside and finds a police officer, who handcuffs her once they are inside the car. An injured Matt then crawls out, begging the officer to let him kill Emma, since he spent six months in the house with her. Realizing they are working together, Emma escapes the car and tries to run only to be shot in the back by the officer.
-Entering the house, Matt and the police officer sit in the kitchen discussing the setup they created with Travis for their high paying clients who want to witness the murders. When the officer says there are always "five suckers" to play the game with, Matt corrects him to four, and is then shot in the head by an unseen shooter.
-Satisfied, the officer leaves, talking to Travis over the radio, while Emma is seen locked in a small room, unable to escape. As she collapses in despair, the cameras filming all shut off, one by one.
 == Cast ==
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 * [[Laura Regan]] as Emma
 * [[Jennifer Sky]] as Charlie
-* [[Nick Mennell]] as The Cop
+* [[Nick Mennell]] as The Cop/Pete
 * [[Bradley Cooper]] as Travis Patterson
 == Home media ==
-''My Little Eye'' is available on DVD from [[Universal Studios|MCA/Universal Home Video]] with most of the special features available on the Region 2 Special Edition including a filmmakers' commentary and deleted scenes. There is an audio mode "Conversations of the Company (Eavesdropping Audio Track)" which allows the viewer to listen to the radio conversations between the members of the company: Travis and "the cop". However, during this mode, the viewer cannot hear all of the dialogue of the cast in the scene. A UK release contains a 'Special Mode' where viewers see the film from the perspective of an internet subscriber, and more extra features become unlocked as the film goes on. You can watch other things going on in 'the house' in real time to what's happening in the film.
+''My Little Eye'' is available on DVD from Universal Pictures with most of the special features available on the Region 2 Special Edition including a filmmakers' commentary and deleted scenes. There is an audio mode "Conversations of the Company (Eavesdropping Audio Track)" which allows the viewer to listen to the radio conversations between the members of the company: Travis and "the cop". However, during this mode, the viewer cannot hear all of the dialogue of the cast in the scene. A UK release contains a 'Special Mode' where viewers see the film from the perspective of an internet subscriber, and more extra features become unlocked as the film goes on. You can watch other things going on in 'the house' in real time to what's happening in the film.
 == Reception ==
-The film received polarized but positive reviews and holds 67% on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] based on 21 reviews, with an average score of 5.2/10.<ref>{{cite web |title=My Little Eye (2002) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/my_little_eye/ |website=Rotten Tomatoes |accessdate=15 June 2018}}</ref>
+The film received generally positive reviews and holds 70% on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] based on 23 reviews, with an average score of 5.4/10.<ref>{{cite web |title=My Little Eye (2002) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/my_little_eye/ |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=15 June 2023 }}</ref>
 == See also ==
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 ==References==
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 ==External links==
 * {{IMDb title|0280969|My Little Eye}}
-* {{AllRovi movie|269540|My Little Eye}}
+* {{AllMovie title|269540|My Little Eye}}
 * [http://www.jigsawlounge.co.uk/film/marcevans2.html Interview with director Marc Evans]
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-[[Category:British horror films]]
 [[Category:Working Title Films films]]
-[[Category:English-language films]]
 [[Category:StudioCanal films]]
-[[Category:Snuff films in fiction]]
+[[Category:Films about snuff films]]
 [[Category:Films directed by Marc Evans]]
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+[[Category:Films about death games]]
-[[Category:Thriller drama films]]
+[[Category:Films about security and surveillance]]
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+[[Category:2000s American films]]
+[[Category:2000s Canadian films]]
+[[Category:2000s French films]]
+[[Category:American slasher films]]
+[[Category:Canadian slasher films]]
+[[Category:French slasher films]]
+[[Category:English-language horror films]]

v t e Works directed by Marc Evans
Feature films	House of America (1996) Resurrection Man (1997) My Little Eye (2002) Trauma (2004) Snow Cake (2006) Patagonia (2010) Hunky Dory (2011) Cassy and Jude (2015)
Television films	Thicker than Water (1993) Bliss (1995) Doors Open (2012)
Television miniseries	Collision (2009) The Pembrokeshire Murders (2021) Steeltown Murders (2023)
Documentaries	Beautiful Mistake (2000) Dal: Yma/Nawr (2003) In Prison My Whole Life (2007) Jack to a King (2014)