''Five Across the Eyes'' is a
suspense/
horror film directed by Greg Swinson and Ryan Thiessen and produced by Trauma One Entertainment. It was shot in 2005 in
Morristown, Tennessee, and neighboring
Greene County, Tennessee
Greene County is a county located on the eastern border of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 70,152. Its county seat is Greeneville. Greene County comprises the Greeneville, TN Micropolitan Statistical Ar ...
.
Plot
On their way home from a football game, five high school girls get lost in an area known as "the eyes". An ensuing accident with a parked
SUV
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There is no commonly agreed-upon definiti ...
in a store parking lot causes the students to panic and flee the scene. A vehicle with one headlight starts to follow them until the driver traps them on a deserted road. The driver thinking that they wrecked her marriage forces the five girls from their vehicle, forces them to strip and urinate on their clothing at gunpoint. After letting them go the driver continues to pursue them throughout the film and performs several violent and sexual acts on them. The girls also discover that in the back of the driver's truck there are dead bodies. They get their revenge however, when they stab the driver multiple times with a screwdriver and light her corpse on fire. They eventually return to the store to find that the driver killed everyone in the store and drove off. The movie ends with the girls driving off into the night, one of them puking and then another girl who is driving tells her not to mess up her mother's car.
Cast
* Jennifer Barnett as Stephanie
* Angela Brunda as Caroline
* Danielle Lilley as Jamie
* Sandra Paduch as Isabella
* Mia Yi as Melanie
* Veronica Garcia as The Driver
Production
The script was originally entitled 'Pumpkins' and written by Marshall Hicks, who attended film school with Greg Swinson. The film was shot over the course of nine days in June 2005 with three
MiniDV
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camcorders.
Film festivals
The film was chosen to be part of the "Fantastic Fest 2007".
Alternate titles
* ''Perdidas'' (
Spain
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)
* ''Perdidas en la noche'' (
Argentina
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)
*''Carretera Sangrienta'' (
Mexico
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)
* ''Perdidas na escuridão'' (
Portugal
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)
* ''5 Vite All'Inferno'' (
Italy
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)
Reviews
* America JR
*
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* Pop Syndicate
* Den of Geek
''Five Across the Eyes'' DVD review
Den of Geek
References
External links
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"Interview with directing team behind ''Five Across the Eyes''"
''Eat My Brains''. May 2008 (Retrieved November 8, 2008)
*Lines, Crai
''Den of Geek''. (Retrieved November 8, 2008)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Five Across the Eyes (Film)
2006 films
2006 horror films
American teen horror films
American independent films
Films shot in Tennessee
American rape and revenge films
2000s English-language films
2000s American films