Very best movie i ever watch

A different way of telling a story

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

"The Hypnotic Eye" is a fairly effective B movie about a spate of self-mutilations by beautiful women who appear to be in a trance when they do the deed. A detective tries to unravel the link between the victims and a stage show that features a hypnotist that they have all attended.A lot of what appears in the movie is fun, although "The Hypnotic Eye" is barely 70 minutes long, and a lot of this is padding, featuring several needlessly long looks at the "hypnosis" act, as well as a very tiresome sequence set in a beatnik bar where we have to watch the whole show of beatnik music and poetry. It's a shame, because these really slow down the action. Surely it would not have been to difficult to make the actual storyline events take up some more time.The acting is ok, although a little hammy. The story actually has a really brutal side to it, as the methods the ladies use to self-harm are all pretty twisted. We don't witness many of them happening, but seeing somebody screaming with their hair fully ablaze is quite something for 1960 (even if it's not very realistic). Some of the "after" make up of the others victims is also pretty good.If all the padding was stripped out, this would rattle along and be a lot more fun, but it would be over in less than an hour! The plot really is tiny and there is barely any quality time given to the climax, in fact events dash to the closing credits with far too much haste...a little time spent on a proper ending and explanation would have been nice. Still, it's pretty entertaining while it lasts.

And this is high camp. The 40's and 50's were the decades of great B movies and this one's right up there. Each scene is a little gem. From the various disfigurements to the coffee house poetry reading to the obvious strings holding up the woman "defying gravity" to the doctor in his highly stylized (right down to the choice of dog) apartment playing his piano in a short silk robe open to the waist to the climax when all is revealed. And as others have mentioned, the cops are dumb as rocks. All in all, it's just a hoot!This movie requires just a small investment of time and it's worth every minute of it.

This use to be, hard to find, bit of Psychotronic Cinema has finally been released in an excellent transfer and Baby Boomers and modern fans of off-beat, exploitive, gimmick-ridden, bizarre, cultural phenomena, and just good old fashion B-Movies can get in on the "eye" popping fun.It is guaranteed that if you see the first few minutes there is no turning back. With its gruesome opening and creative camera shots it will trans-disfigure you for the next 80 minutes or so. After all, this one is full of treats for Dive-In Movie lovers. There are some good makeup effects, a beatnik scene, some Noirish Photography, sexual innuendos, and more. With a nod to Director/Huckster William Castle and a marketing-persuasion to suggest to the zombified TV viewers to leave their "living" rooms for the Theaters. This fun-fest has one thing or two that keeps it from reaching the best of the best, the very long audience hypno scene for one. But who cares, the rest of this is so entertainingly enticing that most viewers are helplessly seduced by this little seen Movie. In the ads, and also on screen, there was a very strong WARNING to not try Hypnosis at home. For a bit of equally hokey irony, they could have added...Not for the impressionable (the target audience).

Before the jaded, post "Star Wars" audiences took over, there were "B" films, independent films and foreign films all playing at those comfortable neighborhood theaters and drive-ins. "The Hypnotic Eye" is one of the best.Featuring crisp, moody black and white cinematography, a wonderful main title theme and excellent performances from its cast, this offbeat thriller was somewhat influenced by the popularity of quality detective series, like "Naked City," appearing on television at the time. "The Hypnotic Eye" combines a solid mystery story with hard-hitting horror effects for a chilling and satisfying ride.This was one of the first movies I can recall seeing as a child, as a re-run on TV. I was drawn in by its atmosphere and attractive cast. The end seemed very exciting to me and over 40 years later, I can still enjoy it through adult eyes.Younger audiences, desensitized by the vulgarity of the post-modern world, its drug culture, hippies and bombastic films will be completely unable to understand this film. However, in the context of the era in which it was produced--1960--it is impactful and entertaining.If you're over 45 and haven't seen it, check it out.