Private Project

Eight Eyes

A mysterious local crashes a couple's vacation through the former Yugoslavia, pulling them deeper into his web of psychic rituals.

  • Austin Jennings
    Director
    The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs
  • Austin Jennings
    Writer
    The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs
  • Matt Frink
    Writer
  • Justin A. Martell
    Producer
    The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, Subspecies V: Blood Rise, The Puppetman, Tiny Tim: King for a Day, Castle Freak
  • Matt Manjourides
    Producer
    The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, The Puppetman, Castle Freak
  • Emily Sweet
    Key Cast
    "Cass"
    V/H/S/99, Castle Freak
  • Bradford Thomas
    Bradford Thomas
    The Puppetman, Cannibal Mukbang
  • Bruno Veljanovski
    Bradford Thomas
    Subspecies V: Blood Rise, Hell Hole
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Genres:
    Horror, Giallo, Psychological Thriller
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 26 minutes 41 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 1, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    300,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of, Serbia, United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Super 16mm
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1.78
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Fantasia International Film Festival 2023
    Montreal
    Canada
    August 4, 2023
    World Premiere
    Official Selection
  • FrightFest London '23 | The Dark Heart of Cinema
    London
    United Kingdom
    August 25, 2023
    International Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Tallahassee Film Festival
    Tallahassee
    United States
    September 2, 2023
    Official Selection
  • Phantasmagoria Horror Film Festival
    Wrexham
    United Kingdom
    October 1, 2023
    Official Selection
  • Fantafestival
    Rome
    Italy
    October 8, 2023
    Italian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Buffalo International Film Festival
    Buffalo
    United States
    October 5, 2023
    Western New York Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Telluride Horror Show | Horror Film Festival
    Telluride
    United States
    October 14, 2023
    Colorado Premiere
    Selection
  • Screamfest Horror Film Festival
    Los Angeles
    United States
    October 16, 2023
    LA Premiere
  • Tucson Terrorfest
    Tucson
    United States
    October 19, 2023
    Arizona Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Ramaskrik Film Festival
    Oppdal
    Norway
    October 19, 2023
    Norweigian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • TOHorror Fantastic Film Fest
    Turin
    Italy
    October 21, 2023
    Freakshow Section
  • Taste The Blood Of Dead And SudBuried : Horrorthon VII
    Sudbury
    United Kingdom
    October 22, 2023
    Official Selection
  • The 9th Splat! Film Fest
    Warsaw
    Poland
    October 26, 2023
    Polish Premiere
    Official Selection
  • The Irish Film Institute/IFI Horrorthon
    Dublin
    Ireland
    October 29, 2023
    Irish Premiere
    Official Selection
  • It's Alive! Horror Film Festival
    Sofia
    Bulgaria
    November 2, 2023
    Bulgarian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Denver Film Festival
    Denver
    United States
    November 3, 2023
    Official Selection
  • Night Visions International Film Festival
    Helsinki
    Finland
    Official Selection
  • Peephole Film Festival
    Guadalajara Jalisco
    Mexico
    Central America Premiere
    Selection
  • Razor Reel Flanders Film Festival
    Bruges
    Belgium
    Belgian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Mórbido Film Fest
    Mexico City
    Mexico
    Official Selection
  • Desmond District Demons Horror Film Festival
    Port Huron
    United States
    October 13, 2023
    Michigan Premiere
    Official Selection
  • African International Horror Film Festival
    Lagos
    Nigeria
    African Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Hot Springs International Horror Film Festival
    Hot Springs, Arkansas
    United States
    Official Selection
Distribution Information
  • Vinegar Syndrome
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: Video / Disc
  • Not the Funeral Home
    Sales Agent
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: Internet, Video on Demand, Pay Per View, Hotel, Airline, Ship, Theatrical, Free TV, Paid TV, Console / Handheld Device
Director Biography - Austin Jennings

Austin Jennings is the co-creator, series director and supervising editor on The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs. Jennings brings to Eight Eyes his love for the history of exploitation cinema and a passion for character-driven storytelling paired with tense and visceral psychological horror.

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Director Statement

Made entirely on location in Serbia and Macedonia and photographed on 16mm film, Eight Eyes draws equally from Eastern European genre cinema and American regional horror films of the 70s to create a nightmarish tableau of nostalgia twisted into berserk, new shapes. Set among the ruins of the former Yugoslavia, Eight Eyes was scripted and structured with significant contributions from the film's local cast and crew to ensure an authentic portrayal of the cultural environment in which it is set; one which has rarely been documented on film.

Eight Eyes is a co-production between Vinegar Syndrome Pictures (Joe Rubin, Ryan Emerson, Ralph Stevens) and Not the Funeral Home (Justin Martell, Matt Manjourides).

Vinegar Syndrome Pictures is the recently launched production arm of Vinegar Syndrome, one of the United States’ most celebrated boutique home video labels, known for its restoration and release of genre and underground cinema.

Not the Funeral Home is an independent film and television production company best known for creating and producing the acclaimed Shudder original series The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs in addition to the feature films Castle Freak, Subspecies V: Bloodrise and the upcoming Shudder originals The Puppetman and Hell Hole. NTFH is committed to working particularly with cast and crews based in countries and regions with burgeoning and under-represented filmmaking cultures.