A boy receiving treatment for his auto-immune disorder discovers that the house he's living in isn't as safe as he thought.A boy receiving treatment for his auto-immune disorder discovers that the house he's living in isn't as safe as he thought.A boy receiving treatment for his auto-immune disorder discovers that the house he's living in isn't as safe as he thought.
- Awards
- 2 nominations total
Kaleb Naquin
- Punk
- (uncredited)
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Well it wasn't terrible... I actually liked the scares in it but I kept waiting for the story to pull me in and it didn't. Felt like this was set up to be good and the story just didn't pick up then took a left when it should have gone right and the ending actually was terrible!
First things first: it's not a very scary movie at all. It does have a few horror moments for a while, but they're nothing special. So if you want to be scared, this is probably not the best bet. However, the plot and the mystery is quite interesting. It's a decent supernatul mystery thriller, I'd say. The major twist at the end will most likely either have you hating or liking the movie as whole, as you can see from all the very mixed and polarized reviews here. Whether you like it or hate it, the good thing is that it is not at all predictable. Personally I kind of liked it.
Nice twist at the end. It's not your typical everyday movie but it's worth watching. I hope there'll be a part 2.
Horror movies are the easiest movies to review, most of the time you either like it or you don't. It's a genre where almost everything possible has been done before so to come up with an original story isn't the easiest thing to do. Eli is innovative I thought, it's entertaining from beginning till the end, and that mostly due to the constant mystery that hovers over the movie. There is a good portion of suspense, the cast is good, all actors did a good job creating that special dark ambiance. There are some nice twists so it's not that you will figure out the whole story immediately. As for the horror it might be mild for the hardcore horror fans but still it is entertaining. My wife is easily scared and so was she with Eli.
Did you know
- TriviaNetflix acquired the distribution rights for this film from Paramount, when the studio reportedly couldn't figure out how to market the film.
- GoofsA beer bottle is smashed on the rear window of the car leaving the hotel. In the next shot the rear window is perfectly clean.
- Crazy creditsEnd credits scroll down instead of up.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Film Brain Podcast: Teapot of Horror (Eli, Wounds, Countdown) (2019)
- SoundtracksPain
Written by Athan Tramountanas, Michael Divita, Michael Breen & Thomas J. Moore
Performed by Painkiller
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Details
Box office
- Budget
- $14,113,729 (estimated)
- Runtime
- 1h 38m(98 min)
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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