All Eyes

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All Eyes
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Official release poster
Directed byTodd Greenlee
Written byAlex Greenlee
Produced by
  • Emily Calhoun
  • Laurie Cummings
  • Adam Greenlee
  • Alex Greenlee
  • Jeff Greenlee
  • Lisa Greenlee
  • Todd Greenlee
  • Janice Pellam
  • Tab Pierce
Starring
  • Jasper Hammer
  • Ben Hall
  • Danielle Evon Ploeger
  • Nick Ballard
CinematographyAustin Warren
Edited byMelissa Kent
Music byPaxin Tenebris
Production
company
Homefront Pictures
Distributed by Gravitas Ventures
Release date
  • September 2, 2022 (2022-09-02)(United States)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

All Eyes is a 2022 popcorn horror/comedy film written and directed by the Greenlee brothers and distributed by Gravitas Ventures. It stars Jasper Hammer as a disgraced podcast host who interviews an eccentric farmer (Ben Hall) who claims to have a monster living in the woods near his house. [1]

Contents

Plot

Allen is a disgraced podcast host who was recently fired. Looking for a story to restart his career, he learns about a widowed farmer who lives by the forest and claims there is a monster in the woods. They make a plan to capture and kill the monster.

Cast

Production

Filmed in Hobart, Oklahoma and Altus, Oklahoma during July 2020. The film was written by Alex Greenlee and directed by Todd Greenlee. Several of the Greenlee family is listed as part of the film crew. The distributor was Gravitas Ventures.

Reception

Alan Ng of Film Threat gave the film a score of 8.5/10, writing: "Though I found the story about the mutual admiration society between Don and Allen worth watching, the fun of All Eyes is the exciting and thrilling second half about a farmhouse full of booby traps." [2] Dread Central called it, "The Best Recent Indie Horror Film You’ve Never Seen." [3]

Accolades

The film won four awards at various horror film tests across North America out of fifteen nominations.

Award ceremonyCategoryRecipientResultRef.
Chicago Horror Film Festival Best Actor Jasper Hammer Won [4]
Best MusicPaxin TenebrisWon
Best FeatureEmily Calhoun
Adam Greenlee
Alex Greenlee
Todd Greenlee
Janice Pellam
Laurie Cummings
Tab Pierce
Jeff Greenlee
Lisa Greenlee
Homefront Pictures
Nominated
Best Director Todd Greenlee Nominated
Best Editing Melissa KentNominated
Best WriterAlex GreenleeNominated
Best Sound Eric R. FischerNominated
Best Cinematography Austin WarrenNominated
Ethereal Horror FestBest WritingAlex Greenlee
Homefront Pictures
Nominated [5]
Dickens Horror Film FestivalBest Horror FeatureEmily Calhoun
Adam Greenlee
Alex Greenlee
Todd Greenlee
Janice Pellam
Laurie Cummings
Tab Pierce
Jeff Greenlee
Lisa Greenlee
Homefront Pictures
Won [6]
North Hollywood Cinefest Best Actor Jasper Hammer Nominated [7]
Best Cinematography Austin WarrenNominated
Best Director Todd Greenlee Nominated
Best PictureEmily Calhoun
Adam Greenlee
Alex Greenlee
Todd Greenlee
Janice Pellam
Laurie Cummings
Tab Pierce
Jeff Greenlee
Lisa Greenlee
Homefront Pictures
Nominated
Sherman Oaks Film FestivalBest Feature FilmEmily Calhoun
Adam Greenlee
Alex Greenlee
Todd Greenlee
Janice Pellam
Laurie Cummings
Tab Pierce
Jeff Greenlee
Lisa Greenlee
Homefront Pictures
Won [8]

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