Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes REVIEW | Chattanooga Film Festival 2022

Cultured Vultures
by Kyle Logan

It’s unclear at first whether Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes is an homage or a parody. From the start, the film is reminiscent of horror from the late 60s and 70s with opening credits in a beautifully full and curvy font. The story begins when married couple Dieter (​​Frederik von Lüttichau) and Margot (Luisa Taraz) arrive at a castle her uncle has left them in the middle of the night. Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes wastes no time recreating the requisite images of gothic horror as Margot walks up a large staircase with a candlestick in her hand, and ghosts lurk in the shadows all seen through a healthy sheen of film grain.

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