This 81%-Rated Slasher Is a Must for Anyone Struggling to Decide What to Watch With a Loved One
The perfect horror movie to watch with the person you love most in the world.
Holidays force us not only to spend money on gifts, flowers, and other tokens of attention, but also to go to the movies to see new releases adorned with the decorations of a special occasion.
Most often we get romantic comedies and horror films. Actor and director Josh Ruben decided to combine these genres and present a slasher about a maniac who kills lovers.
What Is Heart Eyes About?
While a maniac who appears only on Valentine's Day is on the loose in the streets, Ally is gaining patience before a meeting with management. Her jewelry ad campaign has enraged the public, and the Internet is unforgiving.
On top of that, her ex-boyfriend is bombarding social networks with happy photos of him with a new girlfriend. And yet, romantic magic overtakes a young woman with a cynical attitude.
A staged meeting in a coffee shop leads to the office: tall, charming advertising expert Jay must revive the agency's reputation after Ally's failure. But Ally and Jay are on the map of a maniac with heart-shaped eyes.
Heart Eyes Is a Perfect Mix of Horror and Rom-Com
Josh Ruben doesn't try to turn genres upside down or pretend to distance himself from tried-and-true formulas, but instead indulges with passion and mischief in clichés that horror films and romcoms can't do without.
The mask of the villain hides an unknown person whose identity must be discovered, and the love of your life must be caught at the airport. It is the spontaneity and the open desire to fool around that captivate you the most in Heart Eyes.
A series of allusions to the classics of both genres, seasoned with shameless irony, immediately discourages the desire to look for contradictions and to scold the movie for its conventions.
Heart Eyes Is a Fresh and Charming Take On the Slasher Genre
After nearly a decade of thoughtful horror films about unhealed trauma, audiences are increasingly hungry for cinematic carnage without the need for interpretation, and the director offers the chance to spend an evening with an unnecessary but charming film.
Slashers have always punished teenagers for unregulated sex and excessive amounts of alcohol, but they still rely on physicality and frankness.
Heart Eyes suggests innocent love in an attempt to escape a looming threat. After all, who better to illustrate the risks of first dates than Cupid with bloody thoughts?