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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Let's face it, most if not all of Sarah's friends are either pretentious, competitive, and/or catty. Even Tracy, who seems to be one of the nicer ones by comparison, doesn't try to understand Sarah's predicament and [[AmbiguousSituation may or may not]] have spilled the beans about the CastingCouch on purpose. So, naturally, most of them get messily killed off in the third act as a sacrifice. The only one spared is Tracy, who is instead taken out with a KissOfDeath after Sarah's [[CameBackWrong 'rebirth']].]]
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* BodyMotifs: Hair. Sarah has a habit of ripping hers out as a form of SelfHarm, [[spoiler:and it starts falling out as part of her [[BodyHorror transformation]]. After she [[CameBackWrong is 'reborn']] she is completely bald, and the final scene has her put on a wig that the producers gave her as a gift.]]
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* FanDisservice: Yes, Sarah is an attractive woman who wears nice dresses and has nude scenes. No, very little of it is appealing. Take your pick between the CastingCouch scenes, Sarah's [[BodyHorror physical decline]] in various states of undress, or [[spoiler:her killing Tracy with a KissOfDeath while fully nude [[CameBackWrong after her resurrection]].]]
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: ''[[AmbiguousSituation Maybe]]'' Tracy, Sarah's room mate. She seems nicer in comparison to her other friends, to the point where Sarah is willing to talk to her about the CastingCouch, but we find out she has a problem with loose lips. It's not fully clear whether she simply CannotKeepASecret or she is a genuine gossip, but in any case [[spoiler:she is not spared either.]]
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* SanitySlippage: Sarah starts to show a few signs of it after the second audition, particularly once she laughs at one of her friends getting a bloody nose. After going through with the CastingCouch Sarah not only deteriorates [[BodyHorror physically]] but mentally, becoming a [[TookALevelInJerkass volatile]] MoodSwinger who has odd visions. This culminates in her [[spoiler:killing her friends in a bloody manner. She ''technically'' gets better by the end, but uh, [[CameBackWrong that might not be a good thing]].]]
* SelfHarm: It's established early on that Sarah has a habit of ripping her hair out in frustration, particularly after failing auditions. It's a bit of a red flag when the producers not only express interest in her after her latest episode, but ask her to repeat it in front of them.
* SelfHarm: It's established early on that Sarah has a habit of ripping her hair out in frustration, particularly after failing auditions. It's a bit of a red flag when the producers not only express interest in her after her latest episode, but ask her to repeat it in front of them.
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* AmbitionIsEvil: The CentralTheme of the movie is how much someone would put themselves through to achieve their dreams, regardless of the amount of humiliation, self-destructiveness, or moral disintegration involved.
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* HornyDevils: What Sarah's metamorphosis ultimately transforms her into. She becomes an almost textbook example of a ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''-style succubus, complete with long, sharp nails, enhanced strength, emerald-green hypnotic eyes with huge irises, telepathic domination powers, perfect beauty, and soul-sucking kiss. The only thing missing is the wings.
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* SuccubiAndIncubi: What Sarah's metamorphosis ultimately transforms her into. She becomes an almost textbook example of a ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''-style succubus, complete with long, sharp nails, enhanced strength, emerald-green hypnotic eyes with huge irises, telepathic domination powers, perfect beauty, and soul-sucking kiss. The only thing missing is the wings.
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* ObviouslyEvil: '''Astraeus Pictures.''' Their official symbol looks more at home in an occult ritual than it does for a movie studio, their tones range from condescending to creepy, and they do everything in their power to make Sarah uncomfortable. The producer takes it UpToEleven: he's a hammy, FauxAffablyEvil old man dressed in black, rants about how Hollywood is filled with "rats", and coerces women into having sex with him in order to get the roles they want.
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* ObviouslyEvil: '''Astraeus Pictures.''' Their official symbol looks more at home in an occult ritual than it does for a movie studio, their tones range from condescending to creepy, and they do everything in their power to make Sarah uncomfortable. The producer takes it UpToEleven: up a notch: he's a hammy, FauxAffablyEvil old man dressed in black, rants about how Hollywood is filled with "rats", and coerces women into having sex with him in order to get the roles they want.
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''Starry Eyes'' (2014) is an American supernatural horror film written and directed by Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer. It stars Creator/AlexEssoe, Amanda Fuller, Creator/AmandaFuller, and Noah Segan, and is noteworthy for having been partially funded through a successful Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign.
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* BaldWoman: [[spoiler: Sarah's resurrection causes her to lose all her hair.]]
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''Starry Eyes'' (2014) is an American supernatural horror film written and directed by Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer. It stars Alexandra Essoe, [[Series/LastManStanding2011 Creator/AlexEssoe, Amanda Fuller]], Fuller, and Noah Segan, and is noteworthy for having been partially funded through a successful Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign.
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* BurgerFool: Sarah's job at Big Taters is dispiriting, hopeless, and involves her wearing a degrading uniform and being groped by older men.
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* HorribleHollywood: Even outside of the demonic sacrifices and possession, all of Sarah's friends are unbearably competitive, pretentious, and/or bitchy.
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* TrueArtIsAngsty: Invoked. The producers lose interest in Sarah until they see her freaking out in the bathroom and ripping out her own hair, at which point she is invited back.
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* PetTheDog: Erin may have spent the majority of the movie being a terrible friend to Sarah, but she does display genuine concern when she [[spoiler:turns on the light and sees Sarah's deteriorated face.]]
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* PetTheDog: Erin may have spent the majority of the movie being a terrible friend to Sarah, but she does display genuine concern when she [[spoiler:turns on the light and sees Sarah's deteriorated face. Too bad for her Sarah is gone mentally.]]
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* {{Gorn}}: Apart from all the BodyHorror, [[spoiler:Sarah's rampage at the end is ''violent.'' She takes a weight and caves one of her friends' faces in, leaving nothing but a pulpy, gory mess behind.]]
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* HorribleHollywood: Taken to [[MysticalHollywood an outright demonic level]].
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* HornyDevils: What Sarah's metamorphosis ultimately transforms her into. She becomes an almost textbook example of a D&D-style succubus, complete with long, sharp nails, enhanced strength, emerald-green hypnotic eyes with huge irises, telepathic domination powers, perfect beauty, and soul-sucking kiss. The only thing missing is the wings.
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* HornyDevils: What Sarah's metamorphosis ultimately transforms her into. She becomes an almost textbook example of a D&D-style ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''-style succubus, complete with long, sharp nails, enhanced strength, emerald-green hypnotic eyes with huge irises, telepathic domination powers, perfect beauty, and soul-sucking kiss. The only thing missing is the wings.
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* HornyDevils: What Sarah's metamorphosis ultimately transforms her into. She becomes an almost textbook example of a D&D-style succubus, complete with long, sharp nails, enhanced strength, emerald-green hypnotic eyes, eyes with huge irises, telepathic domination powers, perfect beauty, and soul-sucking kiss. The only thing missing is the wings.
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* CameBackWrong: Sarah is resurrected in a ritual that leaves her healthy, but hairless and able to devour souls.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: After Sarah decides to embrace her transformation, she brutally murders her (admittedly fake) friends.
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* DealWithTheDevil: What Sarah's deal with Astraeus Pictures amounts to, in the form of a CastingCouch with the producer.
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* VillainHasAPoint: There's no denying that the producer is an evil, greedy, pretentious asshole, but his BreakingLecture to Sarah does raise a few valid points.
-->'''Producer:''' You can go into the ground to be forgotten forever or you can be reborn. Did you expect it to be painless, that it would be easy, that you'd simply wake up one morning with everything you ever wanted laid out before you? I told you Sarah, dreams require sacrifice. And so do we. I can give you what you want Sarah, but you need to embrace who you really are. It's time to become one of us. It's time to be remembered.
-->'''Producer:''' You can go into the ground to be forgotten forever or you can be reborn. Did you expect it to be painless, that it would be easy, that you'd simply wake up one morning with everything you ever wanted laid out before you? I told you Sarah, dreams require sacrifice. And so do we. I can give you what you want Sarah, but you need to embrace who you really are. It's time to become one of us. It's time to be remembered.
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How far would you go for fame? Would you debase yourself? Would you alienate yourself?
Would you lose yourself?
Sarah wants to become a famous actress, but between her dead-end job, her unsupportive friends, and the lack of apparent prospects, fame seems to be little more than a pipe dream. Things start to look up, though, when she auditions for the film ''The Silver Scream'' by Astraeus Pictures, a powerful company which seems to cater to the Hollywood elite.
That audition sends Sarah down a rabbit hole of madness as she is urged to open herself to the potential to "transform", and ultimately she is forced to decide how far she is willing to go to earn her big break.
''Starry Eyes'' (2014) is an American supernatural horror film written and directed by Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer. It stars Creator/AlexandraEssoe, Creator/AmandaFuller, and Creator/NoahSegan, and is noteworthy for having been partially funded through a successful Website/Kickstarter campaign.
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!!This film contains examples of:
* TheBeautifulElite: Astraeus Pictures seems to produce these.
* BodyHorror: After Sarah accepts the producer's deal via performing oral sex on him, her body starts to deteriorate, including the loss of her hair and fingernails an vomiting maggots. It is implied that this is because she is resisting the "transformation".
* CameBackWrong: Sarah is resurrected in a ritual that leaves her healthy, but hairless and able to devour souls.
* CastingCouch: Invoked in stages. While Sarah's first audition doesn't include sexual favors, her second requires her to disrobe in front of the casting directors, and the third comes with an expectation that she have sex with the producer.
* DisproportionateRetribution: After Sarah decides to embrace her transformation, she brutally murders her (admittedly fake) friends.
* FanserviceWithASmile: Sarah works at a restaurant called Big Taters that is pretty much a Hooters {{Expy}}.
* ReligionOfEvil: Astraeus Pictures turns out to be a cult of people who worship a god named Astraeus, who offers success and beauty, apparently in exchange for human sacrifices.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: This goes both ways. Sarah's friends are generally selfish, uncaring of her dreams, and try to undermine her at every turn, but at the same time, Sarah purposely distances herself from them.
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Would you lose yourself?
Sarah wants to become a famous actress, but between her dead-end job, her unsupportive friends, and the lack of apparent prospects, fame seems to be little more than a pipe dream. Things start to look up, though, when she auditions for the film ''The Silver Scream'' by Astraeus Pictures, a powerful company which seems to cater to the Hollywood elite.
That audition sends Sarah down a rabbit hole of madness as she is urged to open herself to the potential to "transform", and ultimately she is forced to decide how far she is willing to go to earn her big break.
''Starry Eyes'' (2014) is an American supernatural horror film written and directed by Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer. It stars Creator/AlexandraEssoe, Creator/AmandaFuller, and Creator/NoahSegan, and is noteworthy for having been partially funded through a successful Website/Kickstarter campaign.
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!!This film contains examples of:
* TheBeautifulElite: Astraeus Pictures seems to produce these.
* BodyHorror: After Sarah accepts the producer's deal via performing oral sex on him, her body starts to deteriorate, including the loss of her hair and fingernails an vomiting maggots. It is implied that this is because she is resisting the "transformation".
* CameBackWrong: Sarah is resurrected in a ritual that leaves her healthy, but hairless and able to devour souls.
* CastingCouch: Invoked in stages. While Sarah's first audition doesn't include sexual favors, her second requires her to disrobe in front of the casting directors, and the third comes with an expectation that she have sex with the producer.
* DisproportionateRetribution: After Sarah decides to embrace her transformation, she brutally murders her (admittedly fake) friends.
* FanserviceWithASmile: Sarah works at a restaurant called Big Taters that is pretty much a Hooters {{Expy}}.
* ReligionOfEvil: Astraeus Pictures turns out to be a cult of people who worship a god named Astraeus, who offers success and beauty, apparently in exchange for human sacrifices.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: This goes both ways. Sarah's friends are generally selfish, uncaring of her dreams, and try to undermine her at every turn, but at the same time, Sarah purposely distances herself from them.
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