Mun has been blind since the age of two. Many years later experimental cornea-replacement surgery gives her sight. Everything is a bit fuzzy at first, then she starts seeing some weird-ass things. Yeah, she starts seein’ dead people, and after a while they just won’t leave the poor girl alone. At night she awakens to see her room change back and forth between her own room, and another phantom one. The light changes, shadows, picture frames and furniture. Eventually Mun and her too-young-to-be-a-doctor doctor do a bit of research via nepotism and locate the family of the donor. The two travel to Thailand to talk to the mother of the donor and there they unlock the reasons behind Mun’s ghosts.

The ghosts in The Eye are a pretty interesting sort. They don’t all want something, most of them are just shadows, souls that have not gone to rest yet. They float and hover and mumble and quite frankly, freak you out. Nothing too fancy here, just some interesting camera and lighting work.

For the first half of The Eye, the appearance of the ghosts and Mun’s reactions are enough to hold the viewers interest and forget about the standard “I see dead people” framework. Once the mystery is solved however, the movie enters into sentimental-mush territory and loses much of its power. It’s fair to say that film’s concluding events will surprise no one, and though they do distract somewhat from the initial strength of the film, the power of the ghosts is still enough to recommend it.