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EYES OF FIRE @ 2016 St. Louis International Film Festival

A few years back, SLIFF by chance came into possession of a print of Eyes of Fire, an unjustly forgotten horror film shot more than three decades ago in the backwoods of Missouri. On our 25th anniversary, SLIFF felt duty-bound to give a respectful nod to our celluloid past every other work in the fest screens digitally by cracking open the film cans and offering a rare opportunity to view this criminally underseen gem in glorious 35mm. Set in the Colonial era, Eyes of Fire the film debut of experimental photographer Avery Crounse recounts the creepy doings that occur when a preacher accused of adultery is banished with his followers to the unsettled wilderness, an isolated forest haunted by the spirits of long-dead Native Americans. LAs Cinefamily, which held its own screening of Eyes of Fire earlier this year, aptly describes the film as a supernatural battle between good and evil, rife with impressively fantastical set pieces from trees with faces and a mysterious naked forest-dwelling sect to rains of skulls and bones all swung on a shoestring budget.