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Anna (Whitney Peak), grieving the sudden death of her parents, relocates from New York to a small Florida town to live with the grandmother (S. Epatha Merkerson) she’s never met. Isolated and in unfamiliar surroundings, she falls in with a couple of local teens (Finn Bennett and Laken Giles), but when she becomes a bystander to an unforgivable act of violence, she finds herself ensnared by Mr. Sandman – the twisted soul of a tormented child who haunts bullies’ dreams before feasting on their eyeballs when they finally wake.
Vertical distributes in the US.
Previously titled Somewhere in Dreamland.
This marks the feature film debut of veteran music director Colin Tilley.
Described as a “supernatural revenge horror set in the atmospheric marshlands of Florida” and a “fantastical, surreal and horror-driven approach to capturing the reality of bullying and exposing the subconscious impacts it can have on those around you.”
Vertical released Eye for an Eye in Select Theaters and on VOD on June 20, 2025.
Signature Entertainment releases Eye for an Eye on Digital in the UK on July 14, 2025.
Director: Colin Tilley