Elisa Victoria's graphic novel 'Mr. Sandman' gets a screen adaptation as Eye for an Eye. Directed by Colin Tilley with a script by Victoria and Michael Tully, the film stars Whitney Peak as Anna, a young New Yorker who goes to live with her grandmother in rural Florida following the sudden death of her parents. When she fails to act upon a witnessing a violent act by a group of teens, Anna finds herself targeted by Mr. Sandman, the vengeful spirit of a bullied child.
The film also stars S. Epatha Merkerson, Golda Rosheuvel and Finn Bennett.
Eye for an Eye is in US cinemas and on VOD from June 20th. A UK/ROI release has yet to be announced.
Check out the trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
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.
