{"product_id":"0883316280416","title":"The Hypnotic Eye","description":"A curious \"gimmick\" movie in the William Castle tradition (though not itself a Castle project), screenings of this film featured a hokey but creative \"Hypno-Magic\" process allegedly designed to hypnotize the theater audience. The otherwise mundane psycho-thriller plot features Jacques Bergerac as stage mesmerist \"The Great Desmond,\" whose act includes hypnotizing entire audiences into performing rather dull Simon-says maneuvers and such. The real trick, it turns out, involves Desmond's Svengali-like seduction of his more comely female patrons -- most of which end up horribly disfigured the next morning, the victims of apparent self-mutilation. Thanks to several scenes hinting at the obvious hatred Desmond's wife and assistant, Justine (Allison Hayes), harbors toward her husband's pretty subjects, there's not much of a mystery here. Nevertheless, the police are baffled, leading one victim's best friend to set herself up as bait and trap the guilty party -- whose secret is revealed in the \"shocking\" climax. The Hypno-Magic gimmick, though certainly ineffective, provides some of the film's more hilarious diversions, and thoroughly disarms any potential for suspense.","brand":"WARNER BROS.DIGITAL DIST","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47092455735536,"sku":"0883316280416","price":15.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/0883316280416_p0.jpg?v=1763886261","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/0883316280416","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}