Think about it for a bit. Vampires avoid them. Many cultures cover them or turn them around during funerals. Witches use them to communicate or even pass through. Then there is whole Bloody Mary thing. So Oculus capitalizes on this fear with a scary mirror, two siblings and a warped sense of time with murders.
Karen Gillian drops her normal Scotish accent in favor of an American one in this thriller. She and her brother witnessed something horrible 11 years ago. So bad that we are not told at first, only that her brother, now 21, is just getting out of a mental facility.
Over the course of the movie we learn that their mom went crazy, their dad did too, shot their mother and then tried to kill the kids. Tim, the brother, believes it was because their father was having an affair and their mother caught them. Kaylie believes it is the mirror the family once owned and it is possessed. She runs down the list of all the previous owners and the deaths and tragedies that befell them. Kaylie also has elaborate systems put into place to watch the mirror and keep them safe.
But you know that will all fail.
It was fun seeing Karen Gillian in something very, very removed from Amy Pond.
The movie had a good creep factor to it and the "monster" looked really cool. I was not totally thrilled with the end, but it was also not a surprise to be honest.
It gave me some ideas to use for mirrors in an adventure I am working on.
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2 comments:
I was thinking about watching this one for the challenge.
I thought the movie was so-so. Not bad - I'd watch it again - but I wouldn't go out of my way to do so.
On an unrelated note, Karen Gillan is hotter than a brace of pistols.
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