Oculus (2013)

Directed by

Mike Flanagan

Genre

horror film, psychological horror fiction, ghost film, supernatural fiction

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

R

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 3,219 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two siblings are convinced an antique mirror is the source of their family's tragedies. They plan to destroy it but the mirror fights back with hallucinations and memories.

tenseunsettlingpsychologicalclaustrophobicdisturbingdarkslow-burnatmospheric

What happens

Oculus is a 2013 American supernatural psychological horror film co-written, edited, and directed by Mike Flanagan. It is based on his short film Oculus: Chapter 3 – The Man with the Plan, and stars Karen Gillan and Brenton Thwaites as two young adult siblings who are convinced that an antique mirror is responsible for the death and misfortune that their family had suffered. Katee Sackhoff, Rory Cochrane, Annalise Basso, and Garrett Ryan Ewald also star. The film had its world premiere on September 5, 2013, at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and received a wide theatrical release on April 11, 2014. It received generally positive reviews from critics, and was a box office success. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

• The Reaper's Image (2013)
• Mira Mira (2023)
• Dark Mirror (2007)
• Hereditary (2018)
• The Conjuring (2013)
• The Invoking (2013)
• Don't Let Me Go (2013)
• Behind You (2021)