Oculus

I saw this movie in theaters in April 2014 and was absolutely creeped out by it! I am an absolute fan of horror movies. Consequently, I am very particular to what is good and what is not. Recently, very few horror movies have done it for me. This one takes 2 separate stories and combines them, which is confusing to some. That's the point. The mirror lets you see what it wants you to see. I love the way this story blending strengthens the point. When I received the DVD, I was just as unsettled watching it as I was in the theater. So far, it's one of my favorite horror movies!

Oculus: Chapter 3, Man with a Plan, a emarkable flm by Mike Flanagan, was one of the scariest movies I've seen in a long time. Without going into too much detail, the movie is about Tim Russel (Scott Graham) who believes a haunted mirror killed his parents. That is just the premise. It starts slow, but is alwasy constantly building. First it - the mirror - is brought in, and from the moment it arrives, things start getting weird. The entire movie takes place in a white room, brightly lit. I mean, all of it. Every frame of footage is in this one room with one man talking to a triad of cameras and a mirror. I never thought that a "bright" horror movie would work, until I saw Oculus. Trust me when I say this; Oculus works better than most movies that come out of Hollywood. There aren't a whole lot of "Black Cat" scares in the thing, other than a few well placed moments (Alarms anyone?), but the tension and suspense jsut keep building, and building. Not a lot is shown, which I think is a good thing because it heghtened the uncomfortable feeling. I actually found myself glancing away from the screen because I was afraid of what might show up. Finally there is the opening monologue - hell, this whole movie was one long monologue. But the history of the movie told by Timothy scared me down to my socks. This move was superbly acted, directed, and written. If you want to see something unique and scary, then watch this movie.

Went to this film when it first came out with great anticipation. A haunted mirror it had tremendous multiple story potential. But it was not to be the case. It was just a few people in a one house that were affected by it's evil. Don't get me wrong the film was OK, but what a let down. Because of that I never bought the DVD when it was released later. Finally in October 2020 I did add it to my collection just so I could do a review. Especially when I watched the director and screen writer talk about their production. Think of this you have more than a 400 year history in this evil mirror that is known. Where did it evolve from? Who made the evil that resides within? How many different realms can be within evil and fantasy alike? If you were able to step through the looking glass to coin a phrase. What evil or fantasy world would you step into at any one time. How many different worlds can exist? I would say an infinite number more than likely. Take 2 full length mirrors and put them face to face and the step in between them. Exactly how many planes do you see or can count? How many different evil beings are caught inside unable to escape. Could you control what world or where you went once you crossed over. Would you be able to exit back to your own world again? Is every realm evil within? Or as in most cases does good and evil exist everywhere in time and dimensional space? This film could have become something much much more. Many more franchise movies could have spawned from it. Or even a long running series with multiple actors in multiple worlds. All in the fantasy of good or evil existing in one piece of thin mirror glass. Just let your mind wonder within the possibilities. Thank you for allowing me to express my thoughts. - JIMI

I wish this was a better movie. It's worth a watch, but it was disappointing to me. But, I am a pretty big horror movie fan. I guess it takes all kinds, good. or bad, at least I can mark this one off my list.

I had no idea this was autographed by Mike Flanagan and the star! I was excited just to find a copy of this version of Oculus, but I'm SO HAPPY to get this one!!!!!

I saw this movie a few years ago at Kentucky Theater in Lexington, and have been trying to track it down ever since. As a longtime fan of horror flicks, I was unprepared for the sheer creepiness of Oculus. I couldn't look into a mirror for weeks without going to that dark place in my mind. Now that it is finally available on Amazon, I can't wait to share that experience with my friends who weren't fortunate enough to see it in the theater. If it can creep them out half as much as it did me, I'm sure I'll be hearing about it [evil grin]. If you like Descent or Dead Silence, you'll find Oculus to be a treat!

Love this movie great scary movie I purchased the DVD it works great and case in in great condition

Far better than the polished, empty 2013 feature. The setup is intuitive -- we get right into it with a minimum of exposition -- and the taut recitation of the mirror's haunted history reminded me of Richard Johnson's rundown on Hill House in "The Haunting." That said, it's not exactly scary and I found myself wishing writer/director Flanagan had given himself another 10 minutes. Graham's final descent seems too accelerated, the little set cluttered -- a more spartan approach would have been spookier (a la 2001) -- and, most of all, I wish Flanagan had resisted the temptation to "monsterize" his film. The mirror, the room, the cameras need to remain the monsters.

Those among us who became fans of Karen Gillan in Doctor Who will be delighted to see her delivering a powerful performance in Oculus, a solid no-nonsense supernatural thriller. Although there are some tricky turns, Oculus follows a fairly standard storyline without seeming trite. It delivers the goods with creative camera work, crisp editing and superb performances by Karen Gillan and Brenton Thwaites ( Blue Lagoon: The Awakening ), supported admirably by Annalise Basso ( Standing Up ) and Garrett Ryan ( Insidious: Chapter 2 ), who play younger versions of the same siblings. Mind-twisting temporal jumps between childhood and adulthood and increasingly complex layers of supernatural legerdemain work to good effect because the relationship and the motivation of the characters is convincing. Karen Gillan and Brenton Thwaites could perform their scenes on stage, without the cinematic special effects, and still hold an audience.

Oculus gehört für mich zu einem der wirklich guten Horrorthriller. Die Story ist gut, die Akteure sind gut, und die Schockmomente sind vorhanden. Ich würde hier 9 von 10 Punkten vergeben.

Sebbene al cinema gli specchi maledetti non rappresentano più niente di originale, questo film pur trattando l'argomento risulta molto ben fatto e alquanto avvincente. Merito dell'ottima regia, di una sceneggiatura ben scritta, di attori abbastanza in parte e di un'atmosfera inquietante quanto basta. Anche il finale non delude affatto. In definitiva a me il film è piaciuto. Il mio bluray è esente da qualunque difetto di riproduzione (sebbene nelle recensioni precedenti qualcuno ha affermato il contrario), le scene buie sono molto ben definite e l'audio è più che discreto. Voto film e bluray: 8.

Ich bin froh mir diesen Film gekauft zu haben, auch wenn ein paar Bewertungen zu dem Film schlecht ausgefallen sind. Ich kann diese auf keinen Fall nachvollziehen und kann nur sagen das wir hier einen sehr guten und auf jeden Fall unterhaltenden Film geboten bekommen. Die Handlung ist an manchen Stellen vielleicht ein klein wenig verwirrend und bereitet einem Kopfschmerzen aber im großen und ganzen dürfte man gut mitkommen und der Film bringt die Message auch verständlich zu Bild. Die Darsteller sind super und diese kennt man auch schon aus anderen Filmen oder Serien, also keine 0815 Darsteller zu sehen. Bild und Ton sind sehr gut, auf jeden Fall passend. Ein paar tolle Extras haben wir auch auf der Blu Ray, die auf jeden Fall sehenswert sind. Wer hier viel Blut oder ähnliches erwartet ist falsch am Platz, hier haben wir einen reinen Schocker der auch sehr gut ohne Blut auskommt. Klare Empfehlung meiner Seite.

This was a good thriller. It was a little hard to follow in the beginning because it kept going back and forth between the present and the past. Once you realize that the main characters are thinking about the past, it makes it easier to understand the story. It is about an antique mirror that has powers over the people who look into it. The mirror is responsible for a lot of tragedies that occurred over a few centuries. The mother and father of the main characters had a horrible fate and now the mirror is having an impact on the brother and sister. This is good to watch if you like horror movies.