Director: Mike Flanagan
Screenwriter: Mike Flanagan
Stars: Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites, Katee Sackhoff, Rory Cochrane
Origin: USA
Runtime: 104 minutes
Synopsis: A family haunted by a mirror
Okay, it's just a dream
2 years ago, my friend told me that she wanted to watch this movie so much and after some time, finally I coud watch it. Just me, though. And now, my first impression was 'damn, it was BH production's, must be a good one'. Then, the story started with the scene of a little girl and her brother's hiding from someone in their house. While they tried to get out from the house, the brother saw 'something' and released a bit yelp which made them getting caught by someone. That someone was shooting her sister, but no worries because it was just a dream. Then, the stories went and the dream was actually from the little brother in the first scene. He grew up and had a problem with his mind that made him entering a mental institution.
You can imagine what it is
Okay, it's pretty good opening scene. There was 'something', a brother with mental illness, and ah ya, the presence of a mysterious mirror. For several years, mirror always had associated with horror movies because its unusual reflection. Well, this movie had it, for several, that jumpscare me for a bit. It was a good tension. The thing was the plot of the movie was moving back and forth, that I thought it would be confusing for some people. Well, some people, not me, though. I guess it might be a good way for the director to wrap all this ideas for 1 hour 44 minutes. Now, the story was moving forward when the sister initiated a plan to kill the mysterious mirror and it was interesting to see on how the sister prepared for everything to destroy the mirror. There were cameras, alarms, thermostats, and everything to help the sister to do her plan. It was an experiment to destroy supernatural mirror, after all. Destroying something spiritual with intellectual stuff, well noted.
Let's kill it
I want to tell more about the story, but I'm not that kind of person. So, I just kept the story that way. In sum, the story was about a pair of sister and brother tried to destroy a mirror which was turned out to be a mirror with supernatural thingy. Well, the movie was not about destroying the mirror, but on how the sister and the brother could cope up with the things that happened in their family. It's a good one, won and nominated some awards. It's also so simple, no exaggerating things. But, the tension was good and why the title was 'Oculus' instead of 'Mirror'? Maybe because the story was more about how the sister and brother looked at their problem.
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