Oculus (2014)

An average movie

“To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was directed by Mike Flanagan, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, even though it was a decent feature, you could see that, almost 10 years ago, Flanagan still had a long way to go before becoming one of the most interesting horror directors at work nowadays. The first thing that bothered was this major plot-hole about the fact that it seemed impossible that Kaylie would manage to get her hands on this mirror exactly when her brother Tim would get out of his psychiatric hospital. The other thing that bothered me, it’s not specific to this movie and it actually bugs me with many similar horror flicks, was that they developed some interesting ideas about the mental struggle faced by the main charac” read more

Watched in 2021 (74 movies items)

"27.4. Olen ennenkin sanonut, kuinka pidän Flanaganin ohjauksista, ja Oculus on jälleen taattua flanagania. Voimakasta ja aitoa kauhua, joka pelaa hahmoillaan, mikä taas pelaa katsojansa kanssa. Nokkelasti kirjoitettu ja ihastuttava elokuva."

Meus DVDs (3001 movies items)

"Oculus (Mike Flanagan, 2014) "

Watched in 2019 (87 movies items)

"June 10th, 2019"

The 50 Greatest Horror Movies of the 21st Century (50 movies items)

"Oculus begins in dreams before freely hopscotching between Kaylie (Karen Gillan) and Tim’s (Brenton Thwaites) present-day sleuthing and the horrors that, 11 long years ago, sent her to foster care and him to a mental institution. Through a mini-triumph of montage, what begins as run-of-the-mill backstory vomit is thrillingly repackaged as an almost-Lynchian duet between warring states of consciousness. The story’s antique wall mirror, as it tightens its grip on the brother and sister, forces"

Film Journal 2015 (112 movies items)

" If you see a horror movie this year (whenever that year may be)...see this one! It was so freaking intense! It has some great fan-favorite actors like Katee Sackhoff and Karen Gillan. It's also really brilliant and not at all in that "you've already seen this paranormal movie" kind of way."