Director : Mike Flangan
Csat : Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites, Roy Cochrane, Kate Sackhoff
Oculus is about a brother and sister who had a tragic event happened to them when they were kids. You don't know exactly what happened to them at first but you find out it as the movie goes on. The brother was in a mental hospital until he is 21 and he is finally released. He reunites with his sister and apparently whatever caused this tragic event is related to a mirror that they had in their house and they seem to believe that something supernatural behind this mirror that caused this tragic event to happen and they want to go back and destroy this mirror. The it jumps back and forth between the two timelines that shows what's going on in the present and shows what was going on in the past 11 years ago, what originally happened with them their parents.
It's very cool seeing the both timelines that was transitioned well most of the times. I think it focused a little too much on the past because there is one point where you find out exactly what happened but then it continues to show in details. I think they could have focused more on the present as you don't know what's going to happen next. So I think they spent a little too much time in the past, got a little too jumpy but overall it was good.
The sister thinks absolutely this mirror is the cause of what happened, this mirror is evil and it must be destroyed. The brother has been in a mental hospital for the last 10 or so years where he has been learning about psychology. Doctors has been explaining to him that there is nothing evil in the mirror and they have been giving rational explanations for everything. So that's what he is thinking. He thinks that there is a rational explanation behind all of these and you are just kind of crazy. We don't really know for a descent part of the movie whether it is an evil mirror or is she crazy or are they both crazy. At one point you absolutely come to a conclusion and you know it for sure. But for a while it was pretty interesting
I really like the character played by Karen Gillan. She was completely obsessed with proving that this mirror was evil and just the way she went about it when was setting everything and you see who serious she is about, I was like "wow". I also like the character of the mirror because I consider the mirror as a character. I feel like if I could sit down and have a conversation with this mirror, it would be awesome. I can't explain it to you without spoiling. But all these evil things the mirror was doing, I feel like it was having so much fun doing them and it would have so much fun telling you stories about them. It would be evil but also kind of fun to listen to it.
One of the most interesting things is that this is a horror movie and generally you would judge a horror movie by how scary it is. This movie is not scary. It's not scary at all really. Most of the time you don't know exactly what is going on. You don't know if this stuff is real or it it's not, if it is in the character's head or not. So there nothing really scary but there is a little bit of imagery that can be a little creepy. Even though it's not scary, it's really interesting and keeps you engaged most of the times.
Oculus is definitely an interesting horror movie but it's not really scary at all but I still really enjoyed it. I was intrigued and I was interested, I liked the mirror and the psychological aspects not knowing what was real and what wasn't. So I can definitely recommend this movie. If you want a real horror movie something that is going to scare you, this is not it. It's kind of slowish compared to other horror movies that might have more scares.
Rating : 3.75 / 5
Verdict : Thrilling but nothing to scare at all.
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