As you read this I am in a theater watching Oculus, the new horror film hitting theaters this weekend from director Mike Flanagan and starring Katee Sackhoff, Karen Gillan and Brenton Thwaites.
The film, as far as I can tell, is about a killer mirror and looking at Flanagan’s credits on IMDb, it appears it comes from his short film that premiered eight years ago titled Oculus: Chapter 3 – The Man with the Plan.
Oculus premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last year and I was hearing mixed things and allowed myself to be talked into seeing Afflicted instead. Here’s to hoping this one is better than that one was.
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Oculus is a spine-chilling supernatural tale of two damaged siblings (Karen Gillan and Brenton Thwaites) who, as children, witnessed their parents’ harrowing descent into madness and murder. At long last, brother and sister reunite as adults to expose and destroy the paranormal entity they believe is responsible: the Lasser Glass, a legendary mirror their family once owned.
