Oculus

Oculus

  • Director: Mike Flanagan
  • Writer: Mike Flanagan,Jeff Howard,Jeff Seidman
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: April 11, 2014
  • Runtime: 1h 44min
  • Sound mix: Auro 11.1
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: Ma Gương
  • "Oculus" (Oculus) is a horror film directed by Mike Flanagan , starring Brenton Thwaites and Kaz . It was officially released in the United States on April 11, 2014.
    The film tells about the childhood misfortunes of Kelly and Tim’s siblings and their parents’ bizarre deaths. When Kelly became an adult, she suspected that everything was caused by antique mirrors at home, so together with her brother, she tried to use high-tech means to expose the truth   .

    Details

    • Release date April 11, 2014
    • Filming locations Mobile, Alabama, USA
    • Production companies Intrepid Pictures, MICA Entertainment, WWE Studios

    Box office

    Budget

    $5,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $27,695,246

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $12,005,402

    Gross worldwide

    $44,459,951

    Movie reviews

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    • By Elda 2022-04-23 07:02:02

      At first glance it may seem like a timeless haunted house theme again, but I'm here to say - it's not

      At first glance, it seems to be the eternal theme of the haunted house. The scenes in the film seem to remind you of many ghost movies in recent years, such as the successful series of horror movies "The Nerd's Room (Latent)" series. But I'm here to say - it's not like that. At the beginning and end of the film, the "past", "reality" and "illusion" are interspersed to narrate the plot. Although this will make you think it will be very messy, it actually achieves a clear distinction, that is,...

    • By Sarina 2022-04-22 07:01:25

      Lost in fantasy and reality

      Mirrors will make people lose themselves in the illusion and reality, and finally produce tragedy. The editing is beautiful, but it's a little confusing in the middle, and the unprepared time and space turn the audience away from the plot. The story itself is not well told, and the ghosts who died in the house because of the mirror and how the mirror exerts its evil power are not clearly explained. The timeline of the ending changed very beautifully. At first, I thought the focus was my...

    • By Velva 2022-04-22 07:01:25

      ordinary death

      Logic is normal is the only bright spot of the film.

      In fact, many ghost movies or horror movies become bad movies because their logic is flawed, and this movie is not strictly a ghost movie. , What are the people with reflective glasses doing, you tell me there is no ghost.

      In fact, it is very simple, because the evidence collected by my sister shows that this mirror has been handled by many people, and there are not many people who have died. There are 45 people who can be...

    • By Hattie 2022-04-22 07:01:25

      My look is so weird

      After reading everyone's movie reviews, I didn't know the ending, but I imagined another possibility.
      The whole story was written and directed by my sister, just to relieve my brother's mental illness.
      Since killing his father, the younger brother has been in a trance. Although doctors can explain it with scientific theories, he cannot really convince himself. So my sister made up a story that the mirror has magic power and can kill people, to influence the younger brother's thoughts...

    • By Peggie 2022-04-22 07:01:25

      Feeling the malice of evil things is frightening

      After watching it, I didn't fall asleep all night and my mind kept flashing back to the plot of the mirror deceiving people. I haven't been so afraid of the film for many years. But then I seem to understand why the rating is so low, because I recommend it to N horror movie lovers, and they generally reflect that it is boring and not scary. It turns out that everyone is different. I don't have the slightest resistance to the setting of this kind of shit using tricks to kill people. Perhaps...

    User comments

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    • By Tristin 2023-09-02 19:26:07

      The screenwriter is clever, mixing illusion with...

    • By Isai 2023-08-20 07:17:24

      There is nothing wonderful and profound, but look at the logos of the 4 brands at the beginning of the film, and then look at the completion of the film. The production is excellent, the small cost is nothing, the technique is innovative, the protagonist performs, and there are few complaints. I haven't been frightened for many years, and I respect you as a man who can...

    • By Jean 2023-08-17 08:56:41

      The name of Olympus Eye, which is similar to bad science fiction, was made fun of by friends for a long time☆*:.。. o(≧▽≦)o .。.:*☆ In fact, I personally think this film is not bad, and people are unpredictable. In ancient times, the human heart was actually the easiest to be tempted and exploited, and the vision was actually the least objective and always controlled by the human heart. Otherwise, why would Malishan be so intoxicated by his...

    • By Bernadette 2023-08-04 17:04:56

      The atmosphere and the interlacing of time and space are still well used. Unfortunately, it suddenly becomes low at the end. There is no element that can surprise people, and the previous momentum is also useless. It's still the rhythm of no zuo no die, cameras and these things are completely defeated in front of the old ghost's high and deep...

    • By Gail 2023-07-13 08:11:31

      The cover is too ugly, and the stalk of the mirror is too cliché. The montage processing is considered smooth, but it can only be regarded as a decent sincerity. Three and a half stars, we recommend...

    Evaluation action

    The film benefits from a satisfactory ending, although this ending is easy to predict. ("Hollywood Reporter" review)
    The director successfully told an old-fashioned ghost story, which evokes the audience's creepy feeling, and is the most disturbing ghost film since "The Call of the Soul". ("Washington Post" review)
    The whole film has a compact plot and no suspense setting, but the real special thing about the film is that the director...
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    Movie quotes

    • Kaylie Russell: After that the glass is lost until it resurfaces in turn-of-the-century New England.

    • Kaylie Russell: The next case of note is Mary O'Connor, 1904. She hung the mirror in her private bathroom. Two weeks later, her niece, Beatrice, finds Mary dead in the bathtub. Now, the official coroner's report lists the cause of death as, get this, dehydration.

    • Kaylie Russell: The next case of note is Alice Carden, of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. 1943. Neighbors reported hearing screens and loud bangs from the house. The police found the children drowned in a locked cistern. Alice her self is in the nursery and both of her legs are completely shattered. Her left arm is broken in four places and six of her ribs are crushed. And in her right hand is the large hammer she's been using to break her own bones. They find her just as she's going to work on her skull. Her right arm, though, is completely unharmed. Because she needed it to wield the hammer.