annaleigh-11352 I thought this movie was really good! it was suspenseful, with a good amount of jump scares. the backstory with the parents was really well done; it was horrifyingly interesting. i personally loved the switching between the past and present during the movie, i think it represented how kaylie and tim's past will never leave them, and it will follow them until their dying day (spoiler alert: it did for kaylie). i'll admit, there were a few plot holes in the movie that could've been fixed, but overall i think it was a job well done. it's not your typical horror movie, but i think it's uniqueness is part of what made it so good. i liked how this movie was able to creep me out, scare me, AND pull at my heartstrings all at the same time. i usually spend horror movies screaming at the screen because the protagonists are idiots, but in oculus i was rooting for them the whole time, and the ending really affected me. there were tears. definitely would recommend!

Tweetienator A mirror with evil powers and two siblings who want to destroy it - Oculus is for sure not inventing the wheel new, but a good and suspenseful atmosphere, good acting and a pro production make the flick an entertaining contribution to the genre and it is far better than the average movie that hits the market under the label of horror.

thestophairshop Stupid of course it would kill her by her own devise why not use fire if you were going to die can't escape that .new what was going to happen when she first took the mirror in the room so predictable good acting stupid writer - director rubbish end hate films like that worst horror I've ever seen could been grate unfinished but don't make a number 2 please reviewed straight away because it pissed me off how crap it was

sddavis63 I appreciate a movie that isn't entirely straightforward, and that has me questioning what's happening almost from the beginning. "Oculus" managed to do that. Was any of this real, or was it a figment of someone's (presumably Kaylie's) imagination? Was there anything supernatural about what happened, or was it just a family tragedy? Did the whole family go insane, or was it only one or two of them? I wondered about all of those questions as the movie went on, and in the end there didn't seem to be any specific answer given to those questions.The movie begins with Tim (Brenton Thwaites) being released from a mental institution. He's met by his sister Kaylie (Karen Gillan). The two share a bond that goes beyond just being brother and sister. They both experienced something horrific. It's made clear pretty early that dad killed mom, and then Tim killed dad. But why? What happened that turned a normal and apparently loving family so bloody? Kaylie can't accept the possibility that it's just a case of straighforward killing. Instead, she's convinced that it's because of an antique mirror that had been in the family home. She's traced its history - there have been other similar incidents. She believes there's an evil, supernatural presence in the mirror and she wants Tim to help her kill it once he's out. Tim on the other hand is convinced after his years in therapy that there was nothing supernatural about what happened. Dad killed mom and he killed dad. It was that simple. And then we watch as Kaylie's carefully planned experiment sets out to prove that the mirror is haunted - or something.Thwaites and Gillan were good in this, as were Rory Cochrane and Katee Sackhoff as their parents. The movie switches back and forth from the present to the past - and while such a format can sometimes be difficult to follow, I thought it worked very well here. It allowed the story to unfold methodically. Everything that Kaylie was planning in the present seemed to have some relationship to the past, so letting the past out bit by bit was an effective way of moving the story forward. There are the kinds of shocking things you would expect in this kind of movie, but it's not an especially blood and gore kind of thriller. It is thoughtful and it does make you wonder - and it leaves you wondering. Was this mirror haunted or not, or was this just Kaylie not being able to accept the brutal reality of what actually happened? It's left to the viewer to decide. (8/10)