Oculus (2014)

Best movie ever!

Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

I was suprised at how trippy the film got during the second and third act. I will say the first 30 minutes didnt impress me too much, and I considered turning it off, but once inside their childhood home, things got rolling for our two main characters and I was interested. For the movie as a whole, Id give it a 7/10. Its not perfect, and I may or may not watch it again, but I enjoyed it, and the more I think about it, the more I appreciate it. The ending is grim and the parallels made to the past throughout the film are a nice touch. The way the two stories within the movie (the present and the past) intertwine and interfere with one another is confusing to both the audience and the main characters, which adds to the atmosphere immensely.Its almost as if the characters are high; they lose track of where they are, whats happening, have hallucinations, and time slows down. Its a brilliant touch and I would recommend checking this one out.

Can not recommend. Stupid plot line, stupid story. I think someone literally just asked a pea what a good movie would be. Cause it's a pea brain film, for sure. The acting was good, and that's it.

As children Tim (Brenton Thwaites) and Kaylie's (Karen Gillan) parents were murdered. Tim was the trigger man who killed his dad, although the kids have a memory of a haunted mirror that controlled their family.Tim has had therapy and wants to move on and "protect his recovery" as he can now finally remember he pulled the trigger. Kaylie is compulsive obsessive and insists the mirror is to blame. She goes to great lengths to set up a controlled experiment to prove the mirror is the culprit. Tim is not eager. They have slightly different memories as to what happened.Their past is presented as a subplot. An hour into the film, you realize that there were things that went on in the household that might be misinterpret by children, yet at the same time there are things going on in the present that don't add up. Is it imagination? Insanity? Supplanted memory? Or is the mirror really haunted?The film combines several old themes to give us something that seems refreshingly new. Well done all the way around. Good horror build up.Parental Guide: Some muttered F-bombs. No sex or nudity.

This is a well made, well acted, well directed, well written movie that I didn't like and would never recommend to anyone. That's because this movie, after the first 20 minutes or so, goes like this:They are walking around the house. 5 minutes later- flashback to a time period that is not disclosed to the viewer. They are walking around the house again. 5 minutes later- flashback to a slightly different time period that is not disclosed to the viewer. Walking around the house again. 2 minutes later- flashback to a completely different time period that is not disclosed to the viewer. More house exploring. 1 minute later- new time period- House walking. 30 seconds later- new time period.It's just not an enjoyable watch, or at least wasn't for me. I read other reviews, I thought I was prepared for flashbacks. Not like this. Nothing like this. I've never seen such incessant, liberal use of constant flashbacks. This movie did so much right. -sufficiently creepy, doesn't rely on jump scares (were there even any?) -well acted -good music, good effects -just fantastic all around.Except for the flashbacks. You wouldn't think that would be a deal breaker, but guys - this is a new level of fail. It almost has to be seen to be believed, although I don't recommend you waste your time. I'm rambling, good night.