Chiller (TV Series) Here Comes the Mirror Man (1995) User Reviews

Best episode so far.

[Sleepin_Dragon · 8/10 · 13 February 2018]

Easily the best episode so far, Here comes the Mirror Man is cohesive, tense, and very well acted, and unlike the first two, there is a distinct threat, namely in the shape of Michael. Well written, very well made, this one has managed to ignite my interest in the series, which, after Toby had begun to fall. A clever play on a much used premise, Michael was a dark character indeed.

Phyllis Logan wasn't long out of Lovejoy, and it's no wonder that she's been a stalwart of TV since, she's fantastic, excellent in this episode, as is John Simm, who always managed to add some sincerity to unusual parts, no wonder he's the star he is now, a cracking performance from him also.

It is very Nineties. Made me feel nostalgic watching it.

"Oh, it's great. Straight out of Dracula!"

[classicsoncall · 7/10 · 14 November 2021]

This episode has a little bit of the old "Donnie Darko" going for it, even if that picture came out about a half dozen years later. My first instinct when seeing Michael (Paul Reynolds) was that he wasn't real, and then began to doubt myself when Gary Kingston (John Simm) had more than a handful of conversations with the character. I find it hard to accept that no one came forward to say they saw Gary push social worker Wendy Francis (Anna Keaveney) in front of that moving vehicle, but for the sake of the story one has to go with it. Odd too, that Anna Spalinsky (Phyllis Logan) continued on Gary's case even after she was suspended, which by the way, was also a bit muddled in the telling since that wasn't made clear when she left her office; her boss Trevor (Matthew Scurfield) offered her time off in lieu of a suspension, but we didn't get her answer on that. Fortunately for Anna, one of Kingston's prior victims (Rebecca Callard) came forward to tell her tale, leading authorities to converge on Gary's boyhood home. It's all wrapped up pretty neatly until Anna gets in her car to leave, and Michael makes his presence felt once more. That ending had creepy written all over it.