Dark Mirror (2007)

A photographer moves her family into a strange old house, where she discovers an alternate reality reflected in the glass... A dark reality that is closing in on her.

Director:

Pablo Proenza

Writers:

Pablo Proenza, Matthew Reynolds

Stars:

Lisa Vidal, David Chisum, Joshua Pelegrin

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Lisa Vidal	...	Deborah Martin
David Chisum	...	Jim Martin
Joshua Pelegrin	...	Ian Martin
Lupe Ontiveros	...	Grace
Christine Lakin	...	Tammy
David Farkas	...	Chad
John Newton	...	Brendan
Jim Storm	...	Frank
Tucker Smallwood	...	Detective Williams
Jay Knowlton	...	Detective Vasquez
Jareb Dauplaise	...	Frat Boy
Jean Carol	...	Real Estate Agent
Susan Brindley	...	Professional Woman
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Valarie Cavazo	...	TV Reporter
Marcus DeAnda	...	Rupert Wells (as Marcus De Anda)

Storyline

The housewife and aspirant photographer Deborah Martin is strangely attracted to a house and convinces her husband Jim to buy it. They move from Seattle with their son Ian and Deborah takes a photo of a mirror in the bathroom. She soon discovers that her neighbor is snooping on her family and a stranger is stalking her. She researches the house history and finds that it belonged to a painter who might have killed his wife.

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Taglines:

Behind the reflection is what you fear most

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 July 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Shut In

Filming Locations:

Venice, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$1,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cut Glass Productions LLC

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

After Deborah takes a picture directly into the bathroom mirror, then falls backwards into the tub, she looks at the resulting shot and it shows her in mid-fall with the camera clearly pointed at the ceiling. Even if the mirror has magical or mystic powers, the digital camera would have reproduced the image presented to the lens, not the point of view of the mirror.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Jim Martin: You promised to give this one a chance.
Deborah Martin: I'm not promising you nothing.
Jim Martin: Come on Deb. fourteen houses so far, this cannot last forever.
Deborah Martin: I just know what I like. Just because you don't mind living in a piece of shit...
Ian Martin: I don't want to live in a piece of shit.
Deborah Martin: Well, thanks to mommy you won't have to.

User Reviews

It's all done with mirrors

This third-rate rip-off of The Shining (and about two dozen other horror thrillers) trucks out every conceivable cliché one can imagine. As far as the story about insufferable yuppies moving into a house in which strange goings-on are going on, we've seen this all before...and done much better than this derivative turkey. Too bad. This is actually an interesting premise but it's all handled so poorly with little imagination or originality. The characters are so cardboard and annoying- especially the I'm-too-sexy-for-myself neighbor- one almost hopes they get clocked! Just when we think the film is about to partially redeem itself with a satisfying conclusion, it's a let-down. Don't waste your time.