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:
Valerie Cavazos	...	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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Plot Keywords:

family | 

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Taglines:

Behind the reflection is what you fear most

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Goofs

In scenes where Debra is in the bathroom, her reflection at the mirror in the back shows her face in the front when clearly it should show the back of her head.

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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.

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Connections

Referenced in Apparitions (2020)

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Soundtracks

Alexa Knows
Written and Performed by Laura Proenza

User Reviews

Unbelievably dreadful ...

This disaster of a movie has nothing to recommend. While the actors try hard enough there is little they can do with such a nonsensical script. The plot – what plot? After looking at 14 other houses the female lead is attracted to this one which seems to give her an orgasm just looking around it. From there it's all downhill. For anyone with an IQ of seven or less this will probably be an attractive thing to watch, else wise it is a turkey.

The direction is poor, the photography is appalling and thumps and gurgles that are substituted for 'music' really turn this shocker into an ordeal to sit through, torture at the top end of the scale. Miss this if you can ...

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

Color:

Color