Oculus (2013)

A woman tries to exonerate her brother, who was convicted of murder, by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.

Director:

Mike Flanagan

Writers:

Mike Flanagan (screenplay by), Jeff Howard (screenplay by)

Stars:

Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites, Katee Sackhoff

3 wins & 16 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Karen Gillan	...	Kaylie Russell
Brenton Thwaites	...	Tim Russell
Katee Sackhoff	...	Marie Russell
Rory Cochrane	...	Alan Russell
Annalise Basso	...	Young Kaylie
Garrett Ryan	...	Young Tim (as Garrett Ryan Ewald)
James Lafferty	...	Michael Dumont
Miguel Sandoval	...	Dr. Shawn Graham
Kate Siegel	...	Marisol Chavez
Scott Graham	...	Warren
Michael J. Fourticq	...	St. Aidan Security Guard
Justin Gordon	...	Mark (Supervisor)
Catherine Parker	...	Phone Store Clerk (as Katie Parker)
Bob Gebert	...	Neighbor
Brett Murray	...	Officer 1 (as Brett Luciana Murray)

Storyline

The twenty-one-year-old Timothy "Tim" Allen Russell is discharged from a mental institution by his psychiatric Dr. Shawn Graham completely healed from a childhood trauma where his father purportedly tortured and killed his mother before being killed himself by Tim. His sister Kaylie welcomes him in the parking area and brings him home. Then she tells that they need to destroy an ancient mirror that she has found through working at an auction house. She then steals the mirror and the reluctant Tim follows his sister and has fragmented recollections from their childhood, going back to when his father Alan buys a mirror for the home office of their new family home. Kaylie and Tim see a woman with their father in his office and the behaviors of Alan and Marie change, ending in a family tragedy. Kaylie blames the mirror and now she wants to destroy it with Tim. Will they succeed?

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Plot Keywords:

mirror | trauma | video camera | released from a mental hospital | home office | 

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Taglines:

You see what it wants you to see.

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for terror, violence, some disturbing images and brief language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Blog Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 April 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Göz

Filming Locations:

Mobile, Alabama, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$12,005,402, 13 April 2014, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$27,695,246

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$41,327,693

Company Credits

Production Co:

Intrepid Pictures, MICA Entertainment, WWE Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

Auro 11.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Karen Gillan's first American role.

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Goofs

When Kaylie starts recording her video, she says the time is 4:15PM. Two minutes later when Michael calls her, she says "Could you try and call on the hour? It's about seven past."

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Quotes

Kaylie Russell: I found it!
Tim Russell: What do you mean?
Kaylie Russell: We only have few days.
Tim Russell: A few days for what?
Kaylie Russell: To keep our promise. And kill it.

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Connections

Spun-off from Oculus: Chapter 3 - The Man with the Plan (2006)

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Soundtracks

Oculus (Remix)
Mixed by Paul Oakenfold
Additional Production and Engineered by Hank Kalleen

User Reviews

Instant Horror Classic!

This was really not that bad for a horror movie. The whole mirror monster sort of thing has been done before but what made this movie refreshing to me was the complete mind trip that was going on throughout the movie. I spent more than like 3/4ths of the movie utterly confused yet it made sense by the end. It was all over the place but slowly, I was able to piece things together. I personally thought it had the right amount of horror that it was actually able to make me jump at some parts without being too cringe worthy like most horror films are. Also, I was impressed with what was done despite the simplicity of the film. Tons of thrills, tons of fun. Needless to say, I thoroughly enjoyed watching this.