Oculus

"You see what it wants you to see."

Apr 11 2014 R 1h 44m
Horror, Mystery

A woman tries to exonerate her brother's murder conviction by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.

Plot

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?

Written by

Mike Flanagan, Jeff Howard, Jeff Seidman

Directed by

Mike Flanagan

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Lasser Productions, WWE Studios, Blumhouse Productions, Intrepid Pictures, MICA Entertainment

Languages

English

Awards

3 wins & 17 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
144,393
Average Rating
6.5 out of 10
Metascore
61
Popularity
NA