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Oculus is a creepy, stylish little modern horror film that borrows on some old fashioned notions of good horror. Namely, to tell an actual story, while messing with common held expectations for film narrative along the way. The story? Imagine trying to make peace with your childhood fears, and the horrors inflicted by mom and dad, only to find that some things are better left unresolved. The narrative? It's a winner in modern horror because it manages to not overdo the gore or under do the scary. This movie MAY not be an all-time classic (yet), but it never becomes mind-numbingly clichéd or goes for over-the-top shock value points. It's very well-edited and pretty well acted, and if you know the difference between The Exorcist and Saw XXVI, you really need to give its 104 or so minutes a once over. Twice.

As good as the Shining was something I said to all around me as soon as the picture ended. Brilliantly conceived and executed. Fast paced action + beautifully shot + not too gory + a cast of characters you really cared about all combined to make this the best experience of jumping and screaming and laughing I've seen from a bunch of experienced horror show aficionados I have ever seen. Good performances from all including the kids. Very unpredictable and wholly inventive storyline. Even the cleverest plots and safeguards will not defeat the pure evil of the Oculus.Very good effort from some brilliant and talented people.

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.