@@carlcarter5636 Yeah, trying to prove her brother wasn't insane and was innocent actually leads to the events proving his guilt. As many problems as this film had, I enjoyed it.
But wtf would happen to the records? What would the cops do with it? I swear if it's some incompetent shit and things went through without a investigation...
well the mirror bends reality,as you saw,while they we’re just chatting,after seeing a replay of the last minutes,the video showed them placing the cameras face to face and the plants and so on.So my guess is yes,ofc the cops would watch everything that they’ve recorded,but they would just see them acting crazy moving things around and running and screeming,at the end Tim killing Kaylie,cops seeing that Tim knew that Kaylie was in the front in the mirror,which he obv didn’t knew.This movie really gave me a hard thinking time haha,thinking about possibilities.Even if they would’ve smashed the mirror,how would they know if they actually did it?since they we’re doing something,but actually they were doing something else?(the positioning of the cameras is the best example).Overall,great movie,a pretty smart one compared to others,even if the ending was kind of a bummer and sad.
how the heck was she doing that with her hair anyway?her body is moving normally, her head isn't really shaking...are there invisible strings used for this?I refuse to believe human hair works that way, especially since I'm a long-haired person myself
@@andylagger551 Swinging the hips while walking? You've seen school girls skip rope at some point right? Or walk around bouncing from one foot to the other? Same thing happens. Ponytails have just gone out of fashion a bit.
The title "Oculus" isn't referring to the Mirror, it's referring to the audience's sense of perception. The entire movie changes moments of time and settings to confuse us, and then asks the audience if the Mirror really is haunted, or if the two main characters are insane. Neither one can be proven to be correct, so it relies on your perception; thus, Oculus.
Or the fact the girl really did think the mirror was totally possessed and would kill them and brought it home anyway. It's like picking up a known serial killer and then complaining because he keeps trying to stab you.
Though this is sort of the issue in most horror movies. Nearly all of them, especially the sequels involve people going to a place that they know is dangerous but they're teenagers and they don't let reports of a mass murder dissuade them.
this movie was actually really good, I know the sins are based for the sake of comedy but there were plenty of really scary moments and the setup was really good.
Even though I liked the movie I would have just set the timer for the anchor and went *far* away from the house, then after an hour or so I would have returned and the mirror would have been destroyed
The point the characters actions was NOT to destroy the mirror, but to gather evidence that their father wasn't an insane ass-hole. Destroying the mirror really was just a fail safe, just in case gather evidence proved too much to be a risk.
craftyRingtail true but once they realise the Mirror can control them (when they moved the cameras without realising it) they have enough proof for *them* to belive it and since the brother is out of prison there is no reason to prove it to someone else so I *then* would have left the house
That's the thing tho, it really is pointless for Kaylie to gather evidence to present to others. Her flaw as a character is the fact that she needlessly chases this pipe dream thinking that everything will be better if she shows the world what really happened, even endangering others to get what she wants. She keeps bringing up the past, and is completely unable to move on with her life. However this flaw as a character does not equal a flaw in the narrative, it is part of the narrative.
Yeah keep it covered and set the timer walk away. Go eat dinner, have a nice sleep. Not killing your Fiance. And eating an Apple oh wait its a lightbulb, jk its an apple. Then come back and see that its broken.
Watch movie with family/friends. Wait a suitable length of time. Start subtly moving shit around. Practice your "It wasn't me, I swear!" face. Proceed to fuck with their minds. **Cue evil laughter.**
Honestly this idea of the mirror/ghost/demon/whatever fucking with your reality and driving you mad is far FAR scarier than your regular run of the mill hauntings or slasher killers. The slow blurring of reality and delusion and the line between is terrifying
Convenient that the only part of the tape reviewed was the last few seconds of the brother dropping the anchor. If they watched the whole tape, maybe they'd at least believe that both of them were involved in some weird experiment and they weren't in their right minds? If the authorities don't believe in ghosts/demons and shit, they could at least see something wasn't right from the start.
ShaM3fullyCha0tic but remember the brother was in an insane asylum at the beginning of the movie. maybe he really was just crazy and he did kill his sister. we don't really know what was real and what wasn't. maybe all the crazy stuff that was happening in the movie really was just in his head.
True, this movie isn't scary. But I found it to be a very effective psychological horror film. Perhaps the most effective I've ever seen, actually. But scary? No. But then, I don't think that was necessarily the point. Not all horror needs to be scary.
I like to separate horror movies on two categories : Jumpsacre and skincrawler movies. Jumpsacre movies just startle you with lame ass jumpscares. Skincrawlers mess with your head and plays with your mind to make it tense. This is a skincrawler.
Jossy FTW I agree with the sentiment, though I think I'd call this "psychological horror". I'd call "skin-crawler horror" more of the torture porn type horror, like the Saw movies.
I thought Occulus was pretty cool. I loved the editing and cutting of past and present together. It wasn't anywhere near as complicated as this sins video would have you believe.
Jeremy just nitpicks for fun. It's supposed to be humourous. It doesn't mean he himself did not like the movie. He often even says that "the video/movie was great, but no movie is without sin". Just because... entertainment.
lazywagon Exactly. I remember he tweeted out before releasing EWW Jaws and he said ‘its a film that everyone loves, and a film that no one loves to hate but it still has sins, surprise surprise’ 😆
Every time I hear about one of these movies, I want to sit around with a bunch of smart-asses and figure out how to safely dispose of the evil in question. My first idea was using a spring punch to shatter the glass on the mirror. It's a tool that can't hurt people very efficiently (unlike, say, a heavy, pointy boat anchor), but it has the disadvantage of needing to be used at close range. But if the mirror is helpless while covered, that's easy to deal with. In fact, if the mirror is helpless while covered, the thing is a non-threat as soon as you figure that out. Just cover it, lay it down on some concrete and go to town with some sledgehammers. Maybe visit the Hawaiian volcanoes and accidentally drop it in lava. Step 1 - destroy demonic artifact, Step 2 - vacation! Heck, if it has a limited sphere of influence, just leave it out in an open field somewhere and have someone shoot at it. At best the mirror could make random animals jump in front of the shots, but those will run out eventually.
Get a 20mm anti tank rifle and unless it can conjure a Blue whale out of it's ass it WILL go through whatever animal it could get to jump infront of it.
Hang it poorly in a house in California. Eventually there will be an earthquake that will knock it off the wall and you can be three time zones away when it happens.
I want to see a sequel that happens when the police watch the clips for evidence and ends up haunting the entire police precinct. Sorta like last shift cause that movie was lit :D
Vicky Bennett I've learned that these guys and Honest Trailers are being overly-scrupulous for the sake of comedy, rarely makes me dislike a movie I liked previously.
Haha, yep I am aware that most words are based of Latin words. Nevertheless I am currently studying Latin and oculus is the exact translation of eye in latin, without all of the tenses and etc.
fleurjour I wasn't talking about how most words are based on latin latin words, I said even IF they are based on them, their meaning doesn't necessarily stay the same^^; Same goes for many germanic words in the english language. Therefore it doesn't matter what oculus means in latin, since it's not a latin movie and the meaning could be different in english.
JustCallMeRay The mirror would trick her into throwing a baby into the ocean. The best thing to do is sniper fire from miles away after getting someone you don't care about to place it in a desert. If this fails, nuking it from orbit may be the only way to be sure!
I really don't understand why demons in horror movies like to play with people so much ( hello paranormal activities!). It's like 90 minutes of foreplay with 30 seconds of sex.
Maybe the demons need to wear down their victims before they can kill them? Or maybe they're just bored, I imagine being an immortal being that only gets a new victim once every few decades would be quite a boring existence. Gotta make it count
XBlueM0ndayX You have a point but the thing is: he\she killed 45 people in 400 years (1 for 10 years kinda). So if he enjoy so much torture he\she shouldn't kill at all, just enjoy torture for years. And i don't think they need something before kill the victims, after some days the demon could already control both the main characters with no problem.
No i think the demon has some kind of deadline, like his boss would fire him if he didn't get a certain amount of kills within its first 500 years or so.
One time my dad walked in on me and my friends watching this and he was like “what are y’all watching?” And one of my friends was like “its called oculus.” He walked back in like 5 minutes later and he was like “so we’re seriously watching a movie called octopus?”
Actually, Octopus would have made as much sense for a title as Oculus does. At least an octopus has many tentacles to orchestrate puppets of these people. Which is what it did. He did not however just sit and watched like an oculus would.
The chick looks like a young version of her mom, the dude looks like a young version of his dad, siblings don't even slightly resemble each other. This family is created via Sims character generator xD
The only thing that made me uncomfortable in this movie is when the dad started ripping his finger nail off and thats only because thats my number one pet peeve. I told my grandma to watch this movie and she called me and said, "Why? Why are their eyes glowing? What is happening?"
I enjoyed the film, never been a fan of gore or jumpscares (though this film does has some). I spent the first half questioning whether the sister was insane or the mirror was evil (I lean more on the brother's side), then the plot started to unfold and the true past kicked in, it became quite emotional. It's not in-your-face scary, it's just creepy - not knowing what is reality, proving something no one believes. But I value it for the psychological factor and how it makes me really feel for the characters. Not many horror movies can do that.
Awesomeperson Sonic "Ahhhh! Socrates" "Ahhhh! George Washington!" I had to pause a video at that point so as not to miss the next 30-40 sins while I was dying of laughter.
I so want to quote Borderlands 2 right now. Ah fuck it: Handsome Jack: "Jimmy, please make a note: I'm strangling Mister Moorin for bringing up my wife." Mister Blake: "Choked... Mister Mooring..." Handsome Jack: "No, no, Jimmy, choking is something you do when you eat too fast. As I'm crushing Mister Moorin's windpipe with my watch chain, what I'm doing is actually referred to as strangling."
Honestly, I don't even get why the mirror has the ability to posses people: I mean, it would be WAY more insteresting if it could only create illusions and mind traps.
@@nebojsajaric184 yea it doesnt posses them more as uses what you know against you the person the dad was cheating on probably was the last owner of the mirror thats why it was the only ghost they saw as kids and then when they were older she did research and introduced them all to both the audience and to her brother and herself, the movie title is genious it only has a certain reach as it got older the perception and how far its power can reach shortened like the guy who was a professor and walked out and into the middle of the street to get hit im guessing the mirror was at home and he was at work? but it shows the grasp it has on them also if you show a certain type of physical distress towards a situation it will use that against you as well, think of it as a baby mimicking their parents but in a cynical way
Personal opinion on horror movies: They scare you with jump scares, which is a normal human response. I don't really watch horror movies cause all they do is scare you with loud noises and stuff popping up at your face. I also don't get why some people laugh at others when they got scared due to this. Question: Is there a movie that scared you because of its plot and not jump scares?
Can I add the part where the mom asks little Tim what the lady on the stairs was doing and he says he doesn't know because he didn't look? Like wtf kid, you were looking enough to see the goddamn woman there. Also the fact they arrested a 10-year-old for killing his dad to defend him AND his sister after the dad killed their mother. ALSO the fact Kailey never got any sort of therapy whatsoever.
The police didn't listen to the kids, they only judged on what it looked like: a man and a mutilated woman who died from a bullet to the head and a frightened boy with a used gun. Not sure on how the police deduced that it was the boy who did it and not the girl, but whatever
The parts of this movie I found the scariest was the domestic deterioration. Mainly because I can fortunately relate to it, when you're a kid and you feel like your own parents (the people you should look up to) are a danger to you, it is very scary. And the film captures that well. Also, not being in control of your own thoughts is quite scary too.
Oculus is probably my favorite horror movie ever, just cause I like the story and it manages to creeps you out without jumpscares (sure, there are jumpscares but the creepy atmosphere and the mirror were what scared me that most), which is different than most horror movies.
+Julliana Inding I just now watched this because if this cinemasins video. I am going to say I am a complete scared little child when it comes to horror and was pleasantly surprised when it had very little amounts of 'horror'. It instead had a good story, interesting characters, and small bits of horror. It made it very easy for me to watch. The ending was a bit too predictable though. Here's my question though....why not just smash it to start with? Who cares if you end up having to pay like $10k or whatever it was worth? If you have it covered up, it shouldn't be able to affect you. So drop kick that sucker....but oh well :/ That would have made the movie pointless so what do I know.
I really do like this movie a lot. It has quite a lot of psychological twists and turns. Kaylie needs to try to destroy it with the "buddy system" because if there's no verification of its destruction, she will never know if she's living in a warped reality that the oculus is making her believe. Not only that, but when the mirror feels threatened, it can show you a reality to make you believe you are damaging it but instead, you are either standing around hallucinating (like in the final scene), or you are hurting yourself instead. The real horror of this movie is how human brains can't distinguish between reality and hallucinations. The same chemical is produced while dreaming as is when you're remembering. In court, witnesses are never as reliable as camera footage for that reason. And lawyers capitalize on that
@@romantic_hippie after reviewing as many movies as he does, I'd probably reckon jump scares are cheap too! I already think they're stupid and I hate them and I barely watch horror movies lol
Kaz Plays Games lol yea dont worry many people self project their issues onto others these days. remember mind of matter, you shouldnt mind cause they dont matter 8)
I saw Annabelle the other day. As I watched the movie I was making my own CinemaSins video in my head, and it was so funny my mother had to turn around and tell me to shut up xD. I was dying in the middle of the movie theater. Thank you for existing, CinemaSins, for without you I wouldn't be able to entertain myself through movies like Annabelle, which is just pure cliche.
Some of you need to understand that CinemaSins is not the final say-so on whether or not a movie is good. You need to watch movies and judge for yourself. CinemaSins' job is to literally make a movie look worse than it really is by using hateful and criticizing humor to nitpick the tiniest things most people never notice. Oculus is actually a good movie. It's not great, it does get confusing, but it is creepy and most certainly worth your watch and an actual opinion.
Very true. But I watched this movie way before this and did not like it at all. It had a pretty good start, but, like the sins say, I lost all suspense and interest when they went back and forth with no way to tell what was happening in reality, if only a little bit. Maybe it's up other's alley, but even the part of me that loves horror films couldn't give this a shot. (If you're a Nostalgia Critic fan, you'll know he gave a good word for this movie and I felt betrayed. Sigh.)
i will admit that scene where he dropped the anchor killing the girl kind of got me. ps if the mirror can only be broken by accident here is a list of the top ten way to break it 10. have a moving company pack up a bunch of mirrors that way the same into some boxes then throw those bowes off a cliff 9. have that wall knocked out with the mirror still on it 8. have the kids invite some friends over put all the cool snacks on one side of the room with the mirror under a piece of plywood so that the weight of the kids breaks the wood and the mirror 7. stand at the door put on a blindfold with a twenty pound bags of golf bags and a spud gun that shoots golf balls and OPEN FIRE 6. hire the local hoodlums to break all the mirrors in your house sorry im at the library with a computer time limit ill post the rest later
herokid789 burn the house down is also a favorite of mine. if they had so much time why not put a cage around the mirror so you cant you know, stand in the way of the anchor when it comes down
"Oculus" was a pretty silly movie. It was a decent idea, but the mirror simply wasn't scary--- it was just kind of a jerk. And because I couldn't get past the fact that the demon-possessed mirror seemed to be getting its kicks out of dicking with these people, like it was bored or something, it gave the whole movie a sheen of comedy.
matt fahringer Or maybe it's actually just a comedy, and the marketing team didn't get the memo. It's got plenty of laughter-inducing moments, that's for certain.
why not,people now own cars from the 70s and are proud of them, how do you know some dude was like "i own one of the original cars to ever come out this is awesome". Or maybe it was some 70 year old dude taking a drive with his first car
Here's my question: why didn't Kylie handcuff herself to her brother? The whole movie they're wandering around the house and the mirror is continuing to fuck with them. If they were constantly near each other at all times, then the mirror wouldn't have as many chances to mess with their minds and the mirror would've been smashed.
Astral Eternity It causes hallucinations with the brain, they can stay within sight range of each other and it won't make a difference. Once the mirror can control you, it's game over, literally no way to win.
And have a scene where they cut their hands off Saw style? Ew no :( Seriously though it won't matter, the mirrors can control both of their minds, they can unlock the handcuffs or do something without them realizing it even though they're physically close
Why didn't they just set it and forget it? Hell if they were so anxious to Destroy it they could've burned the house down or better yet got a gun, walk several million miles in one direction so you're out of its influence range and snipe that thing. Also it has no invincibility since just falling on it cracked it so pretty vulnerable
Zachary Cannaday Because it messes with your head, making you unable to do those things and probably killls you before you get around to doing those things, haha
Cecilie Skjelmose Probably with the fire and leaving it to the trap but with the gun you never have to be exposed to it so it never has a chance to influence you
+Zachary Cannaday well, you'd then be stuck with the problem of finding a gun that can snipe something from several *MILLION* miles away. And what happens if the mirror doesn't break?
I take issue with sins number 19 and 20. The mirror feeds on life energy, whether it is in plants or animals or human souls. When it feeds on plants, they die. When it feeds on animals, they disappear. When it feeds on people, they go crazy and eventually die too. So when she is asking it if it's hungry, then it is her teasing it for having gone a long time without killing anyone. She's crazy like that. Also, the mirror most likely is actually hurting from that crack. It avoids taking any real damage throughout the whole film, obviously because destroying the actual mirror would kill it, so the crack most likely does hurt.
4:45 the worst part about that is the fact that I can fix this plot hole right now. Have a scene where one of them covers the mirror up with a sheet, then they bash it to death with a hammer, then they take the sheet off and discover the mirror is still intact. BOOM! Problem solved!
iKillerZombie I've thought that the mirror's power is more all-encompassing than we already knew, to the point where it does not allow the characters to behave in a way that would appear logical from the outside (ie smash the mirror when it's covered, leave the house after you realize it made you move the cameras, etc). At the very least, it allows you to look past some of the issues the movie has in a more organic way
Jenee Brown oculus does not mean all seeing eye. an oculus is an architectural term meaning a round opening in a ceiling or wall. in classical architecture the openings were open to the weather. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oculus
+iKillerZombie or they take the sheet off and its bill the neighbor that they just brutally murdered..or sumthng along those lines. what i dont get is how when the kid shot the dad, was he able to fall into it and damage it. you'd have to get leo dicaprio to go into your mind and make you forget that you were trying to destroy the mirror while standing infront of it and shoot yourself in a spot where the bullet goes through you and hits the mirror..or sumthin like that lol
+iKillerZombie Or the mirror only exists when introduced to light, but is only vulnerable and can only be destroyed when it's introduced to light as well... Since the mirror could have been a portal to, idfk, hell, it COULD have been indestructible. But that would be a sin, because you can't kill things from hell in the dark cliche. Every movie has sins. But some can be swapped out for more logical and plot filling ones.
I could look past most of these except the kids not getting possessed by the mirror and the fact that they could have simply destroyed the thing under the blanket from the start. But after getting past that there was a solid movie here. Fantastic melding of past and present and the demon people carry with them for years. This director is going to make a masterpiece one day. Every movie hes getting better and better
Stephen King wrote a short story about a mirror that killed people long before this film was even a glimmer in someone's eye. And it was a story that was far better executed than Oculus. His story is called "The Reaper's Image" if you want to look it up!
To be honest I'm not entirely familiar with either of those D: The only reason I went to see Oculus is because the trailer made it look fucking radical XD
BDWJ1986 They are. Asylum has done the same. Produced some interesting projects. But most of it is slock and bad. I can however admit if it makers you happier that they are equally as bad.
WWE studios produced this. They didn't create it. It's like Disney producing Marvel things. They do it for money. Furthermore they did get at least one Easter egg, as Triple H's real name Paul Levesque is one of the owners of the mirror. ^.^ Knowledge.
That's exactly what i never understood about this movie, the mirror possesses people so what does recording everything even accomplish? It just looks like they are the ones who are doing everything.
Honestly this movie was ridiculous the brother could have lived a normal life that he deserved but the sister ruins it for him, I understand it's for revenge but it was plainly stupid thinking that they could take it on
@@MaxochistMax also the whole set-up of ‘I really need your help, bro’ doesn’t make any sense, because having two people presented makes it far more dangerous, they are constantly distracted with keeping an eye on each other and, yes, with all the mind-fuck, one IS the constant danger to another as well
Honestly my reaction to this movie was such a mix of "this is cool" and "this makes no damn sense". Unique, certainly, but could've done a lot more with what it had.
one of the biggest problems I had was the fact that it was more important to show the side effects of the mirror than stopping it. why not just set up the anvil and leave the house? or like drop it into the ocean? it killed your entire family and you're risking what's left just to be able to say I told you so!
i used to think someone walking up behind someone was a stupid jump scare till i lived with my best friend and her mom. they get scared all the time when i walk in a room and it’s not like i’m being deliberately quiet😂
This movie wasn't perfect, but it was one of the most unique horror films i've seen in a long time.
Yeah, I really enjoyed it, too.
That's psychological horror for ya. Even if the movie didn't always make sense, it worked.
Yazmine Patterson I really liked it
I realize this only after reading this comment..lol
One of my favorites really
Still one of the most sad, fucked up endings to a movie I'd ever see.
scary how they stared at you at the end
Ikr, you end up piercing your best friend to the end of an anchor up against a wall of demonic glass.
+It's The Kat In The Hat I think The Kid in the Striped Pajamas was more sad.
Maxum The Boy. If you think that's bad, try Schindler's List.
Otaku/ Weeaboo: Whatever Right sorry lol and yeah i heard its horribly sad
The ending really bummed me out.
It was kinda beautiful and fucked up at the same time
@@carlcarter5636 Yeah, trying to prove her brother wasn't insane and was innocent actually leads to the events proving his guilt. As many problems as this film had, I enjoyed it.
i knew one of them would die
But wtf would happen to the records? What would the cops do with it? I swear if it's some incompetent shit and things went through without a investigation...
well the mirror bends reality,as you saw,while they we’re just chatting,after seeing a replay of the last minutes,the video showed them placing the cameras face to face and the plants and so on.So my guess is yes,ofc the cops would watch everything that they’ve recorded,but they would just see them acting crazy moving things around and running and screeming,at the end Tim killing Kaylie,cops seeing that Tim knew that Kaylie was in the front in the mirror,which he obv didn’t knew.This movie really gave me a hard thinking time haha,thinking about possibilities.Even if they would’ve smashed the mirror,how would they know if they actually did it?since they we’re doing something,but actually they were doing something else?(the positioning of the cameras is the best example).Overall,great movie,a pretty smart one compared to others,even if the ending was kind of a bummer and sad.
"Tick tock, tick tock".
"Ahhh Socrates!"
"Ah! George Washington!"
cracked me up hard when the narrator said "ah socrates", "ah george washington".
how the heck was she doing that with her hair anyway?her body is moving normally, her head isn't really shaking...are there invisible strings used for this?I refuse to believe human hair works that way, especially since I'm a long-haired person myself
@@andylagger551 you can only achieve that fastwalking/ walking angrily.
@@andylagger551 Swinging the hips while walking? You've seen school girls skip rope at some point right? Or walk around bouncing from one foot to the other? Same thing happens. Ponytails have just gone out of fashion a bit.
The title "Oculus" isn't referring to the Mirror, it's referring to the audience's sense of perception. The entire movie changes moments of time and settings to confuse us, and then asks the audience if the Mirror really is haunted, or if the two main characters are insane. Neither one can be proven to be correct, so it relies on your perception; thus, Oculus.
+HeyGuiseItsSean Nice Story Bro.
+Michael Sabatino
The meme is "Cool story bro".
9th thx
My brain just exloded (°_°)
I had to do a Google search for the title of this movie
"Let's run as fucking far away from this mirror as we can" Said no one in this movie ever.
Or the fact the girl really did think the mirror was totally possessed and would kill them and brought it home anyway. It's like picking up a known serial killer and then complaining because he keeps trying to stab you.
+ELLIOTT 4 EVER I love your profile pic/name, Elliott Smith rules.
SuperBmrp
Then you'll love my Elliott music videos as well
Though this is sort of the issue in most horror movies. Nearly all of them, especially the sequels involve people going to a place that they know is dangerous but they're teenagers and they don't let reports of a mass murder dissuade them.
ELLIOTT 4 EVER what was the father's last line if dialogue again?
"Hi" ... "Bye" cracks me up every time!
Me too
this movie was actually really good, I know the sins are based for the sake of comedy but there were plenty of really scary moments and the setup was really good.
It must be fun watching movies with this guy...
Fun, yes. Annoying? Yes
helps if you're a meth addict or wannabe 'dude'
Alex Mansfield he wouldn't actually be listing sins like this it takes ages to come up with all of this stuff
it would be fun because then you could point out why and where he talks utter nonsense.
They most likely actually watch the film as a normal person, and then watch the movie in smaller parts, looking for things to "sin".
I honestly hate to admit it, but this movie really freaked me out.
Same >
Same, but for some reason mirror related horror is deeply disturbing to me. No idea why but at least I have an excuse for this shit scaring me haha.
The reality part did but the actual horror elements didn't.
Cate Wilson SAME
it was actually a very good horror movie.
"Ahhh! Socrates!"
That killed me! XD
ahh gorge Washington
XD
10/10 best moment
beat moment by far
I lost it at "Ah! George Washington!" lmao
same
I cannot like it! Your at 666
I died at Hi Bye
Same
Same
+Makela Rust me 2
Willlll
haiiii
baiiiii
+William T. Spears same
Even though I liked the movie I would have just set the timer for the anchor and went *far* away from the house, then after an hour or so I would have returned and the mirror would have been destroyed
trha2222 true but as she said it only has a certain range an its the best option, if that doesn't work they're dead anyway
The point the characters actions was NOT to destroy the mirror, but to gather evidence that their father wasn't an insane ass-hole. Destroying the mirror really was just a fail safe, just in case gather evidence proved too much to be a risk.
craftyRingtail true but once they realise the Mirror can control them (when they moved the cameras without realising it) they have enough proof for *them* to belive it and since the brother is out of prison there is no reason to prove it to someone else so I *then* would have left the house
That's the thing tho, it really is pointless for Kaylie to gather evidence to present to others. Her flaw as a character is the fact that she needlessly chases this pipe dream thinking that everything will be better if she shows the world what really happened, even endangering others to get what she wants. She keeps bringing up the past, and is completely unable to move on with her life. However this flaw as a character does not equal a flaw in the narrative, it is part of the narrative.
Yeah keep it covered and set the timer walk away. Go eat dinner, have a nice sleep.
Not killing your Fiance. And eating an Apple oh wait its a lightbulb, jk its an apple.
Then come back and see that its broken.
the only thing that scared me was when I finished the movie and noticed that something was out of place when I went back to my room
XD
Ha😂😂
Watch movie with family/friends. Wait a suitable length of time. Start subtly moving shit around. Practice your "It wasn't me, I swear!" face. Proceed to fuck with their minds. **Cue evil laughter.**
Gearian Was the Socrates ghost
Lord Shen [勳爵] no it was George Washington
Me throughout this entire thing so far: ......
"And our cat ran away!"
Me: *NO NOT THE CAT*
Dark Waters at least Dog didn’t die, that was a huge relief
NOT THE CAT
@@JumboShrimp1849 I-
Honestly safer for the cat that way
I like watching the horror movie ones because I'm too much of a weenie to watch the actual movie
Mathias Kohler same
Only three people are honest
Mathias Kohler ahahah me too
Same!!
Me too :/
As if I need a better reason not to buy ornate mirrors.
😂
I've watched this five different times and cant help but laugh at the 'AHHH! Socrates' and 'AHHH! George Washington!'
Also FINGER NAIL HORROR! eughh!
Wasn't it Mona lisa
@@hanobody6863 the Mona Lisa is a painting, you dingus.
Honestly this idea of the mirror/ghost/demon/whatever fucking with your reality and driving you mad is far FAR scarier than your regular run of the mill hauntings or slasher killers. The slow blurring of reality and delusion and the line between is terrifying
Convenient that the only part of the tape reviewed was the last few seconds of the brother dropping the anchor. If they watched the whole tape, maybe they'd at least believe that both of them were involved in some weird experiment and they weren't in their right minds? If the authorities don't believe in ghosts/demons and shit, they could at least see something wasn't right from the start.
That's prob what happened later.
Would've made for a way lamer ending
The cops are David Cage cops.
"Did they do it? What? Crazy ghost bullshit? Well, I'm onboard, Mrs. Lucas Mars."
ShaM3fullyCha0tic yup. And he was just released from a mental institution so obviously he had a psychotic break down.
ShaM3fullyCha0tic but remember the brother was in an insane asylum at the beginning of the movie. maybe he really was just crazy and he did kill his sister. we don't really know what was real and what wasn't. maybe all the crazy stuff that was happening in the movie really was just in his head.
"ah! Socrates" and "ah! George Washington" just cracked me the fuck up. Hit me right in the giggle dick.
That's the first time I've ever heard the term "giggle dick".
I'm definitely gonna start saying "Hit me right in the giggle dick" from now on.
Ryan Sorge Haha I can't remember why or when I started saying it, but it's pretty great. Catches people off guard.
OH.
vollsticks lol I can't remember where I heard it and stole it so go for it!
True, this movie isn't scary. But I found it to be a very effective psychological horror film. Perhaps the most effective I've ever seen, actually. But scary? No. But then, I don't think that was necessarily the point. Not all horror needs to be scary.
I like to separate horror movies on two categories : Jumpsacre and skincrawler movies. Jumpsacre movies just startle you with lame ass jumpscares. Skincrawlers mess with your head and plays with your mind to make it tense. This is a skincrawler.
Jossy FTW I agree with the sentiment, though I think I'd call this "psychological horror". I'd call "skin-crawler horror" more of the torture porn type horror, like the Saw movies.
***** Alright good point.
***** Never heard of it, but I'll have to look it up. Thanks!
***** I can't say the Rotten Tomatoes score gives me high hopes, haha... But I'll give it a shot anyway! Can't always take that at face value.
Narrator: Whose Skyping an auction?
2020: *Slowly raises it’s hand.*
Underrated comment
I thought Occulus was pretty cool. I loved the editing and cutting of past and present together. It wasn't anywhere near as complicated as this sins video would have you believe.
Jeremy just nitpicks for fun. It's supposed to be humourous. It doesn't mean he himself did not like the movie. He often even says that "the video/movie was great, but no movie is without sin". Just because... entertainment.
lazywagon Exactly. I remember he tweeted out before releasing EWW Jaws and he said ‘its a film that everyone loves, and a film that no one loves to hate but it still has sins, surprise surprise’ 😆
Fuck off
Every time I hear about one of these movies, I want to sit around with a bunch of smart-asses and figure out how to safely dispose of the evil in question.
My first idea was using a spring punch to shatter the glass on the mirror. It's a tool that can't hurt people very efficiently (unlike, say, a heavy, pointy boat anchor), but it has the disadvantage of needing to be used at close range. But if the mirror is helpless while covered, that's easy to deal with.
In fact, if the mirror is helpless while covered, the thing is a non-threat as soon as you figure that out. Just cover it, lay it down on some concrete and go to town with some sledgehammers. Maybe visit the Hawaiian volcanoes and accidentally drop it in lava. Step 1 - destroy demonic artifact, Step 2 - vacation!
Heck, if it has a limited sphere of influence, just leave it out in an open field somewhere and have someone shoot at it. At best the mirror could make random animals jump in front of the shots, but those will run out eventually.
Why did i just read that whole thing and anyway it's ment to be a scary movie to scare people logic is never involved in it
Get a 20mm anti tank rifle and unless it can conjure a Blue whale out of it's ass it WILL go through whatever animal it could get to jump infront of it.
Couldn't you just give it away. Hey Martha from down the street here's a nice gift for you. I don't want it back.
D8W2P4 Don't those things have a pretty decent range too? Sounds like a ideal candidate.
Who needs ghostbusters when you have anti-materiel weapons.
Hang it poorly in a house in California. Eventually there will be an earthquake that will knock it off the wall and you can be three time zones away when it happens.
The scariest part of this movie was that fingernail scene.
Yes
What fingernail sce-OH MY F****** GOD!!! URGHURHGER!!! WHY!?! .'~'
body horror is one of my weaknesses as well
The Emo Thingy But.. it is a body horror, lol
The Emo Thingy Isn't that the sexually contracted zombie virus movie?
I want to see a sequel that happens when the police watch the clips for evidence and ends up haunting the entire police precinct. Sorta like last shift cause that movie was lit :D
Actually.. I wish their was a prequel to this.. Making it about previous victims and the history of the mirror
@@batole.s.d1778 id like the origins and how and why the demon got into the mirror
@@Aestheticnerdlife yep.. Same
And then they go through the videos
The mirror would most likely manipulate the video..
*watch movie
*like movie
*watch everything wrong with it
*hate movie
Vicky Bennett THIS IS TOO TRUE
Vicky Bennett I've learned that these guys and Honest Trailers are being overly-scrupulous for the sake of comedy, rarely makes me dislike a movie I liked previously.
dAN
awsivan tROYE
Vicky Bennett I hated the movie before I saw this.
Its called oculus because the mirror makes you see things that aren't there/ don't see things that are there.
Even so the word oculus means eye in Latin so it is only loosely based
+fleurjour well most words that have their roots in latin lost their exact meaning in the english language, so that wouldn't really matter.
Haha, yep I am aware that most words are based of Latin words. Nevertheless I am currently studying Latin and oculus is the exact translation of eye in latin, without all of the tenses and etc.
fleurjour I wasn't talking about how most words are based on latin latin words, I said even IF they are based on them, their meaning doesn't necessarily stay the same^^; Same goes for many germanic words in the english language. Therefore it doesn't matter what oculus means in latin, since it's not a latin movie and the meaning could be different in english.
in that case, The Baby's Room should have been called *looks up latin for ear*
auris
If this movie is supposed to make the audience go WTF, it succeeded with me
TheNebuLord i understood it
Cecile Fabre good for you
TheNebuLord Wtf
V/H/S had the same effect on me
idk why, but I lost it laughing at "AH! Socrates!" xD
"And then a protein bar break was written into the script."
"Ah, A person a incredible knowledge! So scary"
cant they just get rid of the mirror
they wanted to destroy it or whatever because it was killing people everywhere lol
+LazarusErlking Which in actual fact, as Jeremy says, makes her an absolute lunatic!
+Nykia Smith just throw it in a huge ass body of water
JustCallMeRay lol idk shouldve covered it back up but they basically told the mirror how they were going to try and break it
JustCallMeRay The mirror would trick her into throwing a baby into the ocean. The best thing to do is sniper fire from miles away after getting someone you don't care about to place it in a desert. If this fails, nuking it from orbit may be the only way to be sure!
I was slightly worried about him when I heard his hoarse voice.
Yeah, same. Took me a while to figure out what was wrong, though. XD
Jeremiah Cartwright how about Amadeus Serafini’s hoarse turned killer voice in MTV’s Scream?
so wait... what was wrong?
@@quomie he was sick
@@uglyfishinwater1770 ah okay
I really don't understand why demons in horror movies like to play with people so much ( hello paranormal activities!). It's like 90 minutes of foreplay with 30 seconds of sex.
Maybe the demons need to wear down their victims before they can kill them? Or maybe they're just bored, I imagine being an immortal being that only gets a new victim once every few decades would be quite a boring existence. Gotta make it count
XBlueM0ndayX You have a point but the thing is: he\she killed 45 people in 400 years (1 for 10 years kinda). So if he enjoy so much torture he\she shouldn't kill at all, just enjoy torture for years.
And i don't think they need something before kill the victims, after some days the demon could already control both the main characters with no problem.
No i think the demon has some kind of deadline, like his boss would fire him if he didn't get a certain amount of kills within its first 500 years or so.
moldyendsend Man that demon kill 1 human every 10 years, his boss must be really mad.
Well this is the most accurate thing anyone has ever said about horror movies
One time my dad walked in on me and my friends watching this and he was like “what are y’all watching?” And one of my friends was like “its called oculus.” He walked back in like 5 minutes later and he was like “so we’re seriously watching a movie called octopus?”
The funny part is... what's even the matter if you were?
Actually, Octopus would have made as much sense for a title as Oculus does. At least an octopus has many tentacles to orchestrate puppets of these people. Which is what it did. He did not however just sit and watched like an oculus would.
The chick looks like a young version of her mom, the dude looks like a young version of his dad, siblings don't even slightly resemble each other.
This family is created via Sims character generator xD
Made me snot my cup of tea XD
Greta M. DING
omg 😂😂😂😂
That can happen though, scientifically. My brother and I look completely different. He looks like our mom and I look like our dad
He reminded me of Shaggy from Scooby Doo, maybe it was the shirt. :/
" hi.........bye" 😂😂😂
I actually know the guy who designed the mirror in _Oculus_.
Really? That's cool!
give him a high five for me. he did a great job that wood carving AND the design is amazing. (im a sculptor btw)
Tell him i'd like him to design me a cool mirror like that.
Huh. I was expecting sarcastic replies and negative comments.
I am thoroughly disappointed.
***** It would probably cost you closer to $10,000. This is the same guy who designed the mechanical stunt horses they used in _The Patriot_.
"All that choking made her throat really strong" LMFAO
Ikr! I haven't laughed that hard is a very long time!
The only thing that made me uncomfortable in this movie is when the dad started ripping his finger nail off and thats only because thats my number one pet peeve. I told my grandma to watch this movie and she called me and said, "Why? Why are their eyes glowing? What is happening?"
bridgidthepirate WHEN KAYLEY DIED I GOT PISSED
Your grandma is a badass. Please tell me the next thing she said was, “Is this supposed to be scary, dear?” 😂
Ah! Socrates!
That made me laugh so much
" ah! Gorge Washington! "
MssBarbaritaa honestly plato's scarier
Movie called "Oculus" has a severe lack of Rift in it....*DING*
David Gomez I see what you did there, and I liked it. ;)
David Gomez ??????
T Wes Oculus rift
^ the gaming device that allows you to see a game world through you're own perspective
+Dana Gomez That is actually what I expected when I clicked this link
+Dana Gomez "this scene does not contain a rift in it" hahaha
I enjoyed the film, never been a fan of gore or jumpscares (though this film does has some). I spent the first half questioning whether the sister was insane or the mirror was evil (I lean more on the brother's side), then the plot started to unfold and the true past kicked in, it became quite emotional. It's not in-your-face scary, it's just creepy - not knowing what is reality, proving something no one believes. But I value it for the psychological factor and how it makes me really feel for the characters. Not many horror movies can do that.
Is it bad that I would rather watch these than the actual movies?
no it just shows which is more entertaining
scared
90% of the cinema sins videos I watch are of the movies I haven't seen- so you're not alone!
Same, these videos and explained videos from FoundFix or other channels
MrFuddyDuddy same
Here's a question:
What does everyone think the best sin written was?
I gotta say, "Ahhhhhh! Socrates!" Is pretty good.
Ahhh George Washington
That wasn't even George Washington! Take off 1 sin.
LinguaPhiliax (that was part of the joke)
Cambian Katako Hi! Bye!
Awesomeperson Sonic "Ahhhh! Socrates"
"Ahhhh! George Washington!"
I had to pause a video at that point so as not to miss the next 30-40 sins while I was dying of laughter.
Choking is something you do when you eat too fast. What is happening is actually referred to as strangling.
Maybe you should start eating slower, so you don't choke while none cares
Wow how interesting do go on.
I so want to quote Borderlands 2 right now.
Ah fuck it:
Handsome Jack: "Jimmy, please make a note: I'm strangling Mister Moorin for bringing up my wife."
Mister Blake: "Choked... Mister Mooring..."
Handsome Jack: "No, no, Jimmy, choking is something you do when you eat too fast. As I'm crushing Mister Moorin's windpipe with my watch chain, what I'm doing is actually referred to as strangling."
*****
At least someone got the reference.
jazz322alllwaysswing not really sure how that shows a lack of intelligence hahaha
"Doctor who is that"
This was so funny because I just came for her😂❤
Honestly Same
So in a sense this whole movie was a "scary" Doctor Who episode
yup
Great another one to add to the pile
Karen's American accent is horrible, she should just stick with scottish
"Sick with scottish" xD best comment ever
Almost as bad as the moon episode. ALMOST.
You know what? I'm gonna go eat an apple while I'm looking in the mirror.
I want to see how much of an asshole I look.
Yeah. I looked like an asshole.
That was a nice apple, though!
I don't know which comment is better.
Really? I just looked stupid. Man, I wish I looked like an asshole.
AzureONI What was smooth? My asshole?
AzureONI Darn man, I do my *tips* just for you.
I thought that Cinema Sins was going to talk about the Oculus Rift. :P
hoshcof :D
KNight Games Hey! Wassup Potato?!
KNight Games
waz up!!!!!!!
yeah i thought that too
Honestly, I don't even get why the mirror has the ability to posses people:
I mean, it would be WAY more insteresting if it could only create illusions and mind traps.
I don't think it literally possesses people, but instead uses telepathy to manipulate their senses until they go insane.
@@nebojsajaric184 yea it doesnt posses them more as uses what you know against you the person the dad was cheating on probably was the last owner of the mirror thats why it was the only ghost they saw as kids and then when they were older she did research and introduced them all to both the audience and to her brother and herself, the movie title is genious it only has a certain reach as it got older the perception and how far its power can reach shortened like the guy who was a professor and walked out and into the middle of the street to get hit im guessing the mirror was at home and he was at work? but it shows the grasp it has on them also if you show a certain type of physical distress towards a situation it will use that against you as well, think of it as a baby mimicking their parents but in a cynical way
I think he was sick in this episode. His voice is raspy.
just thought the same :D
Exactly what I was thinking
I see what you did there.
that's what I'm saying because I thought that I was the only one who noticed something different in his voice
This movie is very underrated
this movie is dumb af
This is one of the best movies. Underrated? Seriously?
Ivan Marinković you are the dumbass here.
Personal opinion on horror movies: They scare you with jump scares, which is a normal human response. I don't really watch horror movies cause all they do is scare you with loud noises and stuff popping up at your face. I also don't get why some people laugh at others when they got scared due to this.
Question: Is there a movie that scared you because of its plot and not jump scares?
The ring. I was too immersed in the plot which gave me goosebumps...
The Shinning.
The Shining.
Blaire witch project
Halloween, Session 9, Exorcist, Silent Hill (Yeah, I like it. Bite me.)
I am BEGGING you guys to sin '1408' and 'Dead Silence.' Begging.
Jack Mauro two of my other favourite movies besides Oculus
We've only just begun...
NO
Can I add the part where the mom asks little Tim what the lady on the stairs was doing and he says he doesn't know because he didn't look? Like wtf kid, you were looking enough to see the goddamn woman there.
Also the fact they arrested a 10-year-old for killing his dad to defend him AND his sister after the dad killed their mother.
ALSO the fact Kailey never got any sort of therapy whatsoever.
The police didn't listen to the kids, they only judged on what it looked like: a man and a mutilated woman who died from a bullet to the head and a frightened boy with a used gun. Not sure on how the police deduced that it was the boy who did it and not the girl, but whatever
Spoilers, the sequel is about their couch
(^8
The parts of this movie I found the scariest was the domestic deterioration.
Mainly because I can fortunately relate to it, when you're a kid and you feel like your own parents (the people you should look up to) are a danger to you, it is very scary. And the film captures that well. Also, not being in control of your own thoughts is quite scary too.
"Leave it to a man to do the job right I guess." That's racist. DING
*sexist* DING DING
Chase A it’s a joke DING
The sexism is the writing in the movie, not Jeremy. DING
There's no sexism nor racism in this movie
Twipardist 😂😂 I said the same thing when he said that
"ah Socrates!"
"ah George Washington!"
better than this whole movie
Honestly, i really liked this movie.
DoppelgangerPlayer I understand that. I am a follower of Cinemasins, and know everything is a joke. I just felt like stating my opinion on the movie.
Very well done movie in a long time, actually. Stuff from nightmares.
Oculus is probably my favorite horror movie ever, just cause I like the story and it manages to creeps you out without jumpscares (sure, there are jumpscares but the creepy atmosphere and the mirror were what scared me that most), which is different than most horror movies.
+Julliana Inding I just now watched this because if this cinemasins video. I am going to say I am a complete scared little child when it comes to horror and was pleasantly surprised when it had very little amounts of 'horror'. It instead had a good story, interesting characters, and small bits of horror. It made it very easy for me to watch. The ending was a bit too predictable though. Here's my question though....why not just smash it to start with? Who cares if you end up having to pay like $10k or whatever it was worth? If you have it covered up, it shouldn't be able to affect you. So drop kick that sucker....but oh well :/ That would have made the movie pointless so what do I know.
Colonel-Commissar Rourke, you are the man I love that fucking movie and it still creeps me out to this day
Sarcasm?
Your favourite horror movie ever? We have some issues here.
StudlyFudd13 worst thing ive ever seen so
I really do like this movie a lot. It has quite a lot of psychological twists and turns. Kaylie needs to try to destroy it with the "buddy system" because if there's no verification of its destruction, she will never know if she's living in a warped reality that the oculus is making her believe. Not only that, but when the mirror feels threatened, it can show you a reality to make you believe you are damaging it but instead, you are either standing around hallucinating (like in the final scene), or you are hurting yourself instead. The real horror of this movie is how human brains can't distinguish between reality and hallucinations. The same chemical is produced while dreaming as is when you're remembering. In court, witnesses are never as reliable as camera footage for that reason. And lawyers capitalize on that
"whatever" "who cares" LOL i died
I'm wondering if these are moments that actually scared him or if he just thinks jump scares are cheap lol
@@romantic_hippie after reviewing as many movies as he does, I'd probably reckon jump scares are cheap too!
I already think they're stupid and I hate them and I barely watch horror movies lol
"Damn! Can we break this up a little bit more? I need a protein bar break." - - - "And then a protein bar break was written into the script." LOL!
One sin I like to point out. Karen Gilan isn't my Fiance in this movie.
Because you're a beautiful person and she can't deal~!
You have no idea of what I look like, you judgey gina.
Kaz Plays Games lol yea dont worry many people self project their issues onto others these days. remember mind of matter, you shouldnt mind cause they dont matter 8)
JONNY CRASH I SAW YOUR COMMENT B4
you have? the exact same one? maybe i guess, but, doubt it. you mean the mind over matter part? thats a good possibility its one of my favs
I actually really liked this movie. It felt original and it knew exactly what story it wanted to tell.
I saw Annabelle the other day. As I watched the movie I was making my own CinemaSins video in my head, and it was so funny my mother had to turn around and tell me to shut up xD. I was dying in the middle of the movie theater.
Thank you for existing, CinemaSins, for without you I wouldn't be able to entertain myself through movies like Annabelle, which is just pure cliche.
R.I.P. Mate, I Don't even know you. ;-;
***** THANK YOU. Eugh. It was all just cliche'd jumpscares and BS creepiness.
I do this to every movie I watch now. My dad hates me for it.
***** thaNK YOU SO MUCH FOR AGREEING
Just wait until you see Ouija.
Some of you need to understand that CinemaSins is not the final say-so on whether or not a movie is good. You need to watch movies and judge for yourself. CinemaSins' job is to literally make a movie look worse than it really is by using hateful and criticizing humor to nitpick the tiniest things most people never notice.
Oculus is actually a good movie. It's not great, it does get confusing, but it is creepy and most certainly worth your watch and an actual opinion.
They actually like a lot of the movies they do sins videos on and acknoledge a lot of the sins are just for comedy-sake rather than actual criticism.
He is actually picking out what common sense allows
***** That's what he's trying to say, to the people who think that CinemaSins is actually the final say
Very true. But I watched this movie way before this and did not like it at all. It had a pretty good start, but, like the sins say, I lost all suspense and interest when they went back and forth with no way to tell what was happening in reality, if only a little bit. Maybe it's up other's alley, but even the part of me that loves horror films couldn't give this a shot. (If you're a Nostalgia Critic fan, you'll know he gave a good word for this movie and I felt betrayed. Sigh.)
Its light hearted comedy... not exactly hateful.
"Hi!........... Bye!"
This movie was a total mindfuck, would've been great if there was more clarity
Amy Pond could have escaped this situation if the Doctor was there to save her. Oh well. Also, why is WWE involved with this?
"Choke Slam"
Maybe the movie is secretly about wrestling
They produced it.
***** They wanted to know what WWE had to do with it. I'm only trying to help.
Love this post
Kaylie: I can't remember doing that.
I'm sure I'm gonna get flak for this, but since that's Amy Pond saying that, is it the Silence?
+Max Levine no flak
They should add a sin for the lack of Sharpie tally marks.
Maybe it is the silence, we just don't remember it
I hate the silence I'm scared of it do you remember when it exploded that old lady
+Max Levine The what? ...wait, why do I have all these Sharpie marks on my arm?
i will admit that scene where he dropped the anchor killing the girl kind of got me. ps if the mirror can only be broken by accident here is a list of the top ten way to break it
10. have a moving company pack up a bunch of mirrors that way the same into some
boxes then throw those bowes off a cliff
9. have that wall knocked out with the mirror still on it
8. have the kids invite some friends over put all the cool snacks on one side of the room with the mirror under a piece of plywood so that the weight of the kids breaks the wood and the mirror
7. stand at the door put on a blindfold with a twenty pound bags of golf bags and a spud gun that shoots golf balls and OPEN FIRE
6. hire the local hoodlums to break all the mirrors in your house
sorry im at the library with a computer time limit ill post the rest later
Ooo, tell me.
Lol this comment is funny
herokid789 burn the house down is also a favorite of mine. if they had so much time why not put a cage around the mirror so you cant you know, stand in the way of the anchor when it comes down
Just fall asleep on it and then yuou accidentally break it
herokid789 and you never did
Just died at "Tick- tock tick- tock" and also
*"Doctor Who is that?"*
xd
You gotta do "teeth", " postal", "rubber" and "THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE"
"Oculus" was a pretty silly movie. It was a decent idea, but the mirror simply wasn't scary--- it was just kind of a jerk. And because I couldn't get past the fact that the demon-possessed mirror seemed to be getting its kicks out of dicking with these people, like it was bored or something, it gave the whole movie a sheen of comedy.
So... I should rent it!?!
Meh. It's worth a watch if you like to see potential wasted, or you want a chuckle.
Watch "OCULUS Chapter 3 - The Man with the Plan" You save yourself an hour, it's free, and basically has most of the same plot points.
matt fahringer Or maybe it's actually just a comedy, and the marketing team didn't get the memo. It's got plenty of laughter-inducing moments, that's for certain.
Just noticed that the dude from 1971 who got hit by a car was apparently hit by a 1920s Ford....likely
why not,people now own cars from the 70s and are proud of them, how do you know some dude was like "i own one of the original cars to ever come out this is awesome". Or maybe it was some 70 year old dude taking a drive with his first car
TropicalPenguin stop trying to be a smart ass. you're a fuckin idiot.
Just a prank bro
TropicalPenguin it's not funny bro! *takes off my shirt and eats a pretzel stick*
Here's my question: why didn't Kylie handcuff herself to her brother? The whole movie they're wandering around the house and the mirror is continuing to fuck with them. If they were constantly near each other at all times, then the mirror wouldn't have as many chances to mess with their minds and the mirror would've been smashed.
***** The point was for her to record proof that it is supernatural
Astral Eternity
It causes hallucinations with the brain, they can stay within sight range of each other and it won't make a difference.
Once the mirror can control you, it's game over, literally no way to win.
Fredda That is possible, and even if the mirror did do something like that, not including a detail like that kinda raises it as a major plot hole.
And have a scene where they cut their hands off Saw style? Ew no :(
Seriously though it won't matter, the mirrors can control both of their minds, they can unlock the handcuffs or do something without them realizing it even though they're physically close
Astral Eternity It would just make you open the handcuffs.
"Kaylie's throat must be shaped like Bart Simpson's by now" 😂😂
why didn't amy pond just call the doctor?? this is stupid
Why didn't they just set it and forget it? Hell if they were so anxious to Destroy it they could've burned the house down or better yet got a gun, walk several million miles in one direction so you're out of its influence range and snipe that thing. Also it has no invincibility since just falling on it cracked it so pretty vulnerable
Zachary Cannaday Because it messes with your head, making you unable to do those things and probably killls you before you get around to doing those things, haha
Cecilie Skjelmose
Probably with the fire and leaving it to the trap but with the gun you never have to be exposed to it so it never has a chance to influence you
+Zachary Cannaday well, you'd then be stuck with the problem of finding a gun that can snipe something from several *MILLION* miles away. And what happens if the mirror doesn't break?
Twitch Emotes
If you want it bad enough its entirely possible plus it got cracked from the dad falling on it so it should be good
I take issue with sins number 19 and 20. The mirror feeds on life energy, whether it is in plants or animals or human souls. When it feeds on plants, they die. When it feeds on animals, they disappear. When it feeds on people, they go crazy and eventually die too. So when she is asking it if it's hungry, then it is her teasing it for having gone a long time without killing anyone. She's crazy like that.
Also, the mirror most likely is actually hurting from that crack. It avoids taking any real damage throughout the whole film, obviously because destroying the actual mirror would kill it, so the crack most likely does hurt.
you just summed up the whole movie! lol!
whythefingernail _whythefingernail_ *_whythefingernail_* *_WHYTHEFINGERNAIL?!_*
The apple scene is the worst
Right after my first time watching this every time after I have to either cover my eyes or look away
I laughed at that scene in the movies 😂
The mirror eats all of it's victims consciousness or didn't you see the line up of terrifying ghost people at the end?
4:45 the worst part about that is the fact that I can fix this plot hole right now. Have a scene where one of them covers the mirror up with a sheet, then they bash it to death with a hammer, then they take the sheet off and discover the mirror is still intact. BOOM! Problem solved!
iKillerZombie I've thought that the mirror's power is more all-encompassing than we already knew, to the point where it does not allow the characters to behave in a way that would appear logical from the outside (ie smash the mirror when it's covered, leave the house after you realize it made you move the cameras, etc). At the very least, it allows you to look past some of the issues the movie has in a more organic way
It's a reason why the movie's called "Oculus."
(it means an all seeing eye.)
Jenee Brown oculus does not mean all seeing eye. an oculus is an architectural term meaning a round opening in a ceiling or wall. in classical architecture the openings were open to the weather.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oculus
+iKillerZombie or they take the sheet off and its bill the neighbor that they just brutally murdered..or sumthng along those lines. what i dont get is how when the kid shot the dad, was he able to fall into it and damage it. you'd have to get leo dicaprio to go into your mind and make you forget that you were trying to destroy the mirror while standing infront of it and shoot yourself in a spot where the bullet goes through you and hits the mirror..or sumthin like that lol
+iKillerZombie Or the mirror only exists when introduced to light, but is only vulnerable and can only be destroyed when it's introduced to light as well...
Since the mirror could have been a portal to, idfk, hell, it COULD have been indestructible.
But that would be a sin, because you can't kill things from hell in the dark cliche.
Every movie has sins.
But some can be swapped out for more logical and plot filling ones.
AH! Socrates. Ah! George washington! I died laughing in this part!
Hilarious! I liked the references to Good Will Hunting and Family Guy towards the end as well.
Kodanshi Helcarver Nothing was a reference to Family Guy. They talked about Bart Simpson's neck, which is obviously from THE SIMPSONS.
Rich Hammond 14:48 - a sample of Stewie from Family Guy repeatedly saying: "Mom! Mom! Mom!" etc.
"You'll have to take the form of a gas" 🤣
I know it's a good movie when I watch the cinema sins and it still looks good
The tick tock hair had me dying LMAO
The mirror is hungry because it eats the souls of its victims..
+Matt Ryu
Well it looks like that doesn't satisfy it enough. Maybe it should try eating the souls of other demons instead of humans.
It's a hommage to Halloween, Exact line is said about Michael Myers.
Is this Katana's mirror ?
I could look past most of these except the kids not getting possessed by the mirror and the fact that they could have simply destroyed the thing under the blanket from the start. But after getting past that there was a solid movie here. Fantastic melding of past and present and the demon people carry with them for years. This director is going to make a masterpiece one day. Every movie hes getting better and better
*literally an hour and a half movie about how the mirror defends itself and you cant break it*
People: "but why didnt they break it dough"
And now he's made Doctor Sleep! He really does keep getting better
@@officert5147 Oculus was better than Doctor Sleep. Doctor Sleep started off alright but christ did that last half hour ruin everything haha
Haunting of hill house and bly manor were masterpieces by the same director!
Even mirrors know you can't hurt kids in movies!
Stephen King wrote a short story about a mirror that killed people long before this film was even a glimmer in someone's eye. And it was a story that was far better executed than Oculus. His story is called "The Reaper's Image" if you want to look it up!
Its a WWE movie what did you expect? WWE is even a lower grade then asyllum most of the time.
To be honest I'm not entirely familiar with either of those D: The only reason I went to see Oculus is because the trailer made it look fucking radical XD
BDWJ1986 I ttotallyis. Maybe you think they are good, but then you deluded yourself.
BDWJ1986 They are. Asylum has done the same. Produced some interesting projects. But most of it is slock and bad. I can however admit if it makers you happier that they are equally as bad.
BDWJ1986 A leprechaun reboot without a leprechaun...... though with asylum you know the film's going to be bad.
why did wwe studios have a part in making this movie when there is literally nothing in this movie that shows that
It was because of all the chocking.
Khrys Stevens
Not a native English speaker, m8. I shall commit Sudoku immediately.
WWE studios produced this. They didn't create it. It's like Disney producing Marvel things. They do it for money. Furthermore they did get at least one Easter egg, as Triple H's real name Paul Levesque is one of the owners of the mirror. ^.^ Knowledge.
Sudoku is the game
seppuku is the suicide method
PS thanks to solidXsnake4life and scummiest egg i have learned that apparently it was a joke
bob mcbob Its a meme you dip.
>Ahhh! Socrates
>Ahhhhh! George Washington.
That's exactly what i never understood about this movie, the mirror possesses people so what does recording everything even accomplish? It just looks like they are the ones who are doing everything.
Honestly this movie was ridiculous the brother could have lived a normal life that he deserved but the sister ruins it for him, I understand it's for revenge but it was plainly stupid thinking that they could take it on
@@MaxochistMax also the whole set-up of ‘I really need your help, bro’ doesn’t make any sense, because having two people presented makes it far more dangerous, they are constantly distracted with keeping an eye on each other and, yes, with all the mind-fuck, one IS the constant danger to another as well
And voilà the sister appears to have died
CinemaSins is a great way to quickly watch movies that I never would otherwise!
Honestly my reaction to this movie was such a mix of "this is cool" and "this makes no damn sense". Unique, certainly, but could've done a lot more with what it had.
one of the biggest problems I had was the fact that it was more important to show the side effects of the mirror than stopping it. why not just set up the anvil and leave the house? or like drop it into the ocean? it killed your entire family and you're risking what's left just to be able to say I told you so!
i used to think someone walking up behind someone was a stupid jump scare till i lived with my best friend and her mom. they get scared all the time when i walk in a room and it’s not like i’m being deliberately quiet😂