Oculus (2013)
Some scary films tend to fly under the radar without them actually deserving it. Sure, there's a lot of mediocre to bad stuff out there but every once in a while you can find a sort of gem hidden amidst the trash. I'm happy to say 'Oculus' is one of those gems that manages to invoke feelings that most creepy films can't. And all that with a simple premise and a minimum of effects. Nicely done, people. It all revolves around two orphaned children, Kaylie and and Tim. They lost their parents in a pretty awful murdercase. Well, their father shot their mother and Tim shot their dad. Tim got put in a mental hospital and after ten years of grueling therapy, he's ready for the outside world again. He meets up with his sister, who had to find her own way through foster familes, yet who has always obsessed over the events of the past. See, things started to go sideways when their father bought an antique mirror and Kaylie is convinced that the mirror is to blame for t...
