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Oculus (2014)
General Information
Completed On: 11 Apr, 2014
Duration: 1 hr 44 min 0 sec
Genres: Fiction
Language: English
Country: United States
Submitted By: Anna Maurice
Festival Rating
After 11 years, Tim Russell (Brenton Thwaites) - who killed his father as a boy - is released from a psychiatric hospital. His sister, Kaylie (Karen Gillan), immediately asks him to participate in a ritual: to help destroy the creepy old mirror that she thinks caused all the trouble. At first, it appears as if Kaylie may be crazy, but it soon becomes apparent that the mirror does have the power to make people see things. Before long, the siblings are flashing back to the events of their childhood, when the mirror drove their mother (Katee Sackhoff) into hysterics and turned their father (Rory Cochrane) into a homicidal maniac.
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DirectorsMike Flanagan
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WritersMike Flanagan
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WritersJeff Howard
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Film TypeFiction
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GenresHorror,Mystery,Thriller
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Runtime1 hours 44 minutes 0 seconds
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Completion Date11 Apr, 2014
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Production BudgetUSD
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Country of OriginUnited States
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Country of Filming
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Film LanguageEnglish
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Shooting Format
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Aspect Ratio
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Film ColorColor
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Student ProjectNo
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First-time FilmmakerNo
Director's Biography
Mike Flanagan (born May 20, 1978) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for his horror films, all of which he directed, wrote, and edited, including Absentia (2011), Oculus (2013), Hush, Before I Wake, Ouija: Origin of Evil (all 2016), Gerald’s Game (2017), and Doctor Sleep (2019).
Flanagan also created, directed, produced, wrote, and edited the Netflix supernatural horror series The Haunting of Hill House (2018), based on Shirley Jackson's novel of the same name. He is currently developing a stand-alone second season, titled The Haunting of Bly Manor, which will be based on the novel The Turn of the Screw by Henry James.
Flanagan's work has attracted the praise of critics for his directing, focus on characters and themes rarely depicted in horror, and lack of reliance on jumpscares; Stephen King and William Friedkin, among others, have praised him. He is married to actress Kate Siegel, who has been featured in most of his works since Oculus; they also wrote the screenplay of Hush together.
