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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Tribune News Service (1,102) on 08 Apr 2014

Oculus earns its frights the old fashioned way — with convincingly traumatized characters, with smoke and with mirrors…

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By A.a. Dowd (854) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 08 Apr 2014

The derivative evil-mirror potboiler Oculus doesn’t exactly shatter the clichés of the genre, but it does distort them in a couple of interesting…

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By Chris Nashawaty (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 08 Apr 2014

Unless you’re Billy Bob Thornton, old furniture just isn’t all that scary…

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By John Defore (1,351) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 07 Apr 2014

The story's conclusion benefits from a closure that is satisfying despite — and even because of — its predictability…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for Village Voice (8,525) on 07 Apr 2014

Replete with superb performances led by a paranoid Sackhoff and unhinged Cochrane, it's the rare horror film to know how to tease malevolent…

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By Ed Gonzalez (1,102) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 03 Apr 2014

Through a mini-triumph of montage, what begins as run-of-the-mill backstory vomit is thrillingly repackaged as an almost-Lynchian duet between…

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By Todd Gilchrist (762) for TheWrap (3,203) on 01 Apr 2014

Flanagan finds both humanity and horror in the story of two siblings who reunite to exorcise a possessed mirror, but the film's uneven metaphorical…

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By Matt Donato (975) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 10 Mar 2014

Oculus is a slow-burner that requires patience, but those willing to give Mike Flanagan a chance will be rewarded with white-knuckle terror…

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By Drew Taylor (218) for The Playlist (3,871) on 10 Mar 2014

It's easily the scariest movie since The Conjuring, and in some ways is a deeper and more satisfying film…

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By Dennis Harvey (1,137) for Variety (12,700) on 21 Oct 2013

Cleverly complex, if not quite as scary or memorable as one might have hoped…

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By Drew Mcweeny (622) for HitFix (861) on 21 Oct 2013

Mike Flanagan's Oculus is a strong example of how you can take something that sounds familiar and, by focusing on performance and the small…

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By Jason Gorber (520) for ScreenAnarchy (469) on 09 Sep 2013

A slow burn film with a deliciously creepy mood, yet at the same time it remains exhilarating throughout...This isn't just a great Midnight…

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