Review of Oculus (2014) by Jonathan H — 28 Aug 2014

Not as scary as I hoped but a fresh horror movie.

This review of Oculus (2014) was written by Jonathan H on 28 Aug 2014.

Oculus has generally received mixed reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Oculus

Review of Oculus (2014)

By Sarah Gopaul (223) for Digital Journal (223) on 25 Oct 2018

The acting is solid, the camera work is noteworthy, and the story is well written…

Read Review

Review of Oculus (2014)

By Dumpyrumpston (1) on 20 Feb 2019

I watched Oculus recently, having already seen some other Mike Flannigan movies, and he has yet to disappoint…

Read Review

Review of Oculus (2014)

By Benskylerhill (36) on 23 Apr 2018

The poor audience reception for Oculus comes from misunderstanding of the film's purpose…

Read Review

Review of Oculus (2014)

By Rappm95 (20) on 03 Oct 2020

Ok; not necessarily compelling or groundbreaking. Decent in the sense that they don’t go for cheap jumps…

Read Review

Review of Oculus (2014)

By Late R (405) on 11 Nov 2018

With solid acting and a clever structure, what's going to get you about 'Oculus' is how it, somehow, manages to coherently blend the characters…

Read Review

Review of Oculus (2014)

By Ahmed A (371) on 13 Sep 2018

With its muddled narration, disorganized storytelling, choppy editing, distracting fast pace, and tons of ineffective cheap jump scares, I…

Read Review

Review of Oculus (2014)

By Nintenderek (4) on 16 Oct 2021

The only bad movie Karen Gillian has ever been in…

Read Review

Review of Oculus (2014)

By Pablo D (47) on 05 Aug 2018

I really enjoyed this. It was fun to watch. Plus Amy Pond…

Read Review

Review of Oculus (2014)

By Matthew A (1,056) on 22 Jun 2018

Modern horror masterpiece. Flanagan creates one of the most shocking stories in horror history, and this is a hugely underrated film…

Read Review

Review of Oculus (2014)

By Sam N (736) on 08 Jan 2018

A true horror film. Not a BS jump scare or a mediocre plot…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of What Lies Beneath (2000)

By Jakeg (5) on 08 Sep 2006

A stupid plotline really. I mean ghosts in a house? Ghosts going into people's bodies? Corny…

Read Review

Review of The Mothman Prophecies (2002)

By Hugethorn (5) on 24 Jun 2012

Worth the rent for sure. As an adult, I was creeped out for a while just walking around my dark house…

Read Review

Review of The Conjuring 2 (2016)

By Bamrock (1) on 15 Jun 2016

Not Scary There is only so much ghostly door slamming that can happen before a person starts to think he wasted his money…

Read Review

Review of The Blair Witch Project (1999)

By Robertobrien (18) on 10 Jul 2015

The only good thing about this movie is the acting…

Read Review

Review of 1408 (2007)

By Mike (162) on 29 Dec 2007

I actually liked how the film started out! Up to the point where he enters room 1408 and then it became a big mess of a movie…

Read Review

Review of Signs (2002)

By Robv (4) on 28 Jan 2008

Walk out of the theater Casey, walk out of the theater…

Read Review

Review of Eye of the Devil (1966)

By Harry W (1,900) on 04 Dec 2016

With a cast of recognisable faces from a nostalgic era, Eye of the Devil sounded like an engaging horror film from a more classical time…

Read Review

Review of Yella (2007)

By Christoph Z (3) on 13 Feb 2010

Der Film wurde als praezise beschrieben, ist aber nur leer und langweilig…

Read Review

Review of Frankenstein (1910)

By Adam F (1,100) on 22 Oct 2014

This 1992 version of Frankenstein tries to mix up the familiar story by changing a lot of details, with mixed results…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Purple Hearts

2022

56%11 Reviews

Barbie

2023

68%382 Reviews

Babylon

2022

68%144 Reviews

The Invitation

2022

47%33 Reviews

Blade Runner 2049

2017

80%2,332 Reviews

A Simple Favor

2018

69%617 Reviews

The Gentlemen

2020

70%170 Reviews

Dune

2021

77%276 Reviews

John Wick: Chapter 4

2023

78%170 Reviews

Parasite

2019

87%251 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Oculus

2014

55%871 Reviews

Deuces Wild

2002

52%132 Reviews

Savages

2006

67%708 Reviews

Rocky V

1990

50%690 Reviews

Exists

2014

41%72 Reviews

Blue Valentine

2010

74%1,065 Reviews

Hellraiser: Inferno

2000

51%274 Reviews

Smother

2008

37%100 Reviews

Boccaccio '70

1962

72%29 Reviews

People Like Us

2012

62%600 Reviews