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By Michael Sragow (1,413) for Orange County Register (218) on 09 Apr 2014

It's far more intelligent and haunting than most chillers these days, but near the end I kept wishing it would lighten up and be entertaining…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 09 Apr 2014

[A] slow-burning supernatural thriller [that's] uneven but genuinely eerie and unsettling, clever in its use of 'gotcha' moments and sparing…

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By Rene Rodriguez (1,781) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 09 Apr 2014

One of the problems with director Mike Flanagan’s occasionally involving but ultimately dull thriller is that the whole movie hinges on a…

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By Bill Gibron (1,013) for Film Racket (579) on 09 Apr 2014

Oculus isn't scary. It's an idea of what might be frightening, but it never delivers on its solid potential…

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By Michael O'sullivan (1,712) for Washington Post (9,851) on 09 Apr 2014

Oculus director Mike Flanagan has crafted a satisfyingly old-fashioned ghost story that, in its evocation of shivery dread, is the most unnerving…

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By Chris Knight (998) for National Post (1,405) on 09 Apr 2014

Even in its more banal moments, Oculus has its eye on a higher prize…

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By Eric Kohn (1,203) for indieWire (3,631) on 09 Apr 2014

In Oculus, the horror is at once deceptively simple and rooted in a deep, primal uneasiness. Its scariest aspects are universally familiar…

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By Cathy Jakicic (111) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 09 Apr 2014

I don't have much time to write this review, because after seeing Oculus I need to cover every mirror in the house before I go to bed…

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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 09 Apr 2014

Oculus is not just a howling good horror film…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 09 Apr 2014

Flanagan's a skillful director and editor, and simply by placing the camera in logical but unusual places…

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By Marc Savlov (2,019) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 09 Apr 2014

Oculus never quite resolves into the image of horror it clearly wishes to be…

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By Loey Lockerby (139) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 09 Apr 2014

What it has going for it is a slow, steady build-up of tension, leading to a final act that makes up in pure intensity what it lacks in originality…

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By Claudia Puig (2,080) for USA Today (4,117) on 09 Apr 2014

Logic aside, a mounting sense of dread permeates the film. Thankfully, suspense trumps blood and guts…

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By Maitland Mcdonagh (2,150) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 09 Apr 2014

If your taste in horror runs Saw-wise, it might seem a little tame, but if you prefer slow burn and a muted but suitably grim payoff, Oculus…

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By Dustin Putman (2,479) for TheFilmFile.com (2,314) on 08 Apr 2014

The buzz, it turns out, has overinflated a film with a riveting structure and not much else going for it…

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By Mark Ellis (362) for Schmoes Know (710) on 08 Apr 2014

It's not the type of film that will stay with you long after the experience, but it's better than playing Bloody Mary alone…

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By Kristian Harloff (339) for Schmoes Know (710) on 08 Apr 2014

Yes, there's the requisite jump scares and some other stock horror film tricks, but on the whole Oculus delivers a non-traditional story with…

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By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 08 Apr 2014

After viewing Oculus I'm gonna agree with my boy that haunted-mirror movies suck-just like the last one I saw, 2008's Mirrors…

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By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 08 Apr 2014

Oculus is a time bomb of a psychological horror film…

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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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