The Mirror (2014)
There is a long-held belief that mirrors act as gateways to another dimension. ·Some also believe the looking glass plays host to a world filled with evil spirits. Such superstition has been the basis for ancient folklore legends about haunting and possession. And one tale about a supposedly haunted mirror was picked up by the media in 2012. Both the Daily Mail and Huffington Post reported on how the owners of a recently purchased antique mirror left them dogged by bad luck, financial misery, strange sightings and death-defying illness. Now writer/director Edward Boase brings that horrifying story to the screen starring Jemma Dallender (I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE 2), Joshua Dickinson and Nate Fallows (‘Whitechapel’) as flatmates who buy the same eerie antique on ebay and set up round the clock cameras in the hopes of capturing evidence of bumps in the night. You have been warned!
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The greatest movie ever made..!
Strong and Moving!
Excellent, a Must See
A Major Disappointment
This film seems to be full of big build ups that lead nowhere. Obviously it was shot on a very tight budget and, at times, they did manage to build the suspense but there was no pay off. We are all used to the sheer stupidity of people in horror films but these ones take it to a new level. **major spoilers** Their flat appears to be broken into, no call to the police. The guy goes blind (yes..blind!) and they tuck him up in bed with no call for medical help. They start off three happy flatmates until the mirror arrives, it all goes downhill and yet not until the end does it dawn on one of them to even try and get rid of it. One of them disappears, clearly in a bad way and yet they don't report him missing. The list goes on... I gave this a 3, mainly because the acting was passable and I did jump once but I will mourn the hour and a half of my life that I will never get back.
An extremely bizarre tale in the ever popular found footage format. In a nod towards Shallow Grave (1994), three hard up flatmates advertise for an additional lodger. Their plea is soon answered and their new flatmate moves in, with considerable baggage. It transpires that he sleepwalks, suffers from bloodshot eyes, and rearranges the furniture in the middle of the night. Things take a really shocking twist when they awake one morning to find that he has turned into a mirror. As you might assume, chaos ensues and the mirror begins a murderous rampage. A nod towards Hollow Man (2000) perhaps. If you don't want a major scene of the film spoiled, then either don't look at the DVD cover or somehow forget you saw it. The film is concluded by a poor finale with the usual crappy tacked on girl power ending that is improved slightly when the mirror actually looks in another mirror, causing both to explode, as well as the flat and a local construction site. Not a prequel to Mirrors (2008)
I can't believe someone actually said this was better than Oculus. That's the only reason I made this account. Believe me Oculus is much much better. Do not waste your time on this film. I am an avid horror fan this is just pure garbage. It is poorly made, it's goes nowhere, there's no jumpy bits, it's not scary in the slightest. . . . . . Oculus is very clever and enticing this is plain stale. I was so disappointed and even more so that it is a British film. Must've been a very low budget and must've been thrown together within a week. If you like horror and like a scare this will only disappoint. Nothing interesting came from this film. It's very boring I should've turned off after 10 minutes. No joke, Sabrina the teenage witch is scarier than this.
I was actually tiring a little of 'found-footage' movies after viewing a spate of recent ones that were poorly made, badly written and just plain implausible!And then I watched The Mirror.I thought it was an absolutely brilliant and genuinely frightening horror movie. I haven't felt so scared watching a horror movie in years! It literally gave me chills.To begin with I found the story of the three flatmates attempting to capture some spooky footage rather entertaining - they're all fantastic, very natural actors and the interplay between them was highly watchable. But as events started getting out of hand, as a result of the ominous mirror, I found myself being drawn into the chilling narrative to the point of feeling like I was watching a nightmare being played out on the screen. The 'found-footage' style evoked such a sense of dread that I felt like I was actually watching one of my own nightmares. The third act of the film is an absolute masterclass in tension, suspense and disturbing, unsettling filmmaking - and all achieved with no music score!I haven't had this kind of a reaction to a horror movie in a long time and it was really refreshing to watch something that actually scared me. Structurally and stylistically The Mirror is an excellent horror film and I'd recommend it to all horror fans - even if, like me, you'd become disillusioned with 'found-footage' - The Mirror should shine you back onto them!