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Oculus is a american film of genre Thriller directed by Mike Flanagan released in USA on 3 april 2014 with Karen Gillan
Oculus (2014)
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Add to a movie listOculus is a 2013 American psychological-supernatural horror film directed by Mike Flanagan. The film had its world premiere on September 5, 2013, at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), and received a wide theatrical release on April 11, 2014. The film stars Karen Gillan as a young woman who is convinced that an antique mirror is responsible for the death and misfortune that her family suffered. The film is based upon an earlier short film by Flanagan, Oculus: Chapter 3 – The Man with the Plan.
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The film takes place in two different times: the present and 11 years earlier. The two plotlines are told in parallel through flashbacks. In 2002, software engineer Alan Russell moves into a new house with his wife Marie, 10-year-old son Tim, and 12-year-old daughter Kaylie. Alan purchases an antique mirror to decorate his office. Unknown to them, the mirror is malevolent and supernaturally induces hallucinations in both adults; Marie is haunted by visions of her own body decaying, while Alan is seduced by a ghostly woman named Marisol, who has mirrors in place of eyes.Actors
Karen Gillan
(Kaylie Russell)
Katee Sackhoff
(Marie Russell)
Rory Cochrane
(Alan Russell)
Brenton Thwaites
(Tim Russell)
James Lafferty
(Michael Dumont)
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