I went to watch oculus film and no not the oculus rift. Its the latest horror film to hit the pictures and its not actually too bad.
I've gone into the film expecting a lot of jump scares and a lot of freights but there was absolutely none. The film was actually story based horror which you don't normally see with the likes of woman in black, sinister, insidious etc. The way that horror films have gone lately happened because paranormal activity. The film only cost 10 grand to produce and yet it made over 150 million at the box office and I'll admit at the time of this review, I still haven't seen paranormal activity. I've been told by numerous to watch it but at this point its over hyped.
On a unrelated note, I watched frozen a few weeks ago with my niece and due to everyone over-rating it, saying its amazing, its the most watched and the highest earning animated film of all time. Sadly passing toy story 3. If I watched frozen before anyone got their chance, maybe I would have loved it too but due to what I built it up in my head, it just didn't live up to that expectation.
Oculus without giving anything away, its about a mirror that people have acquired throughout the 18th century and all the owners of that mirror or the families that have owned it have all died in mysterious ways. Sometimes its just being brutally murdered by one of the family members or dying of dehydration whilst taking a bath.
There's only one noticeable actress and that's Karen Gillian. A woman that has recently come into limelight due to doctor who and it seems that her career to going to push beyond the television screen with her performance in oculus.
The film is actually unique in the way it tells the narrative. In order for me explain the way they tell it, I'll have to explain the main plot. Two kids, girl and a boy. The family move houses and aquire a mirror and the dad has the movers place the mirror in his office. Events take care in the house that causes the boy to go into a mental hospital. As the film is constantly switching between the future and the past events. Thats where it gets confusing because sometimes you can't distinguish which is the future and which is the past.
I'll rate it 7/10. I'm knocking it down some points because the trailer advertises the film as a jump scare type of film. Sure they're are some scary moments but that's only because the eyes of the people that have been killed by the mirror have been replaced with sliver balls. And don't worry its not at all related to the oculus rift
I've gone into the film expecting a lot of jump scares and a lot of freights but there was absolutely none. The film was actually story based horror which you don't normally see with the likes of woman in black, sinister, insidious etc. The way that horror films have gone lately happened because paranormal activity. The film only cost 10 grand to produce and yet it made over 150 million at the box office and I'll admit at the time of this review, I still haven't seen paranormal activity. I've been told by numerous to watch it but at this point its over hyped.
On a unrelated note, I watched frozen a few weeks ago with my niece and due to everyone over-rating it, saying its amazing, its the most watched and the highest earning animated film of all time. Sadly passing toy story 3. If I watched frozen before anyone got their chance, maybe I would have loved it too but due to what I built it up in my head, it just didn't live up to that expectation.
Oculus without giving anything away, its about a mirror that people have acquired throughout the 18th century and all the owners of that mirror or the families that have owned it have all died in mysterious ways. Sometimes its just being brutally murdered by one of the family members or dying of dehydration whilst taking a bath.
There's only one noticeable actress and that's Karen Gillian. A woman that has recently come into limelight due to doctor who and it seems that her career to going to push beyond the television screen with her performance in oculus.
The film is actually unique in the way it tells the narrative. In order for me explain the way they tell it, I'll have to explain the main plot. Two kids, girl and a boy. The family move houses and aquire a mirror and the dad has the movers place the mirror in his office. Events take care in the house that causes the boy to go into a mental hospital. As the film is constantly switching between the future and the past events. Thats where it gets confusing because sometimes you can't distinguish which is the future and which is the past.
I'll rate it 7/10. I'm knocking it down some points because the trailer advertises the film as a jump scare type of film. Sure they're are some scary moments but that's only because the eyes of the people that have been killed by the mirror have been replaced with sliver balls. And don't worry its not at all related to the oculus rift
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