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  Review by aliyah ★★★★ 5

  imagine you get released from the psych ward and the first thing your sister says is that she wants to revisit your childhood trauma

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  Review by ˗ˏˋ suspirliam ˊˎ˗ ★★★½

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  i would’ve just bought myself a nice new ikea mirror rip to them but i’m different

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  Review by 👽 Zara 👽 ★★★½ 2

  i’d go crazy too if i had that ugly thing hanging in my house

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  Review by Jack ★★★★ 3

  just close your eyes bro lmaoooo

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  Review by Eli Hayes ★★★★ 7

  I want to say that this movie was a pleasant surprise, but it wasn't... not because it was bad, but because I was expecting something great, and that's exactly what I got. If you're familiar with director Mike Flanagan, it's probably because you were lucky enough to stumble across his 2011 film Absentia, which is in my opinion one of the finest low-budget horror films to come out in the last ten years or so (check it out on Netflix if you've yet to see it; there are some flaws in the performances, but every other aspect of the film is astounding). As soon as I finished watching Absentia - this was about a year ago - I looked up…

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  Review by matt lynch ★★★½

  A lot of the individual beats here are sort of generic on their own (scary ghost lady especially) but the tricky structure and the story's internal logic recode them into something really precarious and fun.

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  Review by Matt! ★★★½ 4

  “Mike Flanagan is not a one-trick pony!” – Mike Flanagan, professional one-trick pony.
   
  A narratively creative story of familial dread and past trauma told through looming atmosphere, drawn-out dialogue, and snippets of parallel timelines where an unexplained supernaturally-endowed object may or may not be the cause of everyone’s problems—no, it’s not The Haunting of Hill House or Doctor Sleep or The Haunting of Bly Manor or [insert somber Flanagan dread piece], because THIS time there’s a giant ugly mirror involved. Duh.
   
  He might only have one schtick, but idk, that schtick just continues to work for me, man. The writing is strong and flows naturally, the acting is on point (especially for all three redheads, Gillan, Sackhoff, and Basso),…

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  Review by CinemaJoe ★★★ 16

  When Karen Gillan talks directly to the mirror and says you must be hungry, I immediately realized what I was in store for. Kind of a goofy movie, but it has its moments. Not sure why there are so many Oculus loyalists though, if there’s any hidden Flanagan gem it’s Ouija: Origin of Evil

  Podcast- Oculus (Part of Flanagan month)

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  Review by Arlo McLean ★★★★ 3

  why was she so concerned when she ate a lightbulb? lightbulbs are my favourite low-calorie snack!

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  Review by tawni─ ⊹ ⊱ ☆ ⊰ ⊹ ─ ★★★★

  why would anyone want that hideous mirror

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  Review by Darren ★★½

  You know you are watching a horror film or miniseries directed and written by Mike Flanagan if it has:

  - Characters traumatized by an event in their childhood.

  - Those characters have issues with their parents.

  - And most importantly features Kate Siegel.

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  Review by esther ★★★½ 2

  i would be able to tell the difference between reality and hallucination basically without even trying