Oculus Page #5

Synopsis: The twenty-one year-old Timothy "Tim" Allen Russell is discharged from a mental institution by his psychiatric Dr. Shawn Graham completely healed from a childhood trauma where his father purportedly tortured and killed his mother before being killed himself by Tim. His sister Kaylie welcomes him in the parking area and brings him home. Then she tells that they need to destroy an ancient mirror that she has found through working at an auction house. She then steals the mirror and the reluctant Tim follows his sister and has fragmented recollections from their childhood, going back to when his father Alan buys a mirror for the home office of their new family home. Kaylie and Tim see a woman with their father in his office and the behaviors of Alan and Marie change, ending in a family tragedy. Kaylie blames the mirror and now she wants to destroy it with Tim. Will they succeed?
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Director(s): Mike Flanagan
Production: Relativity Media
  3 wins & 16 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
61
Rotten Tomatoes:
73%
R
Year:
2013
104 min
Website
682 Views


I was scared.

But I think she went

back in the office.

I think she lives there.

You two go upstairs and play.

Mom?

Mom!

Tim!

Mom!

Go! Go, Tim!

Mommy, stop!

Please stop, Mommy!

Marie?

Hey! Hey!

Baby?

Sweetheart, you're bleeding.

Baby?

Hey, hey, hey!

Sweetheart, you gotta

go back in your room.

But, Mommy...

Your mother's fine.

She's going to be all right.

Just, please, go back inside.

Shut the door, OK, baby?

F***.

F***.

Yeah, I have an

emergency with my wife.

Everything is fine.

- Is Mommy OK?

- Go to bed.

Tim?

Tim.

Snap out of it!

Are you here?

Are you here with me?

Tim?

Guys, your mother

is very, very sick.

And, uh, she's gonna need to stay

in bed for a while, to rest up.

So she can get better.

But we don't want you

two bothering her.

We?

So, Champ, Princess...

we're gonna have to stay

clear of that room.

Is that understood?

What does she have?

Now...

you are welcome to...

hang out in here and

play video games.

I thought you said we

weren't allowed in here.

Eat.

Come on, I need your help.

Tim!

Tim, snap out of it!

Tim!

Is that for Mom?

Tim?

Nice.

Kaylie?

Maybe we should stay together.

She still loves me!

I'm hungry, Kaylie.

You need to go grocery

shopping, Dad.

What's that, Princess?

- Food.

- That's on my list.

The TV is out.

What's that, Princess?

We need to call a doctor for Mom.

That's on my list.

This is stupid.

I'm gonna tell her

we're out of food.

- But Dad said...

- I don't care what Dad said.

Mom?

She needs a doctor!

You told me she was

sick, but she's not...

You know what your problem is?

You don't listen!

I told you not to go

into our room, didn't I?

What do you do? You disobey me.

Why?

You disobeyed me, so

now you get grounded.

You and your snot-nosed

little brother over there

are not to step foot

outside of this house.

Now, get out of here.

OK. Thank you.

Bye.

What did the doctor say?

He said to have our father call.

Like the last one.

Exactly like the last one.

Same voice.

Hi, Bob.

I'm really sorry to hear that.

I hope she gets better soon.

Thanks for that, Bob.

You know what? I'm just sorry she

brought you all the way over here.

I mean, she's... you know, using

her mother's illness to act out.

Wait till she starts driving.

This is nothing.

Well, so sorry to bother you.

I hope Marie is up and about soon.

Thank you.

Hey, you know what?

Give me a ring next week

and we'll play the front

nine at Arrowhead.

Great. We'll do it.

- See ya.

- Take care.

Timbo.

We're gonna have to get

really, really brave.

Very clever.

Tim!

Kaylie?

And we've lost electric.

Predictable.

A dead plant.

It isn't real.

Daddy?

Could you fix the lights?

Nice tricks.

Kaylie...

Oh, my God.

Do you see him?

Hello?

Just checking in, seeing

how everything's going.

I'm fine.

OK, I guess I'll talk to you

in an hour. Enjoyed the chat.

That's a trick.

I didn't kill him. I couldn't have.

The plate, it wasn't real.

I didn't kill him because

the plate wasn't real!

Michael.

What did I do? What did I do?

Come on. We're getting out of here.

Come on, let's go.

Hello?

I need police and an ambulance.

2705 Hawthorne.

OK, OK.

Help is coming. They'll be here.

We'll straighten all this out.

Kaylie, we're OK. We're OK.

Michael, Michael, Michael.

When was the last time you

reset the kitchen timer?

- I don't know.

- Your plan was solid.

We don't have to do anything.

All we have to do is

just sit here and wait.

No more than half an hour.

Your kill switch.

- You called for help?

- Yeah.

We're done. It's over.

We get to stand here and

watch that thing die.

It's a trick to get us back inside.

What if this is a trick to

keep us standing there?

- I called for help.

- Call again.

911. What's your emergency?

Yeah, hi, I just called.

2705 Hawthorne.

You're going to have to

have your father call.

The doctor will be there tomorrow.

Timbo...

No!

What do we do?

We could do nothing. Just wait.

And watch ourselves get...

We're gonna have to get

really, really brave.

He looked at the mirror

and took out a gun.

We're gonna have to smash it.

That's not real.

I thought I told you not

to play around in here.

It's not real.

Shh!

Kaylie?

Is he gone?

He was never here.

It just herded us upstairs.

We made the right call outside.

It's really trying to keep us away.

It'll try harder. We

have to get downstairs

- before that anchor swings.

- You have to make sure he's gone first.

He's gone. I promise. See, he's...

We've got to get downstairs.

She's not gone.

- I'm gonna open the door.

- No!

I'm gonna open the door.

If she's not gone...

I want you to run right

down the stairs.

- What are you gonna do?

- Don't worry about that. Just run.

You ready?

I'm gonna open the door. You

run right down the stairs.

You trust me, right?

I trust you.

One... I love you.

Two... Straight for the stairs.

Three.

It's not real.

Just a trick.

You're gonna arrest me, Timbo?

Timbo?

Tim!

Tim?

Mommy, please, no.

Kaylie?

Kaylie?

Mommy!

Come on, Tim!

It won't let us.

I thought I told you not

to play around in here.

No.

This isn't you.

It is me.

I've met my demons,

and they are many.

I've seen...

I've seen the devil...

And he is...

and he is me.

Dad!

Let her go!

Run.

No! No!

Daddy!

Come on.

This isn't real! This isn't real!

This isn't real!

Kaylie!

Kaylie!

Kaylie.

Mommy?

Tim. Tim look at me.

I want you to promise me, that

when we're big and we're strong,

we will make this right.

We have to kill that thing.

For Mom and Dad.

I promise.

Kaylie?

Kaylie?

Kaylie! Kaylie! Kaylie!

Kaylie! Kaylie! Kaylie!

He called it in?

Yeah, he called 911,

and then he did this.

Where are you taking me?

No, it wasn't my fault!

- It was the mirror!

- Tim!

Wait! Stop! It wasn't me!

It wasn't me. It was the

mirror! It was the mirror!

Please! Please! You

have to believe me!

It was the mirror!

It was the mirror!

Please!

Hey! Hey!

Don't forget!

Don't forget our promise!

Don't forget.

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