Thoughts on Oculus?

[RubyRose]

I went in expecting another cut and paste paranormal horror movie, and I was shocked at how much I enjoyed Oculus! I haven't heard anyone else talking about it. I thought the use of editing in the film was amazing. I was scared, invested in the characters in the plot, and still constantly questioning what was real- which is hard to get all in one horror film lately.

Anyone else who saw it, what did you think?

[TheBossInTheWall]

it wasn't too memorable. It was too slow for its kind of film. And i'm very sick of 'is this real or not?' films. Karen Gillan was good as she seems to always be, but that did not save the film.

[Elvis_Christ]

This one was a lot better than I was expecting. I dug how it got the darker 70s occult/haunting flick vibe down pretty well particularly the bleak hopelessness of the ending and the themes of trouble behind the curtains of a seemingly "normal" family home.

[RubyRose]

Originally Posted by TheBossInTheWall

it wasn't too memorable. It was too slow for its kind of film. And i'm very sick of 'is this real or not?' films. Karen Gillan was good as she seems to always be, but that did not save the film.

I do agree, the beginning was a bit slow imo. I have to say that I, myself, am personally kinda sick of the overly meta factor movies are trying to do. The beginning of Scream 4 annoyed me to no end.

[RubyRose]

Originally Posted by Elvis_Christ

This one was a lot better than I was expecting. I dug how it got the darker 70s occult/haunting flick vibe down pretty well particularly the bleak hopelessness of the ending and the themes of trouble behind the curtains of a seemingly "normal" family home.

Right! It reminded me very much of the shining. I think the whole "mother going after her children" subject is pretty taboo and I like seeing it executed well. Same goes for the Babadook.

[tfantasy]

I thought it was really bad. I found it to be boring and not really going any where.

[Jake.Ashworth]

I wasn't a fan... I saw this while I was in LA on business. The theater was completely empty. It should have been terrifying, instead, meh... My hotel room had a huge wall of mirrors, I shouldn't have been able to sleep, but, meh. Just not scary enough.

[MichaelMyers]

Originally Posted by Jake.Ashworth

I wasn't a fan... I saw this while I was in LA on business. The theater was completely empty. It should have been terrifying, instead, meh... My hotel room had a huge wall of mirrors, I shouldn't have been able to sleep, but, meh. Just not scary enough.

You had the theater to yourself? That sounds fun.

[Jake.Ashworth]

Yeah, it was a ghetto theater. The movie had been out to long to be at normal theaters. I was a little uneasy, but it wasn't the movie. More the area.

I saw The Quiet Ones there too. It was a better movie.

[TheBossInTheWall]

Originally Posted by Jake.Ashworth

I wasn't a fan... I saw this while I was in LA on business. The theater was completely empty. It should have been terrifying, instead, meh... My hotel room had a huge wall of mirrors, I shouldn't have been able to sleep, but, meh. Just not scary enough.

My date and I had the entire theatre for Saw. And we actually watched most of it. Saw was a great film, the rest are fairly bad.