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Originally Posted by roshiq
I liked Absentia, as a low budget indie flick it did quite good with atmosphere & character development. But in case of OCULUS...I thought it could have been better or more interesting if they avoided or excluded those "ghostly figures with glass eyes" and focused more on psychological horror segment of the story. The story wasn't bad, liked the idea of a mirror with diabolical power to manipulate people around it & play tricks on them to kill or destroy each other but those "ghostly figures with glass eyes" looked kinda cheap & lame. I guess there are some parts where they might have needed to show some 'corporeal ghosts', in that case the effects or looks of the ghosts needed to be much better & creepier.
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Yeah, in the ads I thought that the ghosts looked lame but it worked for me when I finally saw it (could be that it put me on edge and ANYthing would have scared me at that point, but still...)
I hadn't put it together that Flanagan, the director had also done Abenstia. I thought that Absentia was a damn good and creepy low-budget flick. I was honestly impressed with that one.