Another fright flick coming from the seemingly never-ending conveyor belt of PARANORMAL ACTIVITY and INSIDIOUS producers, OCULUS is the highty-anticiped chiller that took the Toronto International Film Festival by storm. We’ve the first teaser trailer and poster from the film directed by Mike Flanagan and stars former Doctor Who stunner Karen Gillan alongside Brenton Thwaites, Rory Cochrane and Katee Sackhoff. The official plot synopsis goes as follows:
“Ten years ago, tragedy struck the Russell family, leaving the lives of teenage siblings Tim and Kaylie forever changed when Tim was convicted of the brutal murder of their parents. Now in his 20s, Tim is newly released from protective custody and only wants to move on with his life; but Kaylie, still haunted by that fateful night, is convinced her parents’ deaths were caused by something else altogether: a malevolent supernatural force unleashed through the Lasser Glass, an antique mirror in their childhood home. Determined to prove Tim’s innocence, Kaylie tracks down the mirror, only to learn similar deaths have befallen previous owners over the past century. With the mysterious entity now back in their hands, Tim and Kaylie soon find their hold on reality shattered by terrifying hallucinations, and realize, too late, that their childhood nightmare is beginning again…“
OCULUS will haunt US cinemas from the 11th April. No word on a UK release just yet.
Source: Yahoo! Movies/BloodyDisgusting
Craig was our great north east correspondent, proving that it’s so ‘grim up north’ that losing yourself in a world of film is a foregone prerequisite. He has been studying the best (and often worst) of both classic and modern cinema at the University of Life for as long as he can remember. Craig’s favorite films include THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, JFK, GOODFELLAS, SCARFACE, and most of John Carpenter’s early work, particularly THE THING and HALLOWEEN.
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