Oculus

Siblings Kaylie and Tim have been through some traumatic stuff together. When they were children, their father shot their mother and little Tim shot his dad before he could choke Kaylie to death. The very 'sick' mother had previously coked Kaylie nearly to death but - in a moment of clarity - thought better of it.

Now Tim is out of juvie (I think) and Kaylie has (re-)acquired an antique mirror that used to be in daddy's study. The mirror, of course, being the source of all evil. They team up (Kaylie's idea, Tim is not so sure) to get video prove of the evil mirror and its supernatural powers and - possibly - destroy it for good. Why they would think that they would be able to destroy it is not quite clear, since they have previously attempted to smash it with golf clubs - to no avail.

Anyway, the Tim character (grown-up Tim) walks through the entire film like a deer in headlights. The grown-up Kaylie version is very resolute and seemingly void of all emotion. That is until she kills her fiance. Or maybe not. He later walks around looking distinctly undead and may not have been there in the first place. See, the mirror has many tricks up its sleeve.

At some point the childhood story and the grown-up story merge and the little Kaylie and Tim run into big Kaylie and Tim repeatedly. It's a memory thing. I think. Who knows? It's confusing, anyway.

In the end, the contraption that is supposed to smash the mirror (yeah, right) is set in motion by Tim, who doesn't check where his sister is at this point. He has been experiencing a number of incidences that would have convinced him that things may not be what they seem and something that he is looking at may not be there after all (and vice versa). So, of course, when the would-be mirror smashing anchor (or whatever) swings down, it ends up killing Kaylie. Lapse of judgement, Tim, wasn't it?

More confusing than actually scary. You get the gist, but I'm not sure it is actually worth it.

4/10