‘Oculus’ Review
Stars: Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites, Katee Sackoff, Rory Cochrane | Written by Mike Flanagan, Jeff Howard | Directed by Mike Flanagan
Creepy kids have been a staple ingredient of horror films for a long time and recent examples of the genre such as the Insidious films, Dark Touch, Mama and The Quiet Ones show that our fear of little children doing strange things remains unabated. Oculus reverses this trope by having a pair of plucky siblings combat the forces of darkness embodied in part by their creepy parents.
Karen Gillan and Brenton Thwaites play Kaylie and Tim Russell, who 11 years previously survived an ordeal which saw their father Alan (Rory Cochrane) go crazy, kill their mother Marie (Katee Sackhoff) and attempt to kill them too. Tim shot their father and for his troubles, ended up spending the intervening years in psychiatric care. Upon his release, Kaylie recruits him in her mission to...
Creepy kids have been a staple ingredient of horror films for a long time and recent examples of the genre such as the Insidious films, Dark Touch, Mama and The Quiet Ones show that our fear of little children doing strange things remains unabated. Oculus reverses this trope by having a pair of plucky siblings combat the forces of darkness embodied in part by their creepy parents.
Karen Gillan and Brenton Thwaites play Kaylie and Tim Russell, who 11 years previously survived an ordeal which saw their father Alan (Rory Cochrane) go crazy, kill their mother Marie (Katee Sackhoff) and attempt to kill them too. Tim shot their father and for his troubles, ended up spending the intervening years in psychiatric care. Upon his release, Kaylie recruits him in her mission to...
- 6/8/2014
- by Jack Kirby
- Nerdly
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