5/10
Fairly interesting prequel to Occulus
4 July 2022
This is the short film which director Mike Flanagan made which was a precursor for his 2013 feature film starring Karen Gillan. Once again it is essentially about an antique haunted mirror. Given the short running time and low budget its perhaps not too surprising that this is a pretty minimalistic bit of work, which boils down to one man locking himself in a room set up with recording equipment in order to observe the fateful mirror. It is a bit limited given the basic set-up but Flanagan nevertheless manages to keep this involving enough, with several odd moments and some historical background on the deadly artefact.

PS: I have no idea why this is titled 'chapter 3', as there does not seem to be a chapter 1 or 2 that I am aware of!
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