Fresh
Oculus is about one adjustment away from being a superior thriller.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Overview
A woman tries to exonerate her brother's murder conviction by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.
Director and cast
- Mike Flanagan Director
- Karen Gillan as Kaylie Russell
- Brenton Thwaites as Tim Russell
- Katee Sackhoff as Marie Russell
- Rory Cochrane as Alan Russell
- Annalise Basso as Young Kaylie
- Garrett Ryan as Young Tim
- James Lafferty as Michael Dumont
- Miguel Sandoval as Dr. Shawn Graham
- Kate Siegel as Marisol Chavez
- Scott Graham as Warren
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
75%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Praised on the festival circuit, it's got what it takes to succeed outside of that rarefied atmosphere.
James Rocchi, Film.com
Rotten
What's missing? A sense of the ineffable.
David Edelstein, Vulture
Fresh
Oculus, a cleverer-than-average haunted-house movie... speaks to a couple of widespread anxieties-one topical, the other sadly timeless.
Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader
Fresh
"Reaches right through you and chills you to the bone."
Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com
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