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* YourSoulIsMine: The mirror seems to retain the souls of its previous victims in its possession; they're seen as ghosts with mirror-like eyes throughout the movie. Notably, it uses the soul of one of its former victims, Marisol, to seduce the protagonists' father. It's also implied by a [[IronicNurseryRhyme creepy nursery rhyme used to promote the film]].

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* YourSoulIsMine: The mirror seems to retain the souls of its previous victims in its possession; they're seen as ghosts with mirror-like eyes throughout the movie. Notably, it uses the soul of one of its former victims, Marisol, to seduce the protagonists' father.father, and the first known owner of the mirror is claimed to be sighted by future owners of it in its reflections. It's also implied by a [[IronicNurseryRhyme creepy nursery rhyme used to promote the film]].
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Has nothing to do with the UsefulNotes/OculusRift.

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Has nothing to do with the UsefulNotes/OculusRift.
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* YourSoulIsMine: The mirror seems to retain the souls of its previous victims in its possession; they're seen as ghosts with mirror-like eyes throughout the movie. It's also implied by a [[IronicNurseryRhyme creepy nursery rhyme used to promote the film]].

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* YourSoulIsMine: The mirror seems to retain the souls of its previous victims in its possession; they're seen as ghosts with mirror-like eyes throughout the movie. Notably, it uses the soul of one of its former victims, Marisol, to seduce the protagonists' father. It's also implied by a [[IronicNurseryRhyme creepy nursery rhyme used to promote the film]].
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It's difficult to tell exactly what influence the mirror actually has on the events of the film, whether it genuinely has reality warping powers and the things we see happen to the main characters actually occur, whether its power is limited to MindScrew and altering the characters' perception, or in fact, if it has any powers at all or is just a regular mirror, and the events of the film are just the characters' own insanity.
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* YourSoulIsMine: Implied by a [[IronicNurseryRhyme creepy nursery rhyme used to promote the film]].

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* YourSoulIsMine: Implied The mirror seems to retain the souls of its previous victims in its possession; they're seen as ghosts with mirror-like eyes throughout the movie. It's also implied by a [[IronicNurseryRhyme creepy nursery rhyme used to promote the film]].
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* AgentMulder: Kaylie is one when it comes to the mirror: she believes wholeheartedly in its powers, has done intense research into its history and methods, and has constructed a strategy to destroy it taking these things into account.
** AgentScully: Tim, in contrast, rationalizes everything about the mirror and the effect it had on their childhood, and when he starts getting proof that the mirror is actually supernatural, he initially thinks he's hallucinating and tries to call his doctor.
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''Oculus'' is a 2013 psychological/supernatural horror film directed by Creator/MikeFlanagan (''Film/{{Absentia}}'') and starring Creator/KarenGillan (''Series/DoctorWho'') in their mainstream film debuts.

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''Oculus'' is a 2013 psychological/supernatural horror film directed by Creator/MikeFlanagan (''Film/{{Absentia}}'') and starring Creator/KarenGillan (''Series/DoctorWho'') in their and Creator/BrentonThwaites. The film marked Flanagan's mainstream film debuts.
debut as a writer, director and editor, as well as Gillan's first lead role in a mainstream film.



Eleven years later, Kaylie Russell (Gillan) recruits Tim (Creator/BrentonThwaites), recently released from the asylum, to help prove the mirror's power and then destroy it. She believes it caused the deaths of their parents and scores of other people over the past three centuries. Tim's version of past events differs, offering a more realistic view of their childhood trauma.

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Eleven years later, Kaylie Russell (Gillan) recruits Tim (Creator/BrentonThwaites), (Thwaites), recently released from the asylum, to help prove the mirror's power and then destroy it. She believes it caused the deaths of their parents and scores of other people over the past three centuries. Tim's version of past events differs, offering a more realistic view of their childhood trauma.
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And by the events in the film. People who die at the whim of the mirror can reportedly be seen in its reflections, and victims can see "ghosts" with "mirror eyes" in its vicinity.
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* AdultFear: Kaylie and Tim's parents [[spoiler: slowly going insane to the point of harming their children]] can fall squarely here, regardless of which side of the MaybeMagicMaybeMundane the movie falls under.
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I Ate What clean up. The trope is when a character eats something, unaware of what they are consuming, and then reacts in disgust after they find out what it is. Misuse will be deleted or moved to another trope when applicable. Administrivia.Zero Context Examples will be removed or commented out depending on the amount of context within the entry. Also, I Ate What is not a character trope.


* IAteWhat: The scene where the mirror tricks Kaylie into eating a lightbulb instead of an apple. Though ultimately played with, as [[spoiler:it turns out it was the apple she was eating after all.]]

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