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Every so often, a truly gripping movie will get panned by audiences and critics alike. Hidden gems get buried deeper, and the ideal audience for the movie never finds it. Alexandre Aja’s 2008 Mirrors, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Ben Carson, is one of those films. With a lowly 15% on Rotten Tomatoes, Mirrors has not seen a lot of love. A remake of Kim Sung-ho’s 2003 directorial debut, Into the Mirror, Mirrors takes obvious joy in playing with horror tropes. Mirrors blends intense gore, supernatural hauntings, and psychological twists to keep viewers glued to the screen, even when they’re wincing away.

Before rewatching Mirrors (get it Here), I was a little confused as to why it’s either forgotten or, honestly, kind of hated on. It was one of those movies that I saw in theaters when it came out and then have clear memories of when it came to my Blockbuster for rent. It’s got a fun cast of reliables and was directed by one of the early 2000s freshest and goriest directors. The director has gone on to have a steady and varied career and his new movie starring Halle Berry called Never Let Go sounds as intriguing as ever. After watching Mirrors again, I still really enjoyed it, but I now understand why it has the reputation it has and why it’s perfect for a black sheep. Let’s take a look but maybe be wary of any mirrors that don’t look exactly right.

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Seoul, Oct 5 (Ians) Nearly one in two South Koreans have been infected with Covid-19, with the reinfection rate on the rise, the government said Wednesday.

A total of 48 per cent of the country’s population have so far tested positive for the virus, said Kim Sung-ho, a senior interior ministry official in charge of disaster management, during a regular briefing, Yonhap news agency reported.

Kim also said the reinfection rate has steadily increased from 9.65 per cent in the fourth week of August to 10.17 percent in the first week of September and 10.92 per cent in the third week of September.

Kim said the reinfection risk substantially decreases when the person has been vaccinated.

The country reported 34,739 new Covid-19 infections on Wednesday, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.

–Ians

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by Jesse Miller, MoreHorror.com

Let’s face it; despite featuring Keifer Sutherand, Director Alexandre Aja (The Hills Have Eyes remake) and some brutal, creative death sequences, the 2008 remake was an overblown mess of a horror film. Even Sutherland hilariously pulling a gun on a nun couldn’t raise it above mediocrity.

So a sequel (Mirrors 2), minus the talents of Sutherland, Aja, and with a story completely unrelated to the first film, was looking to be quite the grim affair. Naturally, I just had to watch it.

It’s been one year since Max Matheson (Nick Stahl) was involved in a car accident that saw the death of his fiancée Kayla, and he is still coming to terms with his overwhelming grief. He soon receives a phone call from his father Jack (William Katt) who offers him a job as a security guard at the Mayflower Department store (the...

Mirrors 2

Stars: Nick Stahl, Emmanuelle Vaughier, Christy Carlson Romano, William Katt, Lancs E. Nichols | Written by Matt Venne, Sung-ho Kim | Directed by Victor Garcia

When Max (Stahl), a recovering addict, takes a job as a night time security guard job at his fathers department store, he begins to see visions of a young woman in the stores mirrors. Unsure whether his visions are side effects of his prescription sleeping pills or actual reality, he begins to look deeper into the source of the images in the mirrors. When employees of the store turn up dead and Max is a suspect in the murders, he must expose the girls connection to a scandal within the department stores walls in order to prove his innocence and put a stop to the spirit in the mirrors.

Like its predecessor, Mirrors 2 is based on the Korean film Geoul Sokeuro aka Into the Mirror,...

This week Fox released the trailer to Mirrors 2, the sequel to Alexandre Aja’s 2008 film, which in itself was a remake of the Korean film Geoul Sokeuro (Into the Mirror).

Aja’s remake changed the story dramatically, whilst retaining certain key imagery. Part gothic horror, part visceral nastiness, and with a denouement that was frankly ridiculous, it was never quite the sum of its parts, despite some intelligent use of water as a reflective surface. Now Mirrors 2 is on it’s way, direct to DVD and Blu-Ray and instead of being a sequel to Aja’s movie, it reprises the story of the Korean original.

When Max, a recovering addict, takes a job as a night time security guard job at his fathers department store, he begins to see visions of a young woman in the stores mirrors. Unsure whether his visions are side effects of his prescription sleeping pills or actual reality,...

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