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Okay!!! Amazon says this is a 'movie you might like' so here we go....

So some wannabe film contest winners order this mirror off of Ebay. They are hoping for some sort of paranormal experience.

The first night Matt starts sleepwalking and acting weird.

And he gets weirder....

-1 Star for the girl who still goes to bed with the wierdo after he's obviously off his coconut.....

-1 Star For Matt not coming out of the room when Steve shouted 'Hey Matt! Jemmas dancing with her boobs out!!!!'

That should have been a huge red flag right there to stop and call the mental police.

+1 Star For Matt getting a little bit more uppity toward the end!!!

Okay I thought the end was kinda predictable and boring and really didn't showcase 'The Mirror' . Of course maybe that's just me!!! :)

4/10

I can't believe someone actually said this was better than Oculus. That's the only reason I made this account. Believe me Oculus is much much better. Do not waste your time on this film. I am an avid horror fan this is just pure garbage. It is poorly made, it's goes nowhere, there's no jumpy bits, it's not scary in the slightest. . . . . . Oculus is very clever and enticing this is plain stale. I was so disappointed and even more so that it is a British film. Must've been a very low budget and must've been thrown together within a week. If you like horror and like a scare this will only disappoint. Nothing interesting came from this film. It's very boring I should've turned off after 10 minutes. No joke, Sabrina the teenage witch is scarier than this.

When I came across The Mirror everything I saw and read about it was the epitome of hatred and dislike. Everybody slated the film left right and centre and this peeked my curiosity. I gave it a chance and found it immediately was fighting an uphill battle as it is in fact a found footage film. I'm not saying there is anything wrong with found footage films, my problem is that there are just so damn many lately........and most of them are terrible.The whole style of movie has enabled film makers with no money or experience to make a movie and it immediately puts it in a bad light for me.I don't even like the "Critically Acclaimed" Paranormal Activity series! Anyway within 5 minutes I was finding myself quite enamored with the film. Primarily because of the likable characters and the really quite good performances by the three young actors.

It quickly became apparent that this movie was not going to break any new ground and would be a fairly standard predictable affair but the actors made these 90 minutes and limited script quite enjoyable.

Now without giving anything away the movie does something quite unique. For the last 20 minutes I was finding myself almost wincing as I knew that something was coming, most likely a big jump scare. It kept me waiting in anticipation, it teased......and I liked it.

Comparing this to the likes of the Occulus is foolish, you cannot compare a mega budget Hollywood blockbuster to a low budget indie film on the same scale. Take each movie for what it is and this really entertained me. Don't compare, don't put emphasis on its budget or unknown actors, just turn out the light and give this a chance and you may be surprised.

If you want big budget, if you want big cgi and constant action then you won't enjoy this. If you want a well constructed, well acted and interestingly paced horror then give it a try.

You like me may be surprised.

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I actually liked this movie. I enjoyed it a lot more than The Paranormal Activity franchise. I was bored to tears when I watched those movies.

However, this movie had just enough happening to keep me interested.

The actors were pretty good, and they are kids, so that explains their decisions made throughout the film. Too many people pick apart every single thing about this movie. It's a horror movie; it's not bloody Shakespeare, and I've yet to see an absolutely perfect film.

Watch it with an open mind, and ignore the little things.

It's better than many movies out there.

The Plot Three flatmates buy a haunted mirror on eBay to claim the One Million Dollar Paranormal Prize offered by the James Randi Foundation.

Their desire to win blinds them to the evil forces they have brought into their world, which exact a terrible revenge.

Nice looking in High Def, BUT please folks -- STOP STOP STOP filming movies with the damned shaky cams!!!

It's so annoying.

The movie is typical fare. It's been done before and before that.

The movie starts out a bit promising but then degrades into a slow derivative boring predictable mess.

And what's worse, if you make it to the end, you will be met by a complete Blair Witch rip off.

Stay Away!

Since 1996, former magician turned professional sceptic James Randi has been offering a million dollars to anyone that can provide proof that psychic and/or supernatural phenomena exist. 'The Mirror' sees three English flatmates, Matt, Steve, and Jemma, attempt the challenge by buying a haunted mirror over the internet and continuously filming what happens. At first, the whole thing is played for a lark…even getting a Ouija board in on the action, but when Matt starts acting strangely the whole thing takes on a darker edge.

Now…I know what you're thinking: found footage? Seen it all before. Sure, the set-up of the film seems to defy the need to be original to an almost belligerent degree in the wake of the likes of 'V/H/S' (2012), the whole 'Paranormal Activity' series and its host of rip-offs, going all the way back to 'The Blair Witch Project' (1999). What's more the idea of a haunted mirror was done the year before in the bigger budget American production 'Oculus'. However, despite sitting down thinking I'd be turning it off after twenty minutes I found myself immediately drawn in by the playful banter of the three flatmates and the subtle shifts into increasingly eerie territory as we wonder what is behind Matt's increasingly erratic behaviour.

A big difference between this and the 'Paranormal Activity' series is that while that series relied on a quiet-quiet-quiet-BANG idea to win cheap scares, 'The Mirror' just sticks with quiet-quiet-quiet which doesn't release the tension and instead maintains it right to the end. Sure there are a few plot-holes, for example why don't they call the police after they are broken into, why don't they investigate the mirror or send any emails to the seller, and what's with the eye thing…however I was able to easily forgive these because the chilling atmosphere was one I hadn't felt from a horror movie for a long time.

A decent movie which, despite resolutely not adding anything new to the genre, nevertheless does what it was designed to do very well. Give it a go.

Excellent plot and storyline. Great build up to a bloody bad ending, mate. Ending came to abrupt almost as if the director got tired of shooting. Better luck next time.

Okay so upon watching this movie I checked the IMDb page and saw bad reviews and a very low rating of 4.3 out of 10 and I must say I am VERY confused. This was easily the best found footage movie since the first Paranormal Activity. Before I go into more detail about why it's so good I'll explain a bit about the plot.

The film is based around three flat mates who are entering a Paranormal competition. For their entry they move a creepy mirror into their flat and begin documenting any weird happenings surrounding it. That's all you need to know for now.

When I decided to watch this film I knew only what I just wrote above, I knew absolutely nothing else about the film at all. The first thing I want to mention that makes this film so great is the acting, it is some of the most believable and realistic acting I have seen in a long time. One character in particular that stood out for me is Matt, his transition between normal happy young guy excited for the Paranormal competition to what he eventually becomes is incredible and terrifying.

The suspense building up throughout this film was crazy, I watched it on my own in the dark and during the last 20 minutes or so I genuinely found myself covering my eyes and turning on the lights, the last five minutes in particular were unbearably scary. This is definitely a film that must not be watched alone

Overall I have gave this film a solid 10 out of 10 for genuinely intriguing scaring me like no other horror movie has done in a long time. Loved every second of it and really hope to see more stuff from the makers of this film.

This isn't the greatest movie ever made, but it's far better than the ratings it's getting here. I like the first person/found footage style movies. I like the creepy paranormal stuff. At least there was some originality with this one. I wasn't able to guess the ending, and that's another plus. It held my interest, had some good tension, and believable acting. Right now, it's sitting at a 4.7 and that's too low. I'm giving it a 6 because that's what I feel it deserves, but I was very tempted to go higher just because people are hating on this movie for no reason. For what it is, it's not bad at all. Definitely worth a watch in my opinion.

I am not generally a fan of found footage movies. This one, however, doesn't have the cheap jump scares of something like Paranormal Activity nor a lot of the crazy shaky camera videography. The acting in the first half is quite amusing - 3 roomates (see flatmates; they are Brits after all) try to win the million dollar James Randi Foundation prize by proving paranormal shenanigans with a supposedly haunted mirror they find on eBay. The film turns a weird direction when the plot evolves and ends up somewhat short of a truly scary horror film.

(in one scene, you can clearly tell the victim is a doll, which snaps the viewer back into reality)

All in all, an okay watch. Don't expect too much by way of scares and give some appreciation to the cinematography - which is decent.

I'm only giving it a 5 because its the first movie I have watched in a very long time that has actually scared the ... out of me. And I don't scare easy.

The parts that I was able to watch were pretty good.

The introduction was really good, not too long and not to short and explained enough but didn't give too much away.

The suspense slowly built up throughout the whole movie which made it even scarier in a good way.

For a movie that is filmed like paranormal activity, they did such a better job at it then they did, the graphics were really good.

Overall it was a good movie and would try to watch it again start to finish during day time. My recommendations is to not watch it in the dark, cover up all the mirrors in the house and watch it with someone you can bury your face into. :)

For a movie that is just making it up as it goes along (corner points were given to the actors, as in beginning of the scene and end of the scene, do as you please in between), this is not half bad. Even if you didn't know that, you will realize that the actors are making stuff up as they go (coherent and continuity be damned).

Which is a shame because things are there that could've been explored more and just looking good (especially the female lead), is not enough to keep you hooked for a long time. So our comic relief does a good job and he has quite a lot of jokes that almost make this a way better movie than it actually is. Unfortunately that thing, about this not making sense, characters behaving, like they are in a mental institution, where they lost their brain and other things like that, will kind of take the fun out of it ... literally.

All this is based on a true story. Yes really! Actually the two guys (no girl in that story, at least not one that was alive) who owned the real mirror of the story were at a screening at Frightfest and told us a few stories. You can either believe those guys or not. They sold the mirror on ebay to someone in Germany and the director found out about this and thought: Hey why don't I make a movie about this? Well guess what? He did! I know! Shocking. Almost more so than the movie itself! Which again, is only really "saved" (not literally), by the jokes of one of the characters ..