10 Most Powerful Items In Horror Movie History
8. The Mirror - Oculus
A handful of the powerful items on this list are made scary when they're in the wrong hands. But what about when the object itself is a thinking, feeling, sentient being fuelled only by causing misery? That's downright terrifying.
The central mirror of Oculus is a bad guy all in itself, hung up in the Russell family home and influencing Michael and Kaylie's parents into becoming violent and murderous. When their parents die by virtue of the mirror's manipulation, their children are left to attempt to prove the mirror's evil 11 years later - which they do in excruciating detail over the course of the movie.
Able to incite hallucinations and make anything appear as things they are not - both lightbulbs and apples, and deadly ghosts and loving fiancees get interchanged for instance - the mirror is the ultimate mind-f*ck machine, and has survived hundreds of years whilst harvesting the souls of the people it lures to an early death. Unable to be understood, destroyed, or even just damaged in any real capacity, one crack is all that shows in an object that can convince you to starve yourself to death or chew through a power line in the blink of an eye.
Yes, this is featured on the cursed items list linked in the intro too. But hey, it's a big strong mirror, so why not celebrate it's horror twice?