10 Scariest Horror Movie Mirror Scenes

4. Kaylie's Death - Oculus

Oculus Death
Warner Bros.

Mike Flanagan's Oculus is another entry into the small subset of horror movies centered around mirrors as haunted objects, in this case an antique mirror capable of generating hallucinations.

Rather than conclude with sibling protagonists Kaylie (Karen Gillan) and Tim (Brenton Thwaites) finding a way to destroy the mirror, Oculus opts instead for a grim ending in which the mirror tricks the pair of them.

Tim is duped into releasing a kill switch he and Kaylie had set up to destroy the mirror with a giant anchor. To Tim, the room appears to be empty, but in fact, Kaylie is standing directly in front of the mirror when he hits the switch.

The mirror meanwhile makes Kaylie hallucinate a vision of her late mother (Katee Sackhoff), leaving her helpless as she's impaled by the swinging anchor, leading the police to arrest Tim for her apparent murder.

The mirror wins, yet despite the film's critical and commercial success, a sequel has bafflingly never materialised.

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