The document provides a review of the movie "Oculus" that summarizes both positive and negative viewer reactions. Positives included an excellent cast performance, creepy yet not gory atmosphere, and well-done transitions between past and present. However, some felt the suspense was lost when switching to the past, and that there was a lack of character development and scare tactics relied too heavily on cliches. Overall reactions seemed mixed, with some finding it terrifying while others thought it disappointing.

1. Oculus:
Most of the reviews
for this movie were
positive…some
negative points
mentioned…
• Excellent cast performance
• Not gory but still creepy
• Sentiment due to the
relationship between the
siblings.
• Conclusive but heart-
breaking ending
• Past to present very well done
• Negative- story gets tense and
suspenseful and then its gone back
to the past, this loses excitement
• Creepy and dark imagery
• Good lighting, sound and musical
• Cliché but refreshing due to the mind
trip
• Confusion but able to put the pieces
together
• Right amount of horror(jumps
without having the cringe)
• Simple but enjoyable.

2. This has mixed reviews, some
really liked it some though it
could have been better…
• Use of real footage vs real is very
effective
• Do no research before you go to
watch this- better to go with an
empty mind
• Left the audience shocked
• Hugely disappointed- bad script and
bad acting
• Choices to present the material were
not good
• Wasn’t entertaining
• The only good idea= use of the
owl(secretive) which was the only
thing they found creepy.
• High hopes but disappointed
• The feel of another movie- clichéd
• Cheap scare tactics
• The cast didn’t work- wasn’t
effective

3. • No character development= no
sympathy
• Not scary at all- waste of time
and money
• Crammed in senseless cliché of
horror genre
Mostly negative views on this
movie, but there were some
people who really liked it…
• Terrifying- several scenes
that make you jump
• Disturbing but not too gory
• Can imagine this story taking
place in real life • Lack of plot and acting
• The cast doesn’t work-
the villain is not evil
enough
• Some really pointless
scenes