I liked Absentia, as a low budget indie flick it did quite good with atmosphere & character development. But in case of OCULUS...I thought it could have been better or more interesting if they avoided or excluded those "ghostly figures with glass eyes" and focused more on psychological horror segment of the story. The story wasn't bad, liked the idea of a mirror with diabolical power to manipulate people around it & play tricks on them to kill or destroy each other but those "ghostly figures with glass eyes" looked kinda cheap & lame. I guess there are some parts where they might have needed to show some 'corporeal ghosts', in that case the effects or looks of the ghosts needed to be much better & creepier.
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