

A woman tries to exonerate her brother's murder conviction by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.
Direction
Flanagan's seamless past/present weaving is chef's kiss.
Acting
Karen Gillan's unhinged intensity carries the whole damn film.
Editing
Timelines collapse into each other—disorienting in the best way.

Director
Mike Flanagan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Flanagan expanded this from his own 2006 short film—same mirror, bigger budget, same creeping dread.
The mirror's victims span centuries, but Flanagan deliberately keeps its origin unexplained; evil needs no backstory.