This Blu-ray release proves the DTV market is alive and well. »»
My mind is a total mess after watching Alexandre Aja's Mirrors because it tried to be so many different things and wound up making me happy then pissing me off then making me happy and then pissing me off again. Things seem pretty on par for decent horror as the ball gets rolling and then they pitter-patter off into boring obscurity. Some tension and drama jumps in midway through to make my heart sink, but then I remember this is supposed to be scary. All throughout there is a storyline dealing with marital and family problems, but again this is horror right? With such gems as The Hills Have Eyes, Haute Tension, and the underrated P2 under his belt, I sincerely hope this isn't a reflection of things to come from Aja. »»
French director Alexandre Aja has been one of the most promising new horror directors over the past few years. He was responsible for 2003’s High Tension (or Haute Tension), where he created an intense and very gory horror film with female lead roles and a much debated twist ending. He followed that up with doing the unthinkable: remaking a classic horror film, John Carpenter’s The Hills Have Eyes, and doing it very well. He’s spent his career so far making a name for himself as a risk-taking horror director with a gritty, violent, bloody look to his films. In his latest film Mirrors, Aja tackles a different sub-genre of horror, the supernatural thriller, with a little (and I mean little) of the signature Aja gore thrown in for good measure. »»
In Alexandre Aja's (The Hills Have Eyes) Mirrors, Kiefer Sutherland stars as ex-cop Ben Carson who, now working as a night watchman, experiences horrific images inside of mirrors. And surprise surprise, nobody believes him, not even his sister (Amy Smart). Also starring Paula Patton (Swing Vote), Mirrors appears on DVD and Blu-ray January 13th. »»
