Mirror of Death

Year: 1987

Director: Deryn Warren

Written by: Gerry Daly

Threat: Demon

Weapon of Choice: Hand

Based upon: Original

IMDb page: IMDb link

     

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The tyranist's thoughts
Why do I do this to myself?
It looked bad, it sounded bad, but I rented it anyway. In truth, I guess I was expecting it to be one of those bad movies that was bad because more attention was given to naked breasts and sex scenes than to the plot. But it wasn't even one of those movies. Well, it kind of was. It was like a Witchcraft movie without any nudity. Yeah, terrible.
An abused wife flees to her sister's house for sanctuary and ends up invoking the spirit of an empress in a voodoo ceremony. The spirit possesses her and she kills a couple men who want to have sex with her. Eventually people catch on and try to exorcise her (in quite an unusual manner I might add).
You only read this review out of curiousity, didn't you? Well, let me give you fair warning. This movie is not worth it. I don't care if you mistakenly think it has a cool title. You won't when the movie is over. Just walk away. Don't even think about it. Trust me you'll like yourself better in the morning. I can't say that this is the worst movie I've ever seen, but I will say that it is not fit for human consumption.

Total Skulls: 16

Sequel
Sequel setup skull
Rips off earlier film
Horror film showing on TV/in theater in movie
Future celebrity appears
Former celebrity appears
Bad title skull
Bad premise
Bad acting skull
Bad dialogue
Bad execution
MTV Editing
OTS
Girl unnecessarily gets naked
Wanton sex
Death associated with sex
Unfulfilled promise of nudity skullskull
Characters forget about threat
Secluded location
Power is cut
Phone lines are cut
Someone investigates a strange noise
Someone runs up stairs instead of going out front door
Camera is the killer skull
Victims cower in front of a window/door
Victim locks self in with killer
Victim running from killer inexplicably falls
Toilet stall scene
Shower/bath scene skullskull
Car stalls or won't start
Cat jumps out
Fake scare
Laughable scare
Stupid discovery of corpse skullskull
Dream sequence skull
Hallucination/Vision
No one believes only witness
Crazy, drunk, old man knows the truth
Music detracts from scene
Death in first five minutes
x years before/later
Flashback sequence
Dark and stormy night
Killer doesn't stay dead skull
Killer wears a mask
Killer is in closet
Killer is in car with victim
Villain is more sympathetic than heroes
Unscary villain/monster
Beheading
Blood fountain skull
Blood hits camera
Poor death effect
Excessive gore skull
No one dies at all
Virgin survives
Geek/Nerd survives
Little kid lamely survives
Dog/Pet miraculously survives
Unresolved subplots
"It was all a dream" ending
Unbelievably happy ending
Unbelievably crappy ending
What the hell?