Moderately so — Oculus mixes scares with other modes. As a supernatural film, it scored 7.0/10 for fear, 7.5/10 for atmosphere, and 7.1/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 2 ratings.

How many jump scares are in Oculus?

Oculus has 14 jump scares, based on Watch Darkly's per-film jump-scare count.

What are some films like Oculus?

Oculus is tagged as supernatural, family, haunted house on Watch Darkly. The film's page lists similar horror films selected by curated scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, and overall quality.

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Oculus

Name: Oculus
Genre: horror
Released: 2013-04-11
Duration: 1 h 44 min
Rating: 7.1

2013 · R · 1h 44m

You see what it wants you to see.

A woman tries to exonerate her brother's murder conviction by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.

Plot summary via TMDB

Curator Score

7.1

Overall

Based on 2 curator ratings

Strongest on fear and atmosphere.

Jump scares

Oculus has 14 jump scares. Compare counts

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7.1Overall

Fear7.0

Gore6.0

Atmosphere7.5

Genres

horror

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Details

Budget$5M

Box office$44.1M

Directed by

Mike Flanagan

Written by

Jeff Howard, Mike Flanagan

Cinematography

Michael Fimognari

Music

Andrew Grush, Taylor Stewart

Starring

Karen Gillan as Kaylie Russell · Brenton Thwaites as Tim Russell · Katee Sackhoff as Marie Russell · Rory Cochrane as Alan Russell · Annalise Basso as Young Kaylie · Garrett Ryan as Young Tim · James Lafferty as Michael Dumont · Miguel Sandoval as Dr. Shawn Graham

Production

Blumhouse Productions, Intrepid Pictures, MICA Entertainment, WWE Studios

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