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Mirror Mirror (1990)
Directed by Marina Sargenti
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Overview
Shy teenager Megan moves to a new town with her widowed mother and quickly becomes the most unpopular girl in high school. But when she starts to communicate with a mysterious mirror, her tormentors begin to meet with a horrifying series of ‘accidents’. Is the mirror a reflection of Megan’s own inner demons… or has she unwittingly opened the doorway of the damned?
Rated R | Length 104 minutes
Actors
Karen Black | Yvonne De Carlo | William Sanderson | Rainbow Harvest | Kristin Dattilo | Ricky Paull Goldin | Charlie Spradling | Tom Bresnahan | Dorit Sauer | Ann Hearn | Stephen Tobolowsky | Sonia Gómez
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/07/2019 | TV | Streaming | Video on Demand | 6.5 stars |
| (Average) 6.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Think it was Chuck on Twitter that tipped me off this little gem on Prime (DVD is OOP apparently). It’s kind of a weird mashup of CARRIE and HEATHERS with Megan (Rainbow Harvest) as the new goth kid in school and everyone bullies her. Her mother (Karen Black) is a head case after the recent death of her husband and just wants to start a new life. They move into an old house that oddly doesn’t look all that old but it does have an old cursed mirror. A demon lives in the mirror and Megan becomes infatuated with its power or the demon just controls Megan b/c she’s angry at her classmates. The demon is some kind of werewolf monster, I guess.
Then there’s the usual beats where Megan (totally doing Winona Ryder goth here… like really. I’m sure that’s what they were going for) gets revenge on her classmates with some gruesome deaths. It’s up to the one friend that she had to snap her out of it.
It’s a wild film that also has some brief nudity during a locker room / shower scene… of a high school girl (Charlie Spradling: she’s really 21 IRL but still). Overall an entertaining flick for the fish out of water / teenage revenge premise plus cool practical FX. It’s a little long for what it needs to be but fun. Given that it features both Karen Black and Yvonne De Carlo (+ William Sanderson in an amusing small role), this is one that a smart programmer would book for one of the horror marathons. And a horror flick directed by a woman.
Oh it also has Stephen Tobolowsky as one of the teachers!
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