|
Mirrors (2008 Film)
''Mirrors'' is a 2008 American supernatural horror film directed by Alexandre Aja, starring Kiefer Sutherland, Paula Patton, and Amy Smart. The film was first titled ''Into the Mirror'', but the name was later changed to ''Mirrors''. Filming began on May 1, 2007, and it was released in American theaters on August 15, 2008. The film was originally scripted as a straightforward remake of the 2003 South Korean horror film ''Into the Mirror''. However, once Aja was brought on board and read the script, he was dissatisfied with the particulars of the original film's story. He decided to retain the original film's basic idea involving mirrors, and to incorporate a few of its scenes, but otherwise crafted a new story and script for his version of the movie. A stand-alone sequel not featuring the original cast and crew, titled '' Mirrors 2'', was released in 2010. Plot A security guard runs through a subway station until he enters a room he cannot escape. He starts begging his reflection ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre Aja
Alexandre Jouan-Arcady, known professionally as Alexandre Aja (; born 7 August 1978), is a French filmmaker best known for his work in the horror genre. He rose to international stardom for his 2003 horror film '' Haute Tension'' (known as ''High Tension'' in the US and ''Switchblade Romance'' in the UK). He has also directed the films '' The Hills Have Eyes'' (2006), ''Mirrors'' (2008), ''Piranha 3D'' (2010), '' Horns'' (2013) and ''Crawl'' (2019). Personal life Aja's pseudonymous surname is formed from the initial letter of each of the three parts of his real name. He was born in Paris, France, and is the son of Jewish French ''pied-noir'' director Alexandre Arcady and French cinema critic Marie-Jo Jouan. Career Aja acted at a very young age in minor roles in his father's films such as ', and the two ' films. He made his directorial debut at the age of eighteen with the short film ''Over the Rainbow'', which received a Cannes Film Festival Golden Palm Award nomination for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psychomanteum
In parapsychology and Spiritualism, a psychomanteum is a small, enclosed area set up with a comfortable chair, dim lighting, and a mirror angled so as not to reflect anything but darkness intended to communicate with spirits of the dead. History The psychomanteum was popularized by Raymond Moody, originator of the term near-death experience,Raymond Moody. 1975. ''Life After Life''. Mockingbird; Raymond Moody/Paul Perry, 1993. ''Reunions'' -- Visionary Encounters with Departed loved Ones. Villard Books in his 1993 book, ''Reunions: Visionary Encounters with Departed Loved Ones''. Raymond Moody believed the psychomanteum was useful as a tool to resolve grief. The chamber was kept darkened and illuminated only by a candle or a dim light bulb. Subjects gaze into the reflected darkness hoping to see and make contact with spirits of the dead. Moody compared the psychomanteum to the Greek Necromanteion, and said its function was a form of scrying. See also * References External lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanji (director)
Sanjeeva "Sanji" Senaka is an American music video director. He has directed videos for Lauryn Hill, Mary J. Blige, The Pharcyde, and Tori Amos, among others. His music video for " Everything Is Everything" by Lauryn Hill was nominated for the MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction and the Grammy Award for Best Music Video. His videos have been nominated four other times for MTV Awards, including Breakthrough Video for Maxwell's " This Woman's Work". Sanji's video for " No More Drama" by Mary J. Blige won the MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video in 2002. Initially directing music videos for Propaganda Films, he signed to FM Rocks in 1998. Sanji had initially been attached to make his directorial debut in '' Blood & Chocolate'', but later left the film. He was also in talks to direct a remake of the Korean horror film '' Into the Mirror'', but he wound up not directing, and it was later released as ''Mirrors'' in 2008. Jennifer Lopez recommended Sanji to direct her hip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ezra Buzzington
Ezra Buzzington is an American character actor in film and television. A figure in underground cinema, Buzzington is also the founder of the Seattle Fringe Festival and co-founder of the New York International Fringe Festival. Career With over 70 film credits (and dozens of television appearances), Buzzington has been referred to as "the Dennis Hopper of underground cinema". He has played characters ranging from "Weird Al the Waiter" in '' Ghost World'' to "Goggle" (a mutant) in '' The Hills Have Eyes'' and Tudley in the Crime thriller film '' The Chair''. He also appeared in the Academy Award-winning Best Picture '' The Artist'' and the Oscar-nominated ''The Fabelmans''. He has worked with directors David Fincher (twice), Alexandre Aja (twice), Terry Zwigoff (twice), Rob Zombie (twice), David Slade (four times), Steven Spielberg, Christopher Nolan, Paul Thomas Anderson, George Clooney, Clint Eastwood and the Farrelly Brothers (also twice). He was a series regular in the role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Glover
Julian Wyatt Glover (born 27 March 1935) is an English actor with many stage, television, and film roles. Classically trained, he is a recipient of the Laurence Olivier Award and has performed many times for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Glover's well-known film roles have included playing villains in several major motion picture franchises: General Maximilian Veers in '' The Empire Strikes Back'' (1980), Aristotle Kristatos in '' For Your Eyes Only'' (1981), and Walter Donovan in ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' (1989). He has also appeared as Brian Harcourt-Smith in '' The Fourth Protocol'' (1987), voiced the giant Acromantula spider Aragog in '' Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'' (2002), and appeared as conductor Andris Davis in the psychological drama '' Tár'' (2022). Glover has also appeared frequently on television, especially in the UK, including guest appearances in series such as '' The Avengers'', '' The Saint'', '' Thriller'', ''Doctor Who'', ''B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Flemyng
Jason Iain Flemyng''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.''; at ancestry.com (born 25 September 1966) is an English actor. He is known for his work with British filmmakers Guy Ritchie and Matthew Vaughn appearing in the Ritchie films '' Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'' (1998) and '' Snatch'' (2000), (both films were also produced by Vaughn) and appearing in Vaughn's films ''Layer Cake'' (2004), ''Kick-Ass'' (2010), and '' X-Men: First Class'' (2011). He has also appeared in Hollywood productions such as '' Rob Roy'' (1995), the Alan Moore comic book adaptations '' From Hell'' (2001) and '' The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'' (2003), '' Transporter 2'' (2005), and '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'' (2008). He has also appeared in prominent roles in both theatre and television in the UK. Flemyng speaks French fluently, and has made three films in that language. He won the Best Actor Award at the Geneva Film Festival for his role in 1996' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Shrapnel
John Morley Shrapnel (27 April 1942 – 14 February 2020) was an English actor. He is known mainly for his stage work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre in the United Kingdom and for his many television appearances. One of his well-known roles was Mr Skinner in the 1996 live-action film '' 101 Dalmatians''. Early life Shrapnel was born John Morley Shrapnel in Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire (now West Midlands), on 27 April 1942, the son of journalist and author Norman Shrapnel and Mary Lillian Myfanwy (née Edwards). Shrapnel was brought up in Stockport and London and was educated first at Mile End School, Stockport, where he started acting as a member of the school's drama society, and then at the City of London School, an independent school for boys in the City of London, where he played Hamlet in the school play; he then attended St Catharine's College, Cambridge, from which he received an MA. Career Shrapnel began acting professionally o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darren Kent
Darren Paul Kent (6 June 1984 – 11 August 2023), also known as Darren Harper, was a British actor, director and writer. He played a goat herder in ''Game of Thrones'' and had roles in '' Shameless'', ''Mirrors'', ''Snow White and the Huntsman'', ''EastEnders'', '' Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves'' and '' Jeepers Creepers: Reborn''. Biography Darren Paul Kent was born in Essex and lived in both Westbourne Grove, Westcliff-on-Sea and Leigh-on-Sea. Kent studied at Bromfords School, the South East Essex College, and the Italia Conti Stage. Kent played a goat herder in the final episode of season four of the ''Game of Thrones'' television show, " The Children". He played the role of Jimmy Esseker in the 2008 film ''Mirrors'', alongside Kiefer Sutherland. His portrayal of The Scholar character in the television show '' Blood Drive'' was praised by Daniel Feinberg for presenting a character that "goes from oddball to the show’s only truly sympathetic character with im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Beth Peil
Mary Beth Peil (; born June 25, 1940) is an American actress and soprano. She began her career as an opera singer in 1962 with the Goldovsky Opera Theater. In 1964 she won two major singing competitions, the Young Concert Artists International Auditions and the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions; the latter of which earned her a contract with the Metropolitan Opera National Company with whom she performed in two seasons of national tours as a leading soprano from 1965 to 1967. She continued to perform in operas through the 1970s, notably creating the role of Alma in the world premiere of Lee Hoiby's ''Summer and Smoke'' at the Minnesota Opera in 1971. She later recorded that role for American television in 1982. With that same opera company she transitioned into musical theatre, performing the title role of Cole Porter's '' Kiss Me, Kate'' in 1983. Later that year she joined the national tour of Rodgers and Hammerstein's '' The King and I'' as Anna Leonowens op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameron Boyce
Cameron Mica Boyce (May 28, 1999 – July 6, 2019) was an American actor. He began his career as a child actor, appearing in the 2008 films ''Mirrors'' and ''Eagle Eye'', along with the comedy film '' Grown Ups'' (2010) and its 2013 sequel. His first starring role was on the Disney Channel comedy series '' Jessie'' (2011–2015). Continuing to work with Disney, Boyce achieved further prominence as Carlos, one of the title characters in the musical fantasy '' Descendants'' franchise, which included three television films (20152019). He also starred as the titular role in the Disney Junior series ''Jake and the Never Land Pirates'' (2012–2014), and as the lead of Disney XD's '' Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything'' (2015–2017). Prior to the '' Descendants 3'' premiere in 2019, Boyce died at the age of 20 due to complications from epilepsy. Posthumously, he headlined the thriller film ''Runt'' (2020) and was a series regular on the Amazon Prime Video supernatural thrille ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demonic Possession
Spirit Possession is an altered state of consciousness and associated behaviors which are purportedly caused by the control of a human body and its functions by Supernatural#Spirit, spirits, ghosts, demons, angels, or Deity, gods. The concept of spirit possession exists in many cultures and religions, including Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Christianity,Mark 5:9, Luke 8:30 Judaism, Wicca, Haitian Vodou, Dominican Vudú, and Southeast Asian, African, and Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Native American traditions. Depending on the cultural context in which it is found, possession may be thought of as voluntary or involuntary and may be considered to have beneficial or detrimental effects on the host. The experience of spirit possession sometimes serves as evidence in support of belief in the existence of spirits, deities or demons. In a 1969 study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, spirit-possession beliefs were found to exist in 74% of a sample of 488 societies i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demon
A demon is a malevolent supernatural entity. Historically, belief in demons, or stories about demons, occurs in folklore, mythology, religion, occultism, and literature; these beliefs are reflected in Media (communication), media including fiction, comics, film, television series, television, and video games. Belief in demons probably goes back to the Paleolithic, Paleolithic age, stemming from humanity's fear of the unknown, the strange and the horrific.. In Religions of the ancient Near East, ancient Near Eastern religions and in the Abrahamic religions, including History of Judaism, early Judaism and ancient-medieval Christian demonology, a demon is considered a harmful spiritual entity that may cause Spirit possession, demonic possession, calling for an exorcism. Large portions of Jewish demonology, a key influence on Christianity and Islam, originated from a later form of Zoroastrianism, and was transferred to Judaism during the Achaemenid Empire, Persian era. Demons may ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
