The first movie is stylized as Mirror/Mirror. I wonder if they dropped it just cause that’s one more level of dumb complication.
It all started here, with Karen Black and William Sanderson in this 90s thriller. We begin with a woman killing her twin sister, cut to the present and Black and daughter Megan are moving into the house where it happened. They begin to have creepy things happening when they find the mirror in their home, and Megan senses great power in it and keeps it in her room. Cue the wishing power to begin where she can ask the mirror for things and it’ll deliver.
Once the power of the mirror kicks in this movie has some awesome moments. There’s a pretty brutal kill in a shower (with nudity) and there’s a cool monster of some sort inside the mirror as well that will do the Megan’s bidding.
There’s a lot of good in here, and fun, and one understands why this got sequels. The vagueness of what’s going on leaves lot to be explored, and the power, drug, addiction angle is of course widely understood. Character choices make sense in a flick like this, and so there’s a basic level of empathy.
Mirror Mirror is a fun little transition movie from the 80s to the 90s and it’s got a fun enough couple things going on. Overall, maybe a little slow and or dialogue heavy, could have used more effects. But I do like that they don't explain anything. 3.5 stars.
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