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Mirror Mirror Movie Review

After moving into a new house with her mom, teenager Megan (Rainbow Harvest--yes, that's her real name) finds an old mirror in her bedroom. Being the new girl in school (and looking like she just walked out of a Siouxsie and the Banshees concert), Megan is picked on by the popular girls. Eventually Megan realizes the mirror in her bedroom has some dark powers, and she figures out how to use those powers to gain revenge on her bullies. This hidden gem comes to us from 1990, and you can really tell this, as it still has that 80's-horror feel to it while also providing a peek at what was to come in the 90's. Harvest pulls off the New Wave/Goth look nicely, and, unlike actresses with a similar look in tons of other films, is actually believable as this character.

"Have you heard the new Depeche Mode album?"

Aside from looking like a girl I would have hung out with in the 90's, Harvest brings a wonderful wickedness to her character, as we see her slowly transform from quiet, moody teenager to vengeful predator. The rest of the cast is pretty much what you would expect from a low budget horror film from this era, but with a few recognizable faces--Karen Black (House of 1000 Corpses, The Pyx), William Sanderson (Blade Runner, Newhart), and Stephen Tobolowsky (Memento, Groundhog Day) all have supporting roles here. 

Ned! Ryerson! 

The characters in the film--especially the teenagers--are rather generic, though the loyalties of one or two may surprise you, as it goes a bit against the grain of what we may predict. Many of the special effects are shaky, and the climax will fall short of that of Poltergeist (to say they are similar is being nice). That aside, Mirror Mirror is a fun horror film that turned out to be much better than I anticipated. 

On A Scale of One To Ten: 7

Mirror Mirror Red Band Movie Trailer