WWE Studios Teams Up with Relativity and Blumhouse for ‘Oculus’

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Karen Gillan and Brenton Thwaites in ‘Oculus’ (Photo Credit: John Estes ©2013 Lasser Productions, LLC. All Rights Reserved.)

WWE Studios is getting into business with Relativity and Blumhouse Productions on writer/director Mike Flanagan’s supernatural horror Oculus which premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. Intrepid Pictures’ Oculus stars Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites, Rory Cochrane, and Katee Sackhoff, and will be released in theaters on April 11, 2014.

Oculus was produced by Trevor Macy and Marc D. Evans, with Ryan Kavanaugh, Tucker Tooley, Jason Blum, Michael Luisi, Anil Kurian, D. Scott Lumpkin, Peter Schlessel, and Dale Johnson executive producing. Flanagan co-wrote the script with Jeff Howard.

“WWE Studios is thrilled to be getting into business for the first time with Relativity and partnering again with Blumhouse on the release of such a superbly crafted, heart-pounding thriller as Oculus,” said Michael Luisi, President of WWE Studios.

The Oculus Plot:

Ten years ago, tragedy struck the Russell family, leaving the lives of teenage siblings Tim and Kaylie forever changed when Tim was convicted of the brutal murder of their parents. Now in his 20s, Tim is newly released from protective custody and only wants to move on with his life; but Kaylie, still haunted by that fateful night, is convinced her parents’ deaths were caused by something else altogether: a malevolent supernatural force­­ unleashed through the Lasser Glass, an antique mirror in their childhood home.

Determined to prove Tim’s innocence, Kaylie tracks down the mirror, only to learn similar deaths have befallen previous owners over the past century. With the mysterious entity now back in their hands, Tim and Kaylie soon find their hold on reality shattered by terrifying hallucinations, and realize, too late, that their childhood nightmare is beginning again…