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Not the same as [[Mirror Monster]], which is where the scary thing is part of or only visible in the mirror. |
Not the same as [[Mirror Monster]], which is where the scary thing is part of or only visible in the mirror. |
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== Anime and Manga == |
== Anime and Manga == |
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* ''[[Black Swan (Film)|Black Swan]]'' is ''full'' of Mirror Scares. |
* ''[[Black Swan (Film)|Black Swan]]'' is ''full'' of Mirror Scares. |
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* The scene in ''[[Fourteen Oh Eight]]'' where Mike sees a man in a room across the street, mimicing his movements, and realizes it's him. He sees a man strike the reflection down, only to realize the killer is behind him. |
* The scene in ''[[Fourteen Oh Eight]]'' where Mike sees a man in a room across the street, mimicing his movements, and realizes it's him. He sees a man strike the reflection down, only to realize the killer is behind him. |
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* The ''[[Friday the |
* The ''[[Friday the 13th (Film)|Friday the 13 th]]'' series - Jason has a [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2ad_5dRpflA/TFyE8x8Vz1I/AAAAAAAAAB8/FR1hR3roBVU/s1600/Friday-the-13th-part-5-horror-movies-7298108-576-384.jpg knack for standing behind people when they look in the mirror] and sometimes using the mirror as an instrument of death, such as [http://fridaythe13thfilms.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/manhattan_glassshards.jpg using a shard of broken glass as an edged weapon] in part 8, or [http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g190/beedubelhue/friday-the-13th-part-vi-jason-lives-deluxe-edition-20090616071658758_640w.jpg slamming a girl's face into the mirror] in part 6. |
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** Milked subversion at the beginning of ''[[Jason Goes to Hell]]: The Final Friday.'' A woman is getting ready to shower and stands before the mirrored medicine cabinet. She opens the cabinet, puts her toothpaste inside, and closes said cabinet. But Jason is '''not''' standing behind her in the reflection of the mirror. She then accidentally drops her purse on the floor. She bends to pick it up. The camera [[Male Gaze|follows]] her and we can't see the mirror. She stands back up and looks into the mirror and Jason... is still not standing behind her in the reflection. She takes off her tomboyish baseball cap and obstructs the camera's view by waving her long hair around. Still no Jason. She starts to disrobe with the mirror reflecting the window, and Jason does not appear in the reflection of the window. As seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G34dBCxRQaw here]. |
** Milked subversion at the beginning of ''[[Jason Goes to Hell]]: The Final Friday.'' A woman is getting ready to shower and stands before the mirrored medicine cabinet. She opens the cabinet, puts her toothpaste inside, and closes said cabinet. But Jason is '''not''' standing behind her in the reflection of the mirror. She then accidentally drops her purse on the floor. She bends to pick it up. The camera [[Male Gaze|follows]] her and we can't see the mirror. She stands back up and looks into the mirror and Jason... is still not standing behind her in the reflection. She takes off her tomboyish baseball cap and obstructs the camera's view by waving her long hair around. Still no Jason. She starts to disrobe with the mirror reflecting the window, and Jason does not appear in the reflection of the window. As seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G34dBCxRQaw here]. |
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* Michael Myers has fun with this trope, especially in ''[[Halloween (Film)|Halloween]]: H20''. Admittedly, most of the time, they are just [[Hallucinations]] of Laurie's. But the [[Machete Mayhem|few times he isn't]]... |
* Michael Myers has fun with this trope, especially in ''[[Halloween (Film)|Halloween]]: H20''. Admittedly, most of the time, they are just [[Hallucinations]] of Laurie's. But the [[Machete Mayhem|few times he isn't]]... |
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[[Category:Horror Tropes]] |
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