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| name = Mirrors
| image = Mirrorsposter08.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Alexandre Aja]]
| screenplay = Alexandre Aja<br />[[Grégory Levasseur]]
| based_on = {{based on|''[[Into the Mirror]]''|Kim Sung-ho}}
| producersproducer = Alexandra Milchan<br />Marc Sternberg<br />Grégory Levasseur
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Kiefer Sutherland]]
* [[Paula Patton]]
* [[Amy Smart]]
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| studio = [[Regency Enterprises]]<br />[[New Regency Productions|New Regency]]
| distributor = [[20th Century Fox]]
| released = {{filmFilm date|2008|8|15}}
| runtime = 111 minutes
| country = United States<br />Romania<br />Germany
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'''''Mirrors''''' is a 2008 American [[supernatural horror film]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/mirrors-v388275|last=Buchanan|first=Jason|title=Mirrors (2008)|website=[[AllMovie]]|access-date=2023-02-16}}</ref> 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''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0790686/releaseinfo#akas|title=Mirrors (2008) - Release Info - IMDb|website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref> 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 Korea]]n 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 [[mirror]]s, and to incorporate a few of its scenes, but otherwise crafted a new story and script for his version of the movie.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.movieweb.com/news/29/28129.php|title=Movieweb: EDIT BAY VISIT: We Look Deep Into Alexandre Aja's Mirrors|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080816012745/http://www.movieweb.com/news/29/28129.php|archive-date=2008-08-16}}</ref> 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. andHe starts begging his reflection in a mirror for his life. His reflection usescut aits shardown ofthroat glasswith toa sliceglass into its own throatshard; the wound reflects upon the real security guard's body, killing him.
 
Ben Carson, a suspended police detective, begins his first day as a night security guard at the Mayflower, a luxury department store gutted by a fire and shuttered five years prior. The building still contains numerous mirrors from the store.
 
OnAfter Ben'sseveral first night of patrolnights, heBen findsnotices aunusual mirrorand thatincreasingly appearsunsettling coveredthings with handprints, but only onabout the reflected side of the glass. He sees an open door in the reflection while it is actually closed. Over time, Ben begins to see more intense visions, which he initially shrugs off as hallucinationsmirrors. He soon finds the wallet of Gary Lewis, the previous night guard (fromwho died in the beginning of the film) who supposedly killed himself. Inside isand a note that says "Esseker". AfterBen noticingeventually thecomes absenceto ofsuspect blood onthat the mirror shard in Gary's crime photos, Ben is convinced that the mirrorsreflections make peoplethings do thingshappen to themselves that they are not actually doingpeople.
 
Meanwhile, Ben's sister, Angie, is killed by her reflection as it gripsslowly itstears jaw and slowly pullsoff its mouthlower apartjaw, causing her to bleed profuselyto death. BenDistraught isand distraughtangry when he findsby her body. In angerdeath, he attempts to destroy the mirrors at the Mayflower, but they are impervious to damage. He demands to know what the mirrors want, and cracks appear on one of the mirrors, spelling out the word "ESSEKER".
 
Failing to find "Esseker," Ben searches for Terrence Berry, the security guard who started the fire at the Mayflower 5 years prior. He goes to the mental institute where Terrence was incarcerated prior to his death. In a video, Terrence blames the mirrors for his family's death after he failed to find Esseker.
Ben enters the flooded basement of the Mayflower and finds a small sign stating "Psychiatric Studies" and "St. Matthew's Hospital" underneath. He moves to the site of the leak and begins pulling at the tiles and brick of the wall and finds a room with a chair surrounded by mirrors beyond it, a [[Psychomanteum]]. Realizing that the Mayflower was built on the site of an earlier hospital,▼
Ben asks his police friend Larry Byrne to help him locate the patient-employee manifest for the hospital. Larry finds the name Anna Esseker, a patient of the psychiatric hospital. She was twelve years old at the time and died in a [[mass suicide]].▼
 
Realizing his family is in danger, Ben races to his ex-wife's home and gets rid of the mirrors, painting over those he cannot. His ex-wife Amy, disturbed by his behavior, threatens to call the police - which will ensure that Ben will not see his kids again. Ben shoots a mirror in an attempt to prove to her they cannot be damaged. However, the mirror remains broken, and upon seeing his kids' terrified faces, Ben leaves.
Ben looks through Anna's file and finds an Authorization and Consent form that negated her Death Certificate, stating that she had been discharged from the hospital two days before the suicide and is led to believe that Anna is still alive. Meanwhile, Ben's wife Amy discovers her son Michael's reflection acting differently from the real Michael. In a panic, she calls Ben, who immediately returns home. Together they cover every reflective surface in the house with green paint. They also cover the windows with newspaper and remove anything with a reflection, e.g. picture frames.▼
 
▲Ben enters the flooded basement ofinvestigates the Mayflower and finds a small sign stating "Psychiatric Studies" and "St. Matthew's Hospital" underneath. He moves to the site of the leakbasement and begins pulling at the tiles and brick of the wall and findsuncovers a room with a chair surrounded by mirrors beyond it, a [[Psychomanteum]]. Realizing that the Mayflower was built on the site of an earlier hospital,
Ben locates Anna Esseker's childhood home, and discovers that as a child she was violent and uncontrollable, and diagnosed with severe [[schizophrenia]]. She was taken in by a doctor, Dr. Kane from St. Matthew's Hospital, who believed that she had a rare personality disorder. His treatment was to confine Anna to a chair surrounded by mirrors, believing this would cure her disorder by forcing her to confront her own reflection. Ben is told by Anna's brother Robert that when she returned, apparently cured, strange things started to happen with the mirrors in their home. As a result, her family sent her to a [[convent]], Saint Augustine's Monastery, where mirrors are forbidden.▼
▲Ben asks his police friend Larry Byrne to help him locate the patient-employee manifest for the hospital. Larryeventually finds theout nameabout Anna Esseker, a patient of the psychiatric hospital. She was twelve12 years old at thewhen timeshe andsupposedly died in a [[mass suicide]].
 
▲BenFinding looksa throughrecord of Anna's file and finds an Authorization and Consent form that negated her Death Certificate, stating that she had beenbeing discharged from the hospital two days before the suicide, andBen is led to believe that Annashe is still alive. Meanwhile, Ben's wife Amy discoversnotices her son Michael's reflection acting differently from theher real Michaelson. In a panic, sheShe calls Ben, who immediately returns home. Together they cover every reflective surface in the house with green paint. They also cover the windows with newspaper andor remove anythingeverything with a reflection,reflective e.g. picture framessurface.
Ben visits the convent and finds Anna alive and well, who explains that she was actually possessed by a [[demon]], which was drawn from her and became trapped in the mirrors. She explains that it collects the souls of those it kills and if she were to return, it would make it possible for the demon to be brought back into the mortal world. She refuses to go back.▼
 
▲Ben locatesVisiting Anna Esseker's childhood home, andBen discovers that as a childlearns she was violent and, uncontrollable, and diagnosed with severe [[schizophrenia]]. She was taken in by a doctor, Dr. Kane fromAt St. Matthew's Hospital, who believed that she had a rare personality disorderDr. HisKane's treatment was to confine Anna to a chair surrounded by mirrors, believing this would cure her disorder by forcing her to confront her own reflection. Ben is told by Anna's brother Robert recalls that when she returned, apparently cured, strange things started to happen with the mirrors in their home. As a result, her family sent her to a [[convent]], Saint Augustine's Monastery, where mirrors are forbidden.
Meanwhile, Amy discovers that Mikey is missing at home, and a thin reflective layer of water is completely covering the floor. After putting her daughter Daisy in a safe closet, she finds Michael using a knife to scrape the paint from the mirrors. Amy tries to stop him, but he escapes, obviously [[Demonic possession|possessed]].▼
 
▲Ben visitsAt the convent, andBen finds Anna alive and well,. whoAnna explains that she was actually possessed by a [[demon]], which was drawn from her andlater became trapped in the mirrors. SheThe explains that itdemon collects the souls of those it kills. and ifIf she were to returnreturns, it would make it possible for the demon towould be broughtable to backescape into the mortal world. She refuses to go back.
Having threatened her at gunpoint, Ben returns with Anna to the Mayflower and straps her into the chair in the Psychomanteum. Back at Ben's house Michael is suddenly pulled through the water on the floor by his reflection and begins to drown. At the Psychomanteum the lights begin to flicker and the building begins to shake as the demons in the mirrors are released. They repossess Anna and all the mirrors in the Mayflower explode. Simultaneously, Michael is released from the demon's grip and Amy is able to pull him to safety. The repossessed Anna then attacks Ben, who manages to kill her by igniting a nearby gas line, setting off a huge explosion. The old building starts to collapse violently, and Ben is trapped under the ceiling while trying to escape.▼
 
▲Meanwhile, Amy discovers that Mikey is missing at home, andthe afloor thinis reflectivecovered layer ofby water is completely covering the floor. After puttingPutting her daughter Daisy in a safe closet, she finds Michael using a knife to scrapescraping the paint from the mirrors. Amy tries to stop him, but he escapes, obviouslyhaving been [[Demonic possession|possessed]].
Ben pulls himself out of the rubble and stumbles out of the building. Policemen and firemen are everywhere in the street, and a body is seen being taken in a bag by paramedics, but nobody notices Ben. He looks at the older security guard's name tag and sees it is written backward, realizing everything is in reverse (like in a mirror). He comes upon a mirrored surface in the city and fails to see his own reflection as he reaches out to touch it. He realizes that he died in the rubble and is trapped in the mirror world: his hand appears as a handprint on the glass surface in the living world.
 
▲Having threatened her at gunpoint, Ben returnsforcefully withbrings Anna to the Mayflower and straps her into the chair in the Psychomanteum. Back at Ben's house Michael is suddenly pulled through the water on the floor by his reflection and begins to drown. At the Psychomanteum the lights begin to flicker and the building begins to shake as the demons in the mirrors are released. They repossess Anna andMayflower all the mirrors in the Mayflower explode. Simultaneously, Michael is released fromas the demon's griprepossesses andAnna, Amysparing is able to pull him to safetyMichael. The repossessedpossessed Anna then attacks Ben, who manages to kill her by igniting a nearby gas line, setting off a huge explosion. The old building starts to collapse violently, andtrapping Ben is trapped under the ceiling while trying to escape.
 
Ben pulls himself out of the rubble and stumbles out of the building. He sees policemen and firemen, and a body is brought out in a bag by paramedics, but nobody notices him. After noticing everything is reversed, Ben realizes he died in the rubble and is now trapped in the mirror world.
 
== Cast ==
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== Sequel ==
{{main|Mirrors 2}}
On October 8, 2009, the director Victor Garcia announced that he would begin to shoot a sequel,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/33925/more-details-revealed-about-mirrors-2|title=Details Revealed about Mirrors 2|date=19 May 2012 |publisher=DreadCentral}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35060/dread-central-visits-set-mirrors-2|title=Dread Central Visits the Set of Mirrors 2|date=2 July 2012 |publisher=DreadCentral}}</ref> which would be released [[Direct-to-video|direct-to-DVD]] by [[20th Century Fox]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/17637|title='Mirrors II' Director Revealed, Synopsis!|date=9 October 2009 |publisher=BloodyDisgusting}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/34940/mirrors-2-goes-before-cameras-plot-and-cast-details|title=Mirrors 2 Goes Before the Cameras, Plot and Cast Details|date=27 June 2012 |publisher=DreadCentral}}</ref> The sequel was released on October 19, 2010.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003YF9PX6 Amazon: Mirrors 2]</ref> None of the original cast and crew were involved.
 
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