Mirrors isn't directly based on the Legend of Bloody Mary but it does seem as though it was heavily influenced by it, as suggested by the name, reflections play a huge part in the plot of the film. The spirit in this mirror this time is a demon and isn't summoned by speaking a name, only haunting whoever enters their territory so that they will find the body in whom they used to possess. Getting this person to do their will by hurting the people closest to them, to hurt them it would possess their reflection and inflict the damage upon themselves and it would take effect on the living person, ending their life whether they were aware of this reflection taking on a life of it's own or not.
This film also has connections to Mental Asylums, it being from there and forcing the possessed girl to stare into mirrors hours on end that the demon passed from her into the reflection world. I really like this concept and it helps reinforce my idea about using the Asylum to help shape my own makeup and hair designs. Though there isn't all that much I can take as influence from this movie, I am definitely going to look into the history of mental Asylums.
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