A mall security guard (Kiefer Sutherland) becomes wrapped up in a mystery involving a particular department store's mirrors which seem to bring out the worst in people. Down through the ages, mirrors have always been gateways to other worlds; they have protected us from evil, they have told us the future, and they have told us the truth. Mirrors reflect back at the viewer a glimpse of the human soul. In stories handed down through folk beliefs of generations, and stitched into the fabric of fairy tales and myths worldwide, mirrors have been the gateways to other worlds. Is this a realm inhabited by angels, demons, and spirits of the dead? Or, does it reflect back to the viewer a glimpse of the human soul?

Speaks Director Alexandre Aja "I was looking for a project that would allow me to explore fear in a new way," says Aja, who established himself as a potent new voice in the horror genre with the hit French slasher film "High Tension" and "The Hills Have Eyes," his grisly remake of the 1977 thriller about a family's struggle to survive a brutal massacre by mutant cannibals.

"Everyone has relationship with their reflection," he muses. "It's something we don't really think about, but it's there. Some people love to look at themselves in the mirror; others hate it. Mirrors can show us the traumas and truths that exist in our subconscious, and are just waiting to be revealed."

For lead star Kiefer Sutherland, it was the film's hybrid of well-crafted horror and genuine family drama that spoke to the actor. "Alex told me a beautiful story," recalls the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actor, who first met with Aja to discuss the project after wrapping a long night of shooting his hit FOX TV series "24." "Horror is a genre that has always intrigued me, but what attracted me to this story is that it deals with a family that is desperately trying to figure out how to come back together. It's about second chances. In this incredibly drastic situation, a man finds his true self and reconnects with his family. When things are at their worst, he becomes his best. And that really appealed to me."

MIRRORS uses the power we give to our own self-image as a springboard to explore our subconscious fears. "You can jail yourself in your own idea of who you are, and see things in your reflection that others don't see – things that don't really exist," observes Paula Patton ("Hitch," "Déjà Vu"), who plays Ben's estranged wife Amy.