Mirrors (2014) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Max gains the ability to see deaths through mirrors after surviving a car crash that kills his fiancée Kayla. His near-death experience appears to have opened his perception to the spirit world, allowing him to see Eleanor Reigns's ghost and visions of impending deaths. The first vision occurs on his first day working at the Mayflower Department Store, when he sees a dead woman in a mirror followed by Jenna's reflection decapitating itself.

• max matheson
• mirror visions
• near death
• kayla crash

Eleanor Reigns was a new hire at the Mayflower Department Store who disappeared two months before the film begins. She was raped and murdered by store manager Keller Landreaux during the store's groundbreaking party, when she was drugged and intoxicated. Her body was buried in the basement crawlspace, and her spirit became trapped in the mirror world, seeking revenge against those responsible.

• eleanor reigns
• keller landreaux
• rape murder
• mayflower store

Jenna and Ryan are killed because they were complicit in Eleanor's murder. During the groundbreaking party, Jenna drugged Eleanor while Ryan distracted her, making her vulnerable to Keller's attack. Eleanor's ghost uses the mirrors to kill them in retribution, Jenna dies when glass decapitates her in the shower, and Ryan is eviscerated after Max sees his reflection being disemboweled.

• jenna mccarty
• ryan parker
• eleanor revenge
• mirror killings

Keller Landreaux rapes Eleanor while she is intoxicated and unable to consent, then kills her when she tries to flee. He forces Henry Schow, the former security guard who discovered him burying Eleanor's body in the basement, to delete the surveillance footage from that night. This cover-up allows Keller to avoid detection for two months until Max begins experiencing the visions.

• keller landreaux
• henry schow
• cover up
• surveillance deleted

Henry Schow is the former security guard who discovers Keller burying Eleanor's body after the murder. Keller coerces him into deleting the surveillance files that would have recorded the crime, making Henry complicit in the cover-up. Eleanor's ghost later uses Henry's reflection to access the mirror world and feeds on glass shards, ultimately using him as a pawn to carry out her revenge before killing him in the police station.

• henry schow
• security guard
• deleted files
• eleanor ghost

Max's father Jack becomes a target because Eleanor uses him to coerce Max into helping her. After Max decides to quit the job following Jenna's death, Eleanor attacks Jack through the mirror, showing his face smeared with cuts and blood, to threaten Max into staying and helping her contact her sister Elizabeth. This forces Max to accept an alliance with the ghost to protect his father.

• jack matheson
• max father
• mirror attack
• eleanor threat

Eleanor's spirit is trapped in the mirror world after her murder, giving her power to manipulate reflections and cause deaths in the real world. She can show visions of impending deaths through any reflective surface, targeting those responsible for her death. She exploits Henry's reflection to access shards of glass she feeds on, gaining strength. The mirror world serves as both her prison and her weapon.

• eleanor ghost
• mirror world
• reflections
• supernatural kills

Max agrees to help Eleanor because she threatens his father's life. After seeing Jack attacked through the mirror, Max realizes Eleanor will kill his father unless he assists her. Additionally, Max understands that his near-death experience has linked him to the spirit world, making him uniquely capable of seeing and interacting with Eleanor. His guilt over surviving Kayla's death also drives him to prevent further deaths.

• max eleanor deal
• guilt
• father protection
• spirit world

Keller dies when Max and Elizabeth find Eleanor's body in the basement and Keller chases them. During the confrontation, Max saves Elizabeth from being strangled and then throws Keller into the main mirror. Eleanor's ghost acknowledges Max's help and pulls Keller into the mirror world, where he meets his death, the same mirror world where he murdered her.

• keller death
• mirror world
• eleanor revenge
• final confrontation

After Keller's death, Henry confesses his role in the cover-up at the police station. Left alone in the interrogation room, he sees the cracked mirror showing Eleanor's reflection. Rather than fleeing, Henry accepts his fate as the screen cuts to black, implying Eleanor kills him through the mirror, just as she killed Jenna and Ryan. This completes her revenge on everyone involved in her murder and its cover-up.

• henry death
• interrogation room
• mirror ending
• eleanor final kill

The supernatural force is Eleanor Reigns's trapped spirit, not a generic evil entity. After being murdered and buried in the Mayflower's basement, her spirit becomes imprisoned in the mirror world. The mirrors serve as a gateway between the living world and her realm of vengeance. She can project visions, manipulate reflections, and pull people into the mirror world to kill them. Her power is tied specifically to those who wronged her.

• mirror entity
• supernatural
• ghost powers
• eleanor spirit

The Mayflower Department Store conspiracy involves the murder of Eleanor Reigns and the subsequent cover-up. Store manager Keller Landreaux raped and killed Eleanor during a party, while buyer Jenna McCarty drugged her and VP Ryan Parker distracted her. Former security guard Henry Schow was coerced into deleting surveillance footage. When Max is hired, Eleanor uses her supernatural powers to kill the conspirators one by one through the mirrors.

• mayflower conspiracy
• cover up
• murder plot
• deleted surveillance