A group of young friends are beset by a supernatural something-or-other in 2007's Dead Mary. It's low budget and feels like a Sci-Fi Channel movie but manages to evoke some genuine creepiness before getting too distracted by gossipy drama.
The group gathers at the usual cabin in the woods (usual for them and the movie's genre). Someone proposes the idea of playing "Dead Mary", which is exactly like Bloody Mary except you say "Dead Mary" in the mirror three times instead of "Bloody Mary". Maybe the filmmakers thought Bloody Mary was too well known or something, I don't know.
Anyway, nothing much seems to happen after a few of them do the recitation in front of a mirror. I liked the film's slow build-up and afterwards there was a nice ambiguously paranoid aspect to what exactly was happening. Sadly, the kids spend too much time bickering about who's sleeping with whom. But it can't take away totally from the film's enjoyable qualities.
Dead Mary is available on YouTube.
X Sonnet #1844
A proven case was thrown to feed the birds.
Corrupted voices crowd the noisy dame.
A burning eye denounced reflective words.
Collected cam'ra fingers dodge the blame.
A relay race informed the life of keys.
Batons were made of metal hooks for doors.
Among Brazilian plants, avoid the bees.
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Percentage rain permits a lonely cloud.
For leaders eating lunch, the dinner calls.
A better moose constructs the antler crowd.
Between the roof and floor we hid the walls.
A crazy cabin crunched a bunch of sods.
The folly forest thrived against the odds.
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