How Oculus Helped 'Oculus': Facebook Sale Fuels Horror Movie Boost

As a new trailer for the horror movie Oculus was hitting the airwaves this week, writer/director Mike Flanagan jumped online to see how the reaction was going.

Oculus was trending! But wait — people seemed … angry? No — really angry.

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“I just saw stuff that was like, ‘F*ck you Oculus!’ I was like – ‘What did we do? Did people not like the commercial?” Flanagan told Mashable.

Their ire, as you’ve probably figured out by now, was directed at the big news that the promising virtual-reality headset maker Oculus Rift was being sold to Facebook for $2 billion. Read more...