Do Not Stare (film)

Do Not Stare is a 2022 Patagonian animated comedy horror anthology fan film directed and written by Lane Parsons, set within the universe of the Disney/Pixar movie Turning Red. Domee Shi, director of aforementioned film, officially declares the film non-canon.

Plot
The film is divided into five chapters, all set in Toronto and featuring the mirror on an antique dressing table as the plot device.

The first segment involves the Nguyen-Baker family. The mother, who is Vietnamese, is assaulted by a drunk man and is bludgeoned to death before having her body slumped on the dressing table.

The dressing table is passed on to the Mangals, a Punjabi family. The daughter, Priya, notices that there is something strange about the mirror and starts receiving eerie phone calls reminding her about her mother's dark secrets. She had an affair with a teacher who already had a family. In order to silence him and take over his house, she poisoned him. One night, Priya's mother finds her husband dead. A pair of twin sisters confront her, tell her that they are actually the teacher's daughters, and avenge their father by stabbing her and Priya to death.

The dressing table is then bought by the Park family. Abby's unnamed older sister has a one-night stand with a man named Randy and tries to get away in the morning but her burly brother stops her and forces her to marry Randy. Abby's mother then brings along an antique dressing table that she bought. One day, a woman approaches her and offers him a million dollars to defend her son, who has been accused of raping a lady and murdering her boyfriend. Overcome by greed, she does so and wins the case. She gets into a car accident in which Abby dies. Her mother's fate is left unknown.

Finally, the Lee family receive the dressing table. The mother, Ming, and her daughter Mei are waiting for Mei's father Jin to come home from work. When he returns, he brings along the dressing table he and a friend, Larry, got from an auction. Mei finds the mirror very weird and starts feeling uneasy. The family pet dog also keeps barking at Larry. One night, the puppy is brutally killed, and Ming goes missing on the following night. Ming is eventually found dead with her body dismembered. Jin is blamed for the murder and is arrested by the police. Later, Mei takes Larry to the mirror and tells him that she knows he murdered Ming so that he could inherit her fortune. Larry unveils his true colours and tries to kill Mei but misses his step and smashes his head against the mirror instead.

One month later, the mirror is sold off at another auction. It is awarded to the Wexler family, who refuse the mirror, distraught by the murders that have taken place revolving around the mirror.