New Delhi (IANS): British-born Canadian actor Kiefer Sutherland says "Mirrors" , which opens in India Nov 21, is one of the best horror movies and is sure to make audiences "jump off their seats".

"'Mirrors' has a classic horror movie appeal that holds its own among the very finest of the scary genre. Alex (director Alexandre Aja) has done something that I haven't seen in a long time by making a genuinely scary film with strong characters that you care about," Sutherland told IANS in an e-mail interview.

The film releases in India almost three months after its release in the US and other countries.

" 'Mirrors' reminded me of 'The Omen' and 'The Exorcist', the original 'Amityville Horror' and all the great films of that genre. It is genuinely, inventively scary," he said.

The actor says he had a hard time watching the film.

"I was doing some looping (watching the edited scenes during the shoot) for it and I'd turn to Alex and say 'do you want me to hit the line like this?' and something would happen on the screen and it would make me jump off my seat," he explained.

"Mirrors" also stars Paula Patton, Amy Smart, Frank Mayers and Matt Neufeld.

The film, about an ex-cop, Ben Carson (Sutherland), and his family that become the target of an evil force that uses mirrors as a gateway into their home, did extremely well in the US and other countries despite poor reviews.

Sutherland confessed that he was scared to look at himself in a mirror after the movie was over and has done away with all mirrors in his house.