Juego Siniestro

No subtitles, all in Spanish. It's probably really good but without knowing what they're saying, it make zero sense.

It wasn't particularly fast paced but there's enough happening to keep you watching. Also it's not all that "scary" per se, but I felt it was a reasonable horror film, something that can be in short supply.

Sinister Circle (Juego siniestro): Apparently this is a sequel to Cementerio General. A psychologist in Mexico suffers a double whammy, a patient who is seeing demons commits suicide and her mother in Lima, Peru tries to burn down an apartment building building after teenagers die whilst using an Ouija board. We have satanic cults trying to summon up Moloch through human sacrifice, the psychologists son seeing ghosts and somehow the death in Mexico being linked to the events in Peru. it all centres on a cursed Ouija Board and the sinister apartment block. Some good scares, hands emerging from baths and under beds, grabbing people, general aura of threat especially in the building. OK horror but nothing great. Directed by Dorian Fernández-Moris. 6/10. On Netflix.

I found myself drifting to other things. I'd force myself to come back to it because I HATE starting a movie and not finish but this one... The acting was, ok. Directing, fairly decent. It was the script that was the downfall I think of this movie.

Sure, the almighty Ouija board concept has been done to death but there was some ideas here that could have made it a bit different and more watchable.

I would have given two more stars had the script been better written, and another for acting because with a better script the actors would have better material to work with. That said, I must say that Matías Raygada (Julio), at least in this movie, was not a very impressive child actor and I'm not sure a better script could have saved his performance.

As of 28 December 2019 movie has subtitles. This is my first ever review after rating 6768 movies.

Just because it is paced slower that other movies is no reason to give it a low rating. I just don't get the the folks that rant and rave the movie is so slow, bad acting, blah blah blah. One reviewer called it a "reasonable" horror film and I totally agree with that assessment. It builds slow and doesn't come crashing down in a gigantic blood soaked finale but along the way it has a few chills, enough to make it enjoyable on a cold blustery winter day!