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Film student Brandon and four friends play with a Ouija board, unwittingly opening a portal to the spirit world and a drowned girl's deadly mystery.Film student Brandon and four friends play with a Ouija board, unwittingly opening a portal to the spirit world and a drowned girl's deadly mystery.Film student Brandon and four friends play with a Ouija board, unwittingly opening a portal to the spirit world and a drowned girl's deadly mystery.
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I don't usually leave bad reviews because I actually like bad horror movies.
The first half is decent. I had nothing better to do this day in quarantine, so it held my attention.
I fell asleep after that though, because the second half has the same few jump scares happening over and over.
So I missed the ending due to sleep. But I'm fairly certain I'm not missing anything.
Plot
Film student Brandon and four friends play with a Ouija board, unwittingly opening a portal to the spirit world and a drowned girl's deadly mystery.
Cast
Unfamiliar with anyone involved.
Verdict
Oh dear, where exactly do you start with a film of this caliber?
To be clear yes the concept is friends use a ouija board, and before you can say "This is a stupid idea" weird things are happening and they're being picked off by an unseen force. The force unseen of course because they don't actually have the budget to show anything.
Full of unlikable obnoxious characters, a non-existent plot and a runtime featuring pretty much nothing happening this is an abyssal movie.
Rants
Would I use a ouija board? No, it's a childrens game.
Would I be worried about the supernatural risks? No, I'm an adult with a fully functioning brain.
There's no such thing as ghosts, nor demons nor anything else going bump in the night. Engage with reality!
Breakdown
Seen it all before Dreadful characters Nothing happens.
Film student Brandon and four friends play with a Ouija board, unwittingly opening a portal to the spirit world and a drowned girl's deadly mystery.
Cast
Unfamiliar with anyone involved.
Verdict
Oh dear, where exactly do you start with a film of this caliber?
To be clear yes the concept is friends use a ouija board, and before you can say "This is a stupid idea" weird things are happening and they're being picked off by an unseen force. The force unseen of course because they don't actually have the budget to show anything.
Full of unlikable obnoxious characters, a non-existent plot and a runtime featuring pretty much nothing happening this is an abyssal movie.
Rants
Would I use a ouija board? No, it's a childrens game.
Would I be worried about the supernatural risks? No, I'm an adult with a fully functioning brain.
There's no such thing as ghosts, nor demons nor anything else going bump in the night. Engage with reality!
Breakdown
Seen it all before Dreadful characters Nothing happens.
This movie is terrible. Please do not try to watch it even if you find it for free. Trust me, it's not worthy of your time. There's no such thing as a story, the acting is terrible and the directing couldn't probably be any worse than it is now.
Basically, this movie has no production value whatsoever. It's shot inside two apartments with a dslr or a cheap camcorder (maybe even iphone) and the visual quality is lower than a youtube production.
I wouldn't be surprised that much if I watched this on youtube but I can't understand how netflix said yes to this nonsense?
You could grab your Galaxy S6 or Iphone 6 plus and shoot a much better movie than this one, I guarantee you. Stay a million miles away.
Basically, this movie has no production value whatsoever. It's shot inside two apartments with a dslr or a cheap camcorder (maybe even iphone) and the visual quality is lower than a youtube production.
I wouldn't be surprised that much if I watched this on youtube but I can't understand how netflix said yes to this nonsense?
You could grab your Galaxy S6 or Iphone 6 plus and shoot a much better movie than this one, I guarantee you. Stay a million miles away.
Intolerable death-by-boredom that plays as well as a 1990s home video of your friends playing D&D in your basement, except you could actually stand listening to _your_ friends.
This is just one of those things that somehow gets on video because someone dug up enough money to pay for that. And it turns up on video or Netflix at just the right time to try and trick you into seeing it by having a title with one of the same words as the title of something that recently went to theaters (Ouija). That trick worked back in the days of VHS rentals my friend, but these days, we can hate you without losing $3 and move on.
This is just one of those things that somehow gets on video because someone dug up enough money to pay for that. And it turns up on video or Netflix at just the right time to try and trick you into seeing it by having a title with one of the same words as the title of something that recently went to theaters (Ouija). That trick worked back in the days of VHS rentals my friend, but these days, we can hate you without losing $3 and move on.
This is a new release on Netflix as of this writing.
At the very beginning of the movie it states "the film you are about to see is based on true events". If you do not know what that means for a feature movie, please look it up.
I gave this movie a low rating due to: -Atrocious acting from all main characters -No complexity or depth for any characters for you to build any connection or sympathy for them -Run of the mill horror film scare tactics, nothing new here
The only things I liked about the movie were a couple of comedic internet meme references and a "revelation" scene towards the end that was shot with back story characters. The actors in this scene performed much better than the main character actors and it was as if it was filmed by a different director and crew. Too bad that only lasted a few minutes of the movie instead of its duration.
I do not recommend adding to your watch list.
At the very beginning of the movie it states "the film you are about to see is based on true events". If you do not know what that means for a feature movie, please look it up.
I gave this movie a low rating due to: -Atrocious acting from all main characters -No complexity or depth for any characters for you to build any connection or sympathy for them -Run of the mill horror film scare tactics, nothing new here
The only things I liked about the movie were a couple of comedic internet meme references and a "revelation" scene towards the end that was shot with back story characters. The actors in this scene performed much better than the main character actors and it was as if it was filmed by a different director and crew. Too bad that only lasted a few minutes of the movie instead of its duration.
I do not recommend adding to your watch list.
Did you know
- TriviaWhile only ever having spawned one official sequel, The Ouija Experiment 2: Theatre of Death (2015), the German distribution company Great Movies went on to give the "Ouija Experiment" title to several more unrelated horror movies, namely: -The Ouija Exorcism (2015), renamed to "Das Ouija Experiment 3: Der Exorzismus" [The Ouija Experiment 3: The Exorcism] -Ouija Summoning / You Will Kill (2015), renamed to "Das Ouija Experiment 4: Dead in the Woods" -Ouija 3: The Charlie Charlie Challenge / Charlie Charlie (2016), renamed to "Ouija Experiment 5: Das Spiel" [Ouija Experiment 5: The Game] -Jonah Lives / The Ouija Possession (2015), renamed to "Das Ouija Experiment 6: Das Erwachen des Bösen" [The Ouija Experiment 6: The Awakening of Evil] The company also released a DVD collection called "Das Ouija Experiment - Teil 1-9: Das Geheimnis des teuflischen Spiels" [The Ouija Experiment - Part 1-9: The Secret of the Evil Game], which includes the two original movies, the four renamed movies listed above (partially renamed yet again), as well as Evangeline (2013), renamed to "Ouija - Rache aus dem Jenseits" [Ouija - Revenge from Beyond], and two more unidentified movies named "Das Geheimnis des Rabenspieles" [The Secret of the Crow Game] - presumably from 2008 - and "Teuflisches Puppenspiel" [Diabolical Puppet Show] - presumably from 2011.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Ouija Experiment 2: Theatre of Death (2014)
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- $1,200 (estimated)
- Runtime
- 1h 32m(92 min)
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- 1.78 : 1
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