Ouija House

Worst horror I've seen and I've seen some really bad ones, terrible storyline, terrible script, terrible acting, I laughed most of the time at the ridiculousness of this movie. I fell asleep after ten minutes to wake up to the most unconvincing demonic scream I've ever heard, it was laughable. The whole movie from start to finish was awful and the ending is so ridiculous I couldn't stop laughing. I know it was made on a budget of about ten dollars, but it never fails to amaze me that a director, producer or even the actors would say "Yeah that works. " be ashamed of yourselves, be very ashamed and find new jobs that has nothing to do with making movies because you're talentless. Rant over.

2018 really has turned out to be one of the worst years in cinema history, at time of writing I believe it's about the 5th worst on my accounts analytics. Movies like Ouija House certainly aren't helping to rectify this.

Now when the opening credits kicked in I actually managed a little bit of a hope. Among the credits were horror veterans Dee Wallace and Tiffany Shepis alongside Tara "Oh Dear" Reid, Mischa Barton and Chris Mulkey. Little did I realise however that they range from small roles to mere cameo appearances so don't go in for the cast!

It's yet another ouija film but with a twist, and the twist is terrible. Not only does it bring nothing to the sub-genre but it made this movie barely followable and entirely unlikeable.

With the confusing poorly constructed plot, the questionable cast advertised and a front cover that displays a house that isn't even in the movie it's clear that little thought or effort went into Ouija House.

It was truly a chore to watch.

The Good:

It's nice seeing Mischa Barton looking healthy for a change

The Bad:

Another random clipart house on the cover

Tiffany Shepis is wasted

Some parts of the story are alarmingly stupid

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

General rule of thumb, if a movie has Ouija in it's title.....skip it

Tara Reid's career is in such a consistent spiral I'm just waiting for her to be in a new Baby Geniuses movie

I just watched the trailer and that alone was enough for me to not venture into watching this crapfest. Its just looks awful. Not to mention Sharknado star Tara Reid....I'll pass

Something went seriously wrong in the production of this movie.

Right from the start it is bad - really bad. Just a one dimensional screen of one dimensional characters held together with a one dimensional very weak one dimensional storyline.

It is a shame, because there is some talent among the actors that is seriously lost on this heap of rubbish.

There is no atmosphere, or any attempt to create one.

Don't waste your time and cash on this.

1988, Katherine (Tara Reid, B movie queen - and that's not a compliment!) and two friends do a Ouija board in a supposedly haunted house that has a dark secret. Things go nastily wrong, Katherine survives (and is now played by Scream Queen Dee Wallace) in the present. Her daughter Laurie and friends go to the same house, do a Ouija and hey presto they call up an evil supernatural entity! The makers have obviously seen The Evil Dead - they find an old occult book, instead of playing cards they play the board, one of the girls turns into a very poor Deadite imitation and when they try to escape in their car they can't. Casting Reid and Wallace as the same character but with 30 years apart was ridiculous, they have no similarity whatsoever. Tara may get top billing but she's only in the movie for about two minutes. No great loss, her acting along with that of Mischa Barton and Casey Schroeder is as stiff as a wooden board. One gory scene showing an abdomen being slit open and some topless witches provide some brief but welcome respite from the tedium that makes up the bulk of the running time. I have seen a few movies based on Ouija boards but this was easily one of the worst. The name "Ouija" is the word "yes" in both French and German added together, "Nonnein" (no no) would be more appropriate for this rubbish. Before I forget to mention the house with its garden of cacti and agave looked pretty cool.