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This film is based of the popular Hasbro board game with the same title. After the death of her friend, Elaine Morris decides to use her deceased friend's Ouija board to contact her spirit. Instead, Elaine finds herself resurrection the same dark spirit that her deceased friend resurrected.
This film was directed by Stiles White. Even though the film went through some major film and story editing, it still fails to provide any real scares. The back story is dark and creepy, but it is presented like what would be expected from a popular horror film. I think the film would've been a lot scarier if you removed the teenagers and focused on the insane family. But, it does work for those audiences who might scare easily. I did enjoy the work they did with the shadows though. The images for the ghost were creepy but familiar. There isn't a lot of gore in this film because its a ghost film, but there is still violence. Also interestingly, there isn't any sex in this film either. Fortunately, it made enough money to produce a sequel. The acting in this film could've been a lot better, but it was done well enough to carry the film. Olivia Cooke played the role of Elaine Morris. Even though she followed her lines much of her acting felt flat. It was passable enough to make feel sympathy for her, but it didn't convey her fear. Sierra Heuermann played the role of Doris Zander. From the moment she first appears on screen she is creepy. Claudia Katz played the role of Mother (Zander). She fairly frightening in her own right, but doesn't spend enough time on screen to make much of an impact.
I give this film 3 out of 5 stars! It has a great basis for a truly frightening horror film, but it fails to deliver any true scares.
This film can be found on DVD.
Answer to last blog: Pete Ploszek did the motion capture for Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014).
What television show is actress Olivia Cooke from?
Teen Wolf
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