Ouija : Movie Review


An occult parlor game patented by businessman Elijah Bond in 1890, the Ouija board—further popularized in 1966 when the rights were sold to Parker Brothers—has spooked and intrigued multiple generations of curiosity seekers hoping to contact the other side. Spanning well over a century, the spirit board's history is a fascinating one dipped in superstition and folklore. A really cool film could have been developed around the storied past and legends of the "mystifying oracle," but "Ouija" isn't that movie by a long shot. This is neutered, corners-cutting, made-by-committee filmmaking, dumbed down for its target demographic of 14-year-olds and disparagingly compromised by a PG-13 rating.

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Author : Dustin Putman