Posts Tagged ‘actor: olivia cooke’

The Blurb: How far would you go to make contact with someone you lost?

ouijaWhy I’m Watching: I impulse-bought this at Walmart because I literally cannot be trusted with a credit card when there are movies with Ouija boards on the cover right there in front of me.

Recap: The movie opens with the camera looking straight down at a Ouija board on a carpeted floor, and eventually we’re there with two little girls, one of whom (Debbie) is persuading the other to use the board. She lists out some rules: you don’t use it alone (I remember fervently believing this when I was ten, and quite honestly, it’s not something I’d do now either); you don’t use it in a graveyard (I’ve never heard this one); you always say goodbye (yup, this was also part of the mythos when I was a kid). Also she claims you can SEE ghosts through the hole in the planchette, which is a nicely terrifying addition. So the more timid kid tries it and screams when a third girl (her kid sister, I think) shows up. Ha.

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