#stiles white

[outof1emons]

Ouija (2014) Dir. Stiles White

[hannahwatcheshorror]

OUIJA (2014)

Hasbro Studios had a hand in making this cash grab. An interesting but ultimately not that scary and mostly just sad film about teens dying and then missing each other. Similar to Tarot in vibes but at least Tarot had some creative spooky creatures. Most of the movie basically takes place in one house and it isn’t even that interesting of a house so the setting is boring too. There are better ways to spend your time, let me have watched this so you don’t have to.

⭐⭐.5

(Trigger Warning Suicide)

Okay so she doesn’t get tied up by Christmas lights but she does hang herself with them and I think that still counts towards what I said in my Violent Night review. Especially because there was a Christmas light strangulation in Silent Night, Deadly Night. We are just not going to stop seeing twinkling lights used as a weapon! But this movie starts out really sad because it is literally a funeral and all the teens think their friend killed herself when she was driven to it by some malevolent spirit or something but right now it’s all just a really emotional time. Sad! Laine finds the Ouija board at her dead friend Debbie’s house and wants to use it to try and communicate with Debbie! She gets a group together and they use the board to try and speak to the dead! Spooky!

It seems like it works too, they are able to communicate with someone named “D” and who says, “HI, FRIEND.” They assume it has to be Debbie and are happy until the next day when they all get a “HI, FRIEND” in their real lives and it is very creepy! They try to talk to Debbie again to ask her what is up and figure out they have been talking to “D.Z.” and are now feeling mighty suspicious. They also learn that Mother is watching and is going to hurt them so they need to run! Scary! As soon as the entity kills another one of the group off instead of banding together they all fall apart, come ON. But Laine is able to get one of them to go help her explore the attic and she finds a creepy doll and pictures which lead her to finding DZ’s family history and living sister who gives them instructions to find her body and snip her mouth strings (her mouth is sewn shut).

Laine gets in there and is taking her time, I would be speed running that shit, but they want drama, okay. She snips the thread on the corpse's mouth and poof, the angry mother disappears. But wait! Our friends are still dying! Turns out the living sister pulled a mean prank on us! Sad! DZ is the evil one and the mother was trying to help! Wack! Now they have to go burn the board and the body. They lose one more member on the way to the furnace but ultimately get the job done with help from Debbie’s ghost. Everything seems fine and well until the planchette is found in Laine's room when she returns home? I don’t love when a movie ends on a cliffhanger for no real reason other than it can.

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[brokehorrorfan]

Scream Factory has revealed the specs for its Ouija 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray, which releases on January 10 via Scream Factory. Produced by Blumhouse, Platinum Dunes, and Hasbro, the 2014 horror film includes reversible artwork.

Stiles White makes his directorial debut from a script he co-wrote with frequent collaborator Juliet Snowden (Knowing, The Possession). Olivia Cooke, Daren Kagasoff, Douglas Smith, and Bianca A. Santos star.

Violent Night is presented in 4K with Dolby Vision (HDR 10 compatible) with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 sound. Special features are listed below.

Disc 1 - 4K UHD:

Audio commentary by director/co-writer Stiles White (new)

Audio commentary by producer Brad Fuller (new)

Disc 2 - Blu-ray:

Audio commentary by director/co-writer Stiles White (new)

Audio commentary by Platinum Dunes producer Brad Fuller (new)

The Spirit Board: An Evolution featurette

Icon of the Unknown featurette

Adapting the Fear featurette

Ouija & Ouija: Origin of Evil theatrical trailers

A group of friends must confront their most terrifying fears when they unwittingly release a dark power from the other side. What started as a game will unleash an evil only they can stop. 

Pre-order Ouija.

[esperwatchesfilms]

The Possession (2012)

ESE: 97/100

50 +10 for Jeremy Dean Morgan +5 for Kyra Sedgwick +5 for Madison Davenport +10 for Natasha Calis +10 for creepy box -5 for cuddling a damn box -5 for killing the moth in front of the little PETA daughter -10 for stabbing dad in the hand with a fork +10 for the Silver Stars! -10 for missing your kid’s performance +5 for creepy throat fingers +5 for slapping the shitty kid who was going through your stuff -5 for the box tantrum in class -10 for Hannah asking “Did you just hit her!?” when she clearly saw his hands +5 for dybbuks -5 for the Hasidic Jewish guys being like, “Nope. This is a you-problem. Will of God and all that...” +5 for Matisyahu deciding to help +10 for pigging out in front of a fridge, eating off the floor being relatable content -10 for teeth just falling out of Brett’s face. +5 for Abyzou, Taker of Children +5 for demon MRI +5 for exorcism +10 for demanding Abyzou take Clyde instead +5 for Matisyahu realizing something’s not quite right. +2 for demon baby Abyzou +5 for successful exorcism with no casualties -10 for car accident that totally kills Matisyahu

[schlock-luster-video]

Boogeyman (1980)

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[brokehorrorfan]

Ouija will be released on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on January 10 via Scream Factory. The 2014 horror film is produced by Blumhouse, Platinum Dunes, and Hasbro.

Stiles White makes his directorial debut from a script he co-wrote with frequent collaborator Juliet Snowden (Knowing, The Possession). Olivia Cooke, Daren Kagasoff, Douglas Smith, and Bianca A. Santos star.

Ouija includes reversible artwork. Special features will be announced at a later date.

A group of friends must confront their most terrifying fears when they unwittingly release a dark power from the other side. What started as a game will unleash an evil only they can stop.

Pre-order Ouija.

[james-stark-the-writer]

A ★★★ review of Ouija (2014)

relax, Laine, it's fun. i feel like some of you haven't seen enough bad movies to say this is like one of the worst things you've ever seen.