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It's more than just a game.
Playing around with a Ouija board, a trio of friends succeeds in contacting the spirit of a young boy. Trouble begins when the evil spirit, Malfeitor, takes over one of their bodies.
Witchboard
1986 Directed by Kevin Tenney
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Ouija, Witchboard: juego diabólico, Espírito Assassino, Spiritika, La cuija asesina, Noiduttu ympyrä, Er der nogen?, Колдовская доска, Hra s duchy, Paihnidi mageias kai thanatou, Diabelska plansza, Häxkitteln, Démoni játék, Witchboard - Die Hexenfalle, 死霊の世界ウィッチボード, Witchboard: Juego diabólico, Witchboard 1 - Ouija, 死霊の世界 ウィッチ・ボード, 위치보드, Cadı Tahtası, 魔鬼碟仙
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07 Sep 1987
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12 Nov 1987
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12 Nov 1987
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07 Sep 1987
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31 Dec 1986
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Since I just watched Witchtrap, I had to get this one in too. When I was a kid, I really enjoyed this series. I had all 3 movies on VHS and I watched them quite a bit. I haven’t seen them since then and while I don’t know if the sequels will hold up as well, I’m glad at least this one did.
I guess this would be the original Ouija and it’s a lot more fun than that snoozefest that clearly ripped off this movie. It’s goofy and ridiculous, but it’s very entertaining. I love the camerawork whenever the ghost is getting ready to pull something on someone. The dudebro level gets a bit high with one bro pissed at…
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Normalize male friendships where one is a rich dick bro who is also super knowledgable about the occult and the other dropped out of med school
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If the party mood goes down, just take out the good old ouija board and summon a dead little boy. So far, so normal xD
Although the movie is nothing special, it does have some twists that makes it worth watching.
If that doesn't convince, there’s also a nice shower scene to mention. -
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The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs - Season 5 - Episode 2 - Film 1
Brandon and a pregnant Linda are at a party. As it winds down they use an Ouija Board to keep the fun going, and contact the spirit of a young boy named David. The session goes awry but the board is left at their house. The next day, Linda uses the board on her own, and attempts to contact David again...or so she thought. What poses as David just may be something much worse...
Witchboard has an intro theme that is prime 1986. It had me hooked within eight seconds. It's also always nice to see the legendary Rose Marie who bridged generations of…
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80s supernatural shennanigans up in heyar! A bunch of goofy teenagers unleash an evil spirit after using an Ouija board (or "weeja" as they pronounce it). Soon each teenager is harassed and sometimes murdered by the evil presence. What can stop the weeja??
This film is 80s galore. The hairdos, decor, fashion and overall style. So when there's a slow part theres still enough vibrant visuals to please the senses. Cheesy dialogue, quirky characters, dream sequences and the odd gory kill make this a fine entry in 80s horror. With that said the heavy dialogue scenes bogs this one down a bit and keeps it from being quite as wild as it could have been. The kills are fairly minimal…
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It’s been ages since I last saw Witchboard, and before I popped it on, I could recall exactly two things about it: Tawny Kitaen’s absolutely unfuckwithable hair and Kathleen Wilhoite swooping in for a quick bite and licking the plate spotless as a rainbow-flavored medium serving Smithereens by way of Valley Girl. Hours later, I’m pretty sure that’ll be all I’ll remember when I find myself in this position again 15 years or so down the road.
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Kevin Tenney, ein eigentlich sträflich vernachlässigter Genreregisseur (Night of the demons;
Witchtrap; Peacemaker) nimmt sich hier dem überaus beliebten Hexenbrett an und liefert genau das ab, was man sehen will: eine gelungene Genreproduktion.
Den sich langsam aufbauenden Spannungsverlauf ohne unnötige Jump-scares, einen kleinen Blut/Goreanteil und eine tolle Kameraarbeit inklusive wohlklingendem Score bzw. Maintheme.
Dass das Ganze einen gehörigen Soapanteil hat macht bei dem gut agierenden Cast zu guter Letzt auch nichts aus, und die ein bißchen aufgesetzte Endkonfrontation mit dem Bösen ist auch eher als Zugeständnis den damaligen Publikumserwartungen anzusehen.
Unterm Strich ist ein zurückhaltender, aber überaus respektabler Beitrag herausgekommen, der zwar heutzutage niemanden mehr den Schlaf rauben wird, aber dennoch eines richtig macht: der Film ist unterhaltsam.
Für Fans von Brettspielen und der zauberhaften Tawny. -
The "acting", and "special effects" in the final scene are "incredible!"
Check out a horror movie podcast that I produce called Watch No Evil.
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Sexy possessed Tawny Kitaen with her fiery long red hair!
Every time I saw her I keep visioning her in the Whitesnake's video "Here I Go Again"👿
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The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob and Darcy - Season 5: Episode 2, Film 1
Always like it when Joe Bob's picks are films I'd almost watched and hesitated to for whatever reason. That's actually true of both films tonight. Even if they're a bit underwhelming, that's the joy of discovery. Brandon is a yuppie with an encyclopedic knowledge of the Ouija board. He brings it to a party. A feeble attempt to impressive his ex-girlfriend Linda (Tawny Kitaen), though her new boyfriend Jim is having none of it.
Brandon explains a bizarre and unique set of rules as he and Linda contact a 10-year-old spirit named David, as Jim heckles them. The spirit gets so upset that it explodes…
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Film #24 of Shocktober17
So sweet and goofy. After a man brings a ouija board to a party, his ex-girlfriend Linda begins communicating with a spirit she believes is David, a 10-year old boy. She's instantly drawn to David and finds it hard to stop speaking to him, even though her personality is rapidly changing. Murders n possession ensue. There's a kooky medium named Zarabeth who can't stop making bad puns in the name of "psychic humor". There's dude bros fighting over who truly deserves Linda's love. There's also slightly boring middle bits, but the movie has a great atmosphere and is FUN. I am a sucker for cheesy romantic 80s garbage so the ending of this made it impossible for me to not love this movie.
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