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2014
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Positive Reviews
7
Negative reviews
72
Average Rating
1.7
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3.8
In the current economy, Monopoly makes a more appropriate board game upon which to base a horror movie, but for what it is, Ouija is better than expec ..
Rogerebert
1.0
The teen actors look like they mistakenly came from modeling school rather than acting school. Theyre very attractive but barely even mobile; they mos ..
Common Sense Media
2.5
A tale of two teenage sisters, their very expendable friends and the creepy board game that just wont leave them alone, this silly but straight faced ..
Variety
1.5
Whites comprehension of horror is as childish as Hasbros weakest board games, confusing actual horror with lazy, repetitive filmmaking that represents ..
We Got This Covered
2.0
Ultimately though, this officially sanctioned version fails to conjure psychological thrills or many earnest scares.
Time Out
2.0
Nothing says Halloween more than gathering in the dark to experience a carefully strategised branding opportunity.
The Guardian
1.0
Given that the film has taken more than $20m in its first week in the States, I suppose we should gird ourselves for a sequel.
The Guardian
0.6
While the Ouija game itself depends largely on the amount of psychological investment its players make in it, or at least how much fun can be derived ..
2.5
Ouija is hampered by the fact that watching a bunch of people sitting around a table is not inherently cinematic.
2.0
Ouija boards have been around for more than 120 years, so maybe its no surprise that the movie based on what is now marketed as a Hasbro game feels fl ..
Screen Daily
3.5
That collective, overt buy in of audience and of characters means the story unfolds in an atmosphere of tension that gears us up early on and never qu ..
Vulture
2.0
In the absence of anything truly original in the screenplay he co wrote with Juliet Snowden, director Stiles White vainly attempts to ratchet up the t ..
The Hollywood Reporter
0.5
Theres nary a chill or shock cut in the film that isnt grafted from some other relatively recent fright flick, and while the cast is uniformly game fo ..
1.0
What Ouija lacks in wit and originality, it makes up in volume a trademark of the Transformers director Michael Bay, who is one of the producers.The s ..
The New York Times
2.8
This new Ouija movie is no different, sticking strictly to formula and offering little in the way of novelty or surprise.
IGN
2.0
You can count the effective moments in this cut and paste shocker on the fingers of one hand.
Telegraph
1.0
A thousand dull scenes later, Laine, her boyfriend (Daren Kagasoff), sister (Ana Coto) and two pals (Bianca Santos, Douglas Smith) fatally investigate ..
1.3
The other girl is evasive, doesnt want to go, seems to have something on her mind.
San Francisco Chronicle
1.5
But then White and Snowden chucked all this momentum in favor of a lackluster teen scream pic.
Cinema Blend
2.0
Squeezing a movie out of a Oujia board is not necessarily a bad idea.
Ny Daily News
1.0
But even this notoriously easy audience should be disappointed by the lack of imagination and scares.
JoBlo
1.5
Its like getting a joke with no punchline: frustrating or even worse, boring.
Screen Rant
1.9
It is harmless, frighty fun for teenage audiences, but adults will leave theatres with their bejeebers intact.
The Globe And Mail
2.0
Director Stiles plays it very safe with the jump scares and there is plenty of telegraphing.
2.0
Vivis is hilariously earnest.And Shaye goes for wide eyed ghoulishness with lip smacking intensity.
One Guys Opinion
2.0
The true power of fright that drives the Ouija board experience remains up to the viewer, but as a feature, the dark distraction makes for a sleepy ti ..
Blu Ray
1.3
This is one of those horror movies that entrusts all of its scares to the volume level in the theater.
Mark Reviews Movies
1.3
But when it comes to that familiar piece of polished wood with the letters and numbers on it, not much is going on.Anyone who has ever played with a O ..
Usa Today
2.5
And although the movie proceeds at a pace thats occasionally just a little too slow for its own good, The Buddy Holly Story benefits from the sporadic ..
Reel Film Reviews
1.0
Ouija is a low grade, low impact, Final Destination style horror rip off thats notable only for two things.
The Times
2.0
But everything else about this contrived seance gone wrong saga is strictly by the bloodless horror handbook.
Radio Times
1.5
But that does nothing to elevate that part, let alone the entire film, from its otherwise boring conventions and cliches.Left without much recourse, W ..
Screen It
2.0
Teenagers looking for a Halloween movie with plenty of thrills and goosebumps moments will probably be satisfied with its array of shock tactics.
Independent
2.5
A handful of creepy scenes and at least one decent surprise should be enough to make less demanding fright fans move their fingers (and their ticket m ..
The Wrap
3.1
In the way of all horror movies, poor Debbie meets a terrible fate.
New York Post
1.5
Unfortunately, its the catalyst for one of the laziest, least frightening mainstream horror movies in recent memory.
Film Journal International ..
1.9
If it werent for a handful of effective jump scares and the infamous reputation of its subject matter, this film would be a completely forgettable mes ..
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
1.5
Fairly appalling flapdoodle starring a bunch of generically pretty, good enough for TV actors youve never heard of as teens ill advisedly screwing aro ..
Mountain X
1.9
Its a bloodless and not very scary teen screamer carefully engineered to help empty wallets of babysitting money through Halloween.
Toronto Star
2.0
A mostly silly slab of horror with a cast of beautifully groomed American youths, which makes it look strikingly like High School Musical, only with s ..
Daily Mail
1.5
From thereon in there are just endless plot holes that leave the film a bumbling mess.
Cinema Crazed
2.0
But when films like Sinister, Shutter and The Purge show just how inventive a genre this can be, its frustrating to see yet another bland collection o ..
Flim List
1.5
Unfortunately, White relies on cheap jump scares and loud noises.
Susang Ranger
1.0
Ouija is a disaster of a film; some kind of monster that embodies everything wrong with both modern horror and mainstream cinema.
Flickering Myth
2.0
The movie might entertain a teenage audience, while others just may be disappointed.
Book My Show
2.0
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Boston Herald
2.0
A ouija board is produced and the age old question remains is there anyone there for anyone here
Express
2.0
In keeping with a long line of studio creep outs, the film has scared up plenty of Halloween trade without actually doing any scaring.There are variou ..
The Irish Times
3.0
Its marginally more worthwhile as a film but brings nothing interesting to the table.
Blogs Indie Wire
1.5
Absent a lurking killer with a chainsaw, the wooden game pieces provide the popup scares.
The Atlantic
2.0
It gets boring.Almost as boring as playing an actual game of Ouija.
Consequence Of Sound
3.0
The scares come from the unexpected rather than from horrific gore.Early on it is the director (special effects man Stiles White making his directing ..
Maki At The Movies
1.3
Theres just nothing freakier than seeing 20 nearly identical scenes of things jumping out of the quiet darkness or a teenager playing Ouija (pronounce ..
Red Eye Chicago
1.9
Bland, safe horror for those those who like their scares non existent.
Stl Today
2.0
But White is more worried about creating depth for his victim fodder, and it just doesnt work.
Film Racket
1.0
Feature length toy commercials may not get much more crass... You can buy one of these at your local toy store, one character literally snorts at one ..
Antagony & Ecstasy
2.5
This isnt the first film or franchise to use the idea of a spirit board: the Witchboard franchise series started in 1986 and spawned at least two sequ ..
Movie Crypt
2.0
Horror films dont necessarily rely on complex or colorful characters the way other genres do; no filmmaker could use these one dimensional CW bots in ..
The Dissolve
1.0
But lets be honest: As much as you can tell yourself youll walk into Ouija with an open mind, its impossible to have high hopes about this latest horr ..
Hollywood Chicago
1.0
Its product placement couched inside a nothing of a horror film a humorless, snail paced, unaccountably solemn drag with nothing up its sleeve but lou ..
Metro New York
1.3
They didnt make a fun commercial, and they didnt disguise it as a good movie.
Crave Online
3.0
A completely by the numbers spookfest that suffers from perhaps the worst possible fate for a film in this genre its rather boring.
Bowling Green Daily News
2.0
A supernatural horror brought to you by Michael Bay and Hasbro and released just in time for Halloween proves just as soulless as you might imagine it ..
Scifi Now
1.5
By comparison, Ouija makes Hasbros last attempt to adapt a board game look like pure genius.
2.5
Great franchises, but while penny pinching may have worked well for those films, it leaves Ouija looking a bit second rate, despite a really good prem ..
Blog Bullz Eye
1.5
My critical demons are forcing me to spill this dark truth Ouija must rhyme with squeegee for a reason and now we knowbecause youll want to scrub your ..
Vue Weekly
1.5
Its not that OUIJA, directed by Stiles White and written by Juliet Snowden & White, doesnt have actual scares.
Assignment X
1.3
Throughout its interminably long 83 minutes, Ouija echoes aspects of the formulaic 90s teen horror films I Know What You Did Last Summer, Final Destin ..
Spectrum Culture
1.3
Universals effort to reclaim its place as the Home for Horror takes a step backward with this duller than dull 89 minutes of your life youll never get ..
Wp Me
0.5
John Wick steadily builds momentum until its final shootout, wasting little time in the process.
Johnhanlon Reviews
1.5
But even with my cynicism removed from the rest of the product, Ouija just doesnt cut it.
Dark Horizons
2.0
Ouija is one of those low octane horror flicks you watch once and forget.
Movie Chambers
1.3
Laine cant shake the feeling that Debbie didnt kill herself, and wishes she could say goodbye.
Bloody Disgusting
2.0
It doesnt think outside the box; it goes for the safe and well traveled path.
Mac Guff
1.0
If you expect literally nothing from the movies you pay to see, this will just just! about suffice.
Little White Lies
2.5
More interesting than the movie is its motivation: Does Hasbro really consider it smart marketing to make a film that suggests that playing with their ..
Commercial Appeal
1.5
It has no memorable characters, no memorable ideas, and indifferent acting. Its not bad enough to be funny or campy. Watching it is like staring at a ..
Splice Today
1.0
Theres also a fair amount of cheating involved in the new teen oriented horror flick, Ouija, in that youll feel ripped off if you pay anything to see ..
Ear Of Newt
2.0
Unfortunately, this film wastes a frightening premise and is about as scary as an intense game of Candy Land.
Showbiz Junkies
2.0
The sheer brazen chutzpah of turning a horror movie into an advertisement may be the most original concept here, all the more bizarre because of the h ..
Mania.com
1.9
Hopefully a better film will one day be made about the mysticism of the Ouija board.
The Fright File
1.9
White and Snowdens story never gets too complicated and dutifully delivers some reasons why this house is haunted, but it feels routine.Mostly, Ouija ..
Dcw50
1.9
The thinking must be that this one has a better shot at profitability and/or franchise potential than the planned Monopoly or Candy Land movies. Thoug ..
National Post
1.5
There should be no surprise then when our characters dont fare any better.
The Script Lab
0.5
Films like Ouija dont only disappoint me, they make me angry. Ouija is the kind of film which lacks passion, inspiration, and any shred of respect for ..
Film Thrills
1.5
There are worse made movies, but those reveal some interesting attempts and failures. This is just competent enough to remind you they had all the res ..
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