Best movie of this year hands down!

Sorry, this movie sucks

Simply Perfect

Great Film overall

'Ouija' moderately drew me into seeing it, with a cool poster/cover, an intriguing if not particularly original premise and as someone with a general appreciation for horror. That it was low-budget, which from frequent personal experience is rarely a good sign due to that there are so many poor ones out there, made me though apprehensive as well as the low rating and poor reviews here. Yet another film seen recently unfortunately, hence some reiteration because the exact same strengths and flaws those films have are present here, that to me was incredibly disappointing considering its potential which it doesn't do anywhere near enough with. 'Ouija' is terrible, with a plethora of problems (huge ones too) and doesn't do enough with its potential, which was hardly small. There is really nothing to recommend other than Olivia Cooke trying her best and actually being pretty okay.Unfortunately, 'Ouija' is shot and edited so poorly, looking like a school project shot on a shaky camera or a phone by an unsteady hand, and the drab and overly-dark colours. It was very clear that the film was made in a rush with no care or enthusiasm. In particular, the camera work was a nauseous assault on the eyes with its excessive amateurish-ness and the lighting is far too dark and a lot of the time inappropriately so.Going on further to the negatives, the story does feel paper thin, disjointed and over-stretched and some of it feels vague, under-explained in the last third where the film especially became duller, more predictable, more senseless and less scary. Too many characters are too sketchy and with nowhere near enough to make one want to endear to them. Their annoying and illogical decision making and behaviours frustrates and are overdone.Making the film feel bland and forgettable with not enough heart put into it. The effects are ropy at best, the sound quality is obvious and utilised cheaply (being too loud in the build ups and people's reactions) and it's best not mentioning the elsewhere lumbering, awkward and histrionic acting that shows a huge indifference to the situation and what is going on.Dialogue can be stilted and rambling, with lots of clichés, lots of unintentional humour and no depth whatsoever, while the pace goes to a standstill very quickly and drags on forever with very little going on worth caring about and useless padding, never recovering. Found too many the supposedly shocking moments not surprising or scary and the supposedly creepy atmosphere dreary, due to the excessive obviousness, a lot of dumb and vague moments and explanations and the lack of tension and suspense. Would not have minded the lack of originality (the film is extremely derivative and in a dumbed and watered down way) if the story and atmosphere were at least alright in execution, in reality they were both incredibly poorly done.A lot of 'Ouija' often nonsensical and confusing character motivations, while too many of the things to make you jump or shocked are far from creative or scary and are pretty tame. Most of those attempted in fact are very contrived and will make one roll the eyes than jump. The film often fails to make sense, is very by the numbers and there is no imagination.There is not enough threat, and what there is of it tends to be used poorly, it is completely unimaginative and more odd than creepy, completely failing to show any sense of horror or creativity. Everything here is neither creative, suspenseful or nail-biting and much of it absurd. Some badly sagging momentum too. The direction is leaden, with an all over the place visual style, and like their heart was not in it or ill at ease, with the non-existent chemistry between the characters and actors coming over as constantly random. This is very dreary and amateurish stuff that fails to be scary, interesting or easy to follow, with the deaths being un-creative, too easily foreseeable and lame in execution.In conclusion, very poorly done. 2/10 Bethany Cox

4.8/10 The "How To Not Make a Horror Movie" documentary guide is a complete blast! Its both entertaining and insightful nature is crucial for the creative growth of every filmmaker and much needed to understand the sophisticated fabric of overwhelming mediocrity. The 7-Dimensional characters are deep as a straight road and the story beats beat the living crap out of your desire to live. It's not either good enough or bad enough to be entertaining. A horrifically unforgettable script and earned horror moments that will leave you wondering if this movie even existed the second you stop watching it. The acting is so seamless, you could never guess that the actors had a gun pointed to their heads. Watch the extras people! Scientists are still researching the sheer brilliancy and depth of the lore make that give a magical, mystical feel to the world of monsters and spirits and some other garbage I don't care about. The world of Oyjia is built with such exact precision and haunting mythology, that Warcraft can just go and suck a... Well, that's another story for another day folks, the only fault about the movie is my current devastating desire to watch the next 15 sequels such as: "Ou 2 Ija 2", "Oujia: Haunted Boongalo", "Ouijja vs Jumanji: Dawn of Civil War", "Ouija: An Oujia Space Oddysey" and the much anticipated x-rated spin-off: "Oucumja: Parahuge Cocks"

First of all, I would begin by saying that IMDb ratings & reviews are so unreliable that I decided not to watch/reject a movie anymore because of some stupid ratings and reviews. This movie actually gives you that general message of how dealing with an Ouija board foolishly could ruin your life. Nevertheless, it's all about the direction of a horror movie which makes it different and appealing and this one is quite remarkable. Ouija (2014) is a much better horror than Ouija: the origin of evil (2016) which you would find to have got a rating of 6, whereas you would see only 4.5 for Ouija (2014). A lot of people criticized it to be a children's movie (just because playing with the Ouija Board doesn't make it so) or did not quite like the young girls and boys involved with the Ouija board activities here. However, it would be ridiculous to see a bunch of old people dealing with an Ouija board, isn't it? It's very natural to see a group of young would fall for this trap and by mistake could bring something satanic/demonic. You could also find Lin Shaye (who played the role of Elise Rainier in the Insidious series) in this movie who perfectly fits into this kind of horror climax which Ouija delivered. I have no idea how trash movies like Triangle (2009) or average horror with absolutely zero scary scenes such as The Witch (2015) got such high ratings and positive reviews whereas for Ouija (2014), the case is not so. It has the ability to scare you quite a few number of times which you would appreciate while watching a horror. Pure and simple. We don't always like to watch a complicated horror movie which ends in such a way that we have to go to Google and find out the explanations of the stories and their endings so that the spent time would be worth watching it. Why so much effort to understand a movie! Non-sense! I would say, if you really love horror which could easily happen to your day-to-day lives or you love to get scared a few number of times and especially love an excellent climax at the end then this movie is worth-watching. Please ignore the stupid ratings & reviews of a horror movie here on IMDb and watch the trailer by yourself, if it seems convincing, then make your own decision rather than going for reviews of some immature young generation who have only learnt watching horror movies for a few years.

I truly enjoyed this little horror flick. It's not a huge production and if you need to get scared out of your socks or see blood running in streams to be entertained then you probably won't be right here, but I liked that it had just the right dose of horror and - even more important - it had a real good story, the right portion of scavenger hunt a horror flick needs, with secrets to solve, unexpected turns and - yes - it was pretty logical for a fantasy film! The only thing that I was wondering is how a ghost from the 40ies comes to know how to operate a computer ;-). And I did not like the clichéd ending (I cannot imagine them forgetting to burn this piece and if they did burn it, how come it is back??). But then again: the movie has Shelley Hennig and Olivia Cooke - so what more can you want? Turn the TV on and enjoy!!