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Ana Coto, Bianca A. Santos, Vivis Colombetti, Olivia Cooke, Daren Kagasoff

A young girl dies after recording herself playing with a Ouija board she found in her parents attic. A group of her close friends led by Laine Morris (Olivia Cooke) and her sister Sarah (Ana Coto) decide they have not had a chance to say goodbye to her, and given the responsibility of watching over and taking care of their empty home by the parents of the dead girl who are going on an extended trip, they decided it’s a good idea to try to use the board to contact their friend. Naturally though, the spirit they pull through from the board is not a benevolent spirit and comes along with a great deal of danger to the friends as playing with these things rarely pays off.

This is a pretty decent little horror films like many others in the past. The critics were harsh on this one, and people stayed away from the theater in droves. But now that it’s out on DVD it’s probably well worth another look. As you know, I’m a sucker for horror films and have always been. I saw the previews for this one and was anxious to see it, but decided to wait for the DVD. Well, I was impressed. People hated this because it’s a formula horror flick. Demons from the supernatural coming across to terrorize the folks in the human world. But there is a lot to like about this movie. First and foremost is Olivia Cooke. I watch her on “Bates Motel” which is now in it’s third year I believe. But I’m starting to see her in a number of films lately and she is awesome. She’s a Brit with an astounding American accent that she can turn on in a second. I don’t know how they do that, but I’m impressed. But her acting skills are really great and she brings the fragile and vulnerable girl in a very horrible place to life in a way that’s very believable. She reminds me a lot of Emma Watson in a way and she is good in this film. The sets and locations are very dark and evil looking. I think choosing to set the seances in this spooky old house where the girl died is much better than having it in some suburban apartment kitchen. The script is not groundbreaking, and the story is predictable, but it has plenty of scary moments, lots of suspense and supernatural stuff, and is a pleasure to see it well crafted. Let’s face it, there isn’t than many new things to scare us, so we have to be satisfied with getting scared by some of the old bad guys. It’s like trying to write new songs. Many times they sound like something we’ve heard before. I enjoyed it, and I think you will too. Definite DVD.

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