DIRECTOR: Mike Flanagan LEAD CAST: Elizabeth Reaser, Lulu Wilson, Annalise Basso,
Henry Thomas, Parker Mack, and Doug
Jones SCREENWRITERS: Mike Flanagan, Jeff Howard PRODUCERS: Michael Bay, Jason Blum, Stephen Davis, Andrew Form, Bradley Fuller (as
Brad Fuller) Brian Goldner MUSIC BY:
The Newton Brothers FILM EDITOR: Mike Flanagan GENRE: Horror, Mystery, Suspense CINEMATOGRAPHER: Michael Fimognari PRODUCTION DESIGN: Patricio M. Farrell PRODUCTON COMPANIES: Allspark Pictures, Blumhouse Productions, Hasbro Studios, Platinum
Dunes, Intrepid Pictures DISTRIBUTED
BY:
Universal Studios COUNTRY: United States LANGUAGE: English FILMING LOCATION: Los Angeles, California, USA RUNNING TIME: 99 minutes
Technical assessment: 3.5
Moral assessment: 2.5
CINEMA rating: V14
In 1967 Los
Angeles, single mother Alice (Elizabeth Reaser) makes ends meet by deluding the
bereaved into thinking she can communicate with their dear departed. She claims she is sincerely trying to help
her clients feel better about their loss.
Her two daughters, nine-year-old Doris (Lulu Wilson) and high school
sophomore Paulina (Annalise Basso) collaborate in their mother’s deceptive
trade. Alice is stunned when she obtains
a Ouija board that actually enables her to talk to the dead. While it's great
for their business, the board also allows a vengeful ghost to possess Doris who
starts throwing tantrums and writing long letters in Polish. This, and other evil
consequences, alarm Alice and Paulina.
Don’t be surprised
if CINEMA echoes your elders’ admonition, “How many times will I tell you to
keep away from the Ouija board?” Because
instances of real possession by malevolent spirits actually are not uncommon,
even right here in the Philippines, when people, especially teenagers, summon
the dead through this board. This movie
is not horror for horror's sake; it's warning you not to fool around with the evil one's toys.
