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Witchboard (1986)
Topic Started: Jun 30 2013, 04:07 AM (407 Views)
Cherry Darling
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Killer's Accomplice
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"At a party, a guest brings out a Ouija board, and they attempt to contact a spirit he knows. The spirit does appear, but it becomes apparent to the one who brought the Ouija board that this is an evil spirit that is impersonating his spirit, and despite warnings not to use the board alone, a woman uses it alone, and becomes harassed by the evil spirit, his goal to possess her so he can walk the earth again."
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Dead Sorority
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I love the poster. This looks better than the sequels.
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Cherry Darling
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Im watching this right now. I haven't seen it in YEARS. Its on on-demand for free if you have it.
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Sounds great and I don't have that.
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Love the poster, but nervous of Ouija boards.
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awesome poster
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awesome poster
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I like this one. It's not great or anything overly special, but it's decent. And Tawny Kitaen!
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While this wasn't altogether terrible, this one here is a moderate entry with enough good points to make it watchable. One of the biggest pluses here is there's some pretty good moments here-and-there which are quite exciting and enjoyable at managing to make the most out of the plot here with the simple fact that this one has a slight change of pace over most other Quija board-sprung films in that the demonic spirit being raised isn't in human form but remains visible throughout the film. There isn't a manifestation until late in the film, and most of the time is just reserved for the film being much more discreet about showing of the demonic entity which is always around here. The opening séance scene is pretty nice, with the throwing of objects and breaking of furniture to keep it interesting, while there's also the different hauntings that occur with the group in the house which are pretty nice and get a couple freaky moments with the freaky banging noises and startlingly helpful passes. These go great with a later scene where the spirit attacks in a shower, and the searching scene in the graveyard adds some creepiness to the film. While there's some really nice gore scenes in here from the few kills, there is a couple of big flaws in here that do manage to strike this one down. One of the biggest detrimental mistakes is that too many of its scare scenes are staged during broad daylight. There are at least two scenes in this film that squander away so much potential because of this. The construction site accident is the first big indicator of something going on after their game and it really could've used the extra suspense those elements provide to a scene. The other big one is the dock scene near the climax, which is probably hurt the most since the whole thing has a demonic twist to it that only would've been highlighted more through the use of it taking place at night. There isn't a high body count either since The spirit only goes after a couple of outside individuals rather than going after the ones that are there to provide a kill count, as there's plenty in here that could've been bumped off to provide more kills here, and it only uses a couple of those to a rather negative impact. It really could've used a couple more to make this feel even bigger and scarier. The last big flaw is that there's way too much down-time in here, making it feel really dull at times. The haunting incidents really should've been closer together or at the very least shortened the film a tad so that it wouldn't feel like it takes forever to get to the next haunting as it spends so much time with her fiddling with the board that it takes forever to actually get anywhere. This wouldn't have been so had the ridiculous amount of false and jump-scares been trimmed out of here completely, as the reliance of building up to some potential scare or stalking scene only to have it turn out to be one of the friends standing there behind them being something that can get annoying as well. This one here doesn't have too many, but the film is lowered by these problems.
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I saw this flick for the first time on VHS a couple years after its release and found myself really enjoying it. Even now, dozens of views later, I still enjoy it. It's certainly dated now, but it has good performances, an interesting story that slowly builds and develops as it moves along, and believable characters. And I particularly enjoy...

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So yeah, I tend to rate this one a bit more highly than most, because it has what a lot of horror films sorely lack -- real, believable characters with real, believable relationships.
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GL84
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Indeed, I wholeheartedly agree there that a fully-formed relationship between two male leads in such a film is a long-missing aspect of the genre that gets employed here, and while I do give it points for that it tends to leave the film kill-less for a larger portion of time than most others so I do knock it back some because of that. Still, it is much better than expected even with that fault.
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Fifteen minutes in, and I'm already digging it. Not too common for me, since I'm not usually up for paranormal/supernatural movies.
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Neurotic Chainsaw
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Lordy. I had no idea this was thirty years old!
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Well, that was better than I expected. I think I have it a six or seven on imdb.
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It's gotta be better than Ouija from a couple of years ago, at least...
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Give it a shot if you haven't yet.
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My mom randomly loves this movie and pretty much made this face when I told her I hadn't seen it a while ago: (un)

I loved this even with its pacing issues. The Scream Factory release is fantastic - SO MUCH STUFF! My only real complaint is that the ending should've been a bit more 'woah' by having
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killed instead of the two of them basically going back to being happy and whatever. The spirit itself was appropriately intimidating and despite this being EXTREMELY campy at times it rarely turned into a flat-out cheesefest. I really liked some of the characters too. Zarabeth was great. I loved that they decided to have the medium in this be a spunky, funny, younger person rather than an almost-sinister older person who was gloomy the whole time. It was a nice change. This also looks great and it's very colorful and "80s-pretty" (and yes, 80s pretty isn't the same as just regular 'pretty'). This had a small bodycount but the deaths we got were all pretty good. Overall, there's not too much to say. It's really fun for what it is and I'll definitely watch it again. I watched the second one as well and that was okay but nowhere near as good. Kind of nervous about the third. (wary)
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I haven't seen the sequels yet, so I'm hoping they're alright.
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I've been a fan of this flick since I first saw it as a teen back in the '80s and have been a staunch advocate for it ever since. It tickles me pink to see it getting some love here, especially among the younger crowd.
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A pretty good film. Have owned this for years, but decided to watch it again after seeing the third film. I literally dusted it off, it's been that long. Couldn't remember nothing. Forgot Tawny Kitaen (BACHELOR PARTY) and Kathleen Wilhoite (MURPHY'S LAW) were in it.
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