Ouija -
The trailer sold me on this one a while ago. Also it has the actress from Bates Motel. I thought she was pretty good in that. Also, one of the actresses from The Secret Circle. The male actors are bland though. No standouts. This movie might not be the best but it's not the worst either. It has a few good scares that got me. Also, I wasn't ahead of this one and it surprised me. The setup at times reminded me of Nightmare on Elm Street. With a darker tone and a bit more thought, the movie could be better. Maybe even close to a movie like the remake of The Ring with more effort. I think maybe the people behind the scenes might have wanted it not too dark. In the credits I saw that Hasbro worked on this movie. Yes Hasbro the toy company owns the rights to the Ouija board game name. Something I didn't know as I thought these were just generic boards. Anyway, it's not that bad. The only thing kind of jarring was how fast the parents left the kids alone. This sort of thing usually happens in horror movies. But after the events in this movie, you would think they would stay around. All of the adults are like that. It breaks the realism when stupid stuff like that happens. Still far from the worst movie out there.
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Originally Posted by MichaelMyers
ImmortalSlasher, I think all women like seeing horror movies. They like cuddling up close to their dates and covering their eyes during the scary scenes. It's a thrill. When I went to the I Spit On Your Grave re-make a few years back, the majority of the audience were women and were laughing and enjoying it.
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I wouldn't say all women. Especially with something like I Spit on Your Grave. I won't even see that. Maybe that was the rare audience. I can't imagine women enjoying watching the first part of that movie. I only watched the original Last House on the Left because it was by Wes Craven. But I wish I didn't see it. That's getting at the subject matter I was talking about in The Ward and Silent House too. It's just really bad behavior.
I remember once I saw a movie and it had a clip from The Shining. I told a girl let's see that. And she said "that's a horror movie." As in no go. I'm sure if I told many people that I met that I liked Friday the 13th movies they would have thought I was crazy. And probably asked why do I like movies where people are just getting killed?
I think that many girls go to some movies just to tag along with their date. Most girls don't really like a comic or Star Wars type movie. Many guys don't but they go to see stuff blow up, because it's marketed to them, or they think they need to see it because everyone else is.
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Originally Posted by TheBossInTheWall
It wasn't a good movie. Only part I enjoyed was Karen Gillan, but that's just depressing 'cause she's so lovely.
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I thought I reviewed Oculus. I guess I didn't. I remember thinking it was a good story of why you don't mess with ghost objects. It's almost like a Friday the 13th TV episode without the characters showing up to recover the object. And I liked the object's back story. So much that I want to find the original short film. Karen Gillan was very good in it too. But I thought there was going to be more from the movie from the trailer. Also more of Katee Sackhoff. I think that was disappointing to me.