The Ouija: Origin of Evil episode of The Black Sheep was Written and Narrated by Andrew Hatfield, Edited by Brandon Nally, Produced by Lance Vlcek and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.
The Ouija board, and that’s weejee board not weeja board with all due respect to Joe Bob Briggs, has been a constant source of fascination since it’s inception in 1890. Ghostly movements and other supernatural appearances went back further than that and there were crude inceptions before 1890 but that’s when the board as we know it came about. It was commercialized sometime later and of course; it’s showed up as a device in horror movies ever since. The Witchboard series that started in 1986 is probably the most popular series that features the spirit communicator but another, more straightforward series called Ouija is also out there. While the first one that came out in...
The Ouija board, and that’s weejee board not weeja board with all due respect to Joe Bob Briggs, has been a constant source of fascination since it’s inception in 1890. Ghostly movements and other supernatural appearances went back further than that and there were crude inceptions before 1890 but that’s when the board as we know it came about. It was commercialized sometime later and of course; it’s showed up as a device in horror movies ever since. The Witchboard series that started in 1986 is probably the most popular series that features the spirit communicator but another, more straightforward series called Ouija is also out there. While the first one that came out in...
- 7/20/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
The spotlight's shining brightly on Olivia Cooke these days -- largely due to her quietly powerful role as Alicent Hightower in HBO's "House of the Dragon."(Of course, the viral video in which she and co-star Emma D'arcy trade cocktail preferences certainly helped to sway the public.) But for those who have been paying attention, Cooke has consistently demonstrated an eclectic taste for projects and a scene-stealing presence right from the get-go.
The Oldham-born actress, whose natural British accent isn't often used on-screen, has starred in an impressive amount of television and film projects since her feature film debut in 2012's "The Quiet Ones." It's no wonder she's caught the attention of directors like Steven Spielberg, given her prowess and range across theatre, television, live-action, and animated film.
Cooke holds her own against cinematic heavyweights like Bill Nighy and Anya Taylor-Joy. Even in the most unfortunate cinematic misfires, she delivers memorable performances.
The Oldham-born actress, whose natural British accent isn't often used on-screen, has starred in an impressive amount of television and film projects since her feature film debut in 2012's "The Quiet Ones." It's no wonder she's caught the attention of directors like Steven Spielberg, given her prowess and range across theatre, television, live-action, and animated film.
Cooke holds her own against cinematic heavyweights like Bill Nighy and Anya Taylor-Joy. Even in the most unfortunate cinematic misfires, she delivers memorable performances.
- 2/24/2023
- by Kyle Milner
- Slash Film
Hany Abu-Assad, who most recently directed Fox’s “The Mountain Between Us,” has come on to direct the adaptation of the popular comic book “Infidel” for TriStar Pictures.
TriStar landed the rights to the comic in May in a competitive auction that saw several studios pursuing before TriStar won the bidding war. Academy Award-winner Michael Sugar and Ashley Zalta of Sugar 23 are attached to produce the project along with Anonymous Content.
Juliet Snowden and Stiles White are penning the script.
Written by Pornsak Pichetshote and illustrated by Aaron Campbell and released in March by Image Comics, “Infidel” is a haunted house story for the 21st century, following an American Muslim woman and her multi-racial neighbors who find themselves living in a building haunted by strange creatures that seemingly feed on xenophobia.
Nicole Brown and Nick Krishnamurthy will oversee the project for TriStar Pictures.
Abu-Assad’s star has been on the...
TriStar landed the rights to the comic in May in a competitive auction that saw several studios pursuing before TriStar won the bidding war. Academy Award-winner Michael Sugar and Ashley Zalta of Sugar 23 are attached to produce the project along with Anonymous Content.
Juliet Snowden and Stiles White are penning the script.
Written by Pornsak Pichetshote and illustrated by Aaron Campbell and released in March by Image Comics, “Infidel” is a haunted house story for the 21st century, following an American Muslim woman and her multi-racial neighbors who find themselves living in a building haunted by strange creatures that seemingly feed on xenophobia.
Nicole Brown and Nick Krishnamurthy will oversee the project for TriStar Pictures.
Abu-Assad’s star has been on the...
- 12/5/2018
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
Jeff Wadlow’s Truth Or Dare is an inconsequential brand of horror likened to Stiles White’s Ouija or more recently John R. Leonetti’s Wish Upon. Actors such as heartthrob Tyler Posey and pretty little liar Lucy Hale entice younger audiences who may find a scream or two in the shallow slog, but hardcore hellhounds will sniff […]
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- 4/11/2018
- by Matt Donato
- Slash Film
Project details nowhere to be found.
Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail will direct a film about the infamous Bermuda Triangle for Universal Pictures.
Esmail will write the script from earlier drafts by Miles Millar and Alfred Gough, and Juliet Snowden & Stiles White.
The Bermuda Triangle is a region over the Caribbean that earned notoriety several decades ago for press coverage about a number of planes and ships that reportedly went missing after travelling through the area.
Appropriately enough, Esmail, his fellow producers, and Universal are keeping plot details under wraps.
Dylan Clark (Planet Of The Apes series, Oblivion) will produce through his Universal-based Dylan Clark Productions, alongside Esmail and Chad Hamilton for Esmail Corp. Millar and Gough will serve as executive producers
As previously announced, Esmail is lining up the Amazon Studios project Homecoming to star Julia Roberts.
Universal Cable Productions and Anonymous Content will produce that show, based on a fiction podcast by Gimlet Media about a...
Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail will direct a film about the infamous Bermuda Triangle for Universal Pictures.
Esmail will write the script from earlier drafts by Miles Millar and Alfred Gough, and Juliet Snowden & Stiles White.
The Bermuda Triangle is a region over the Caribbean that earned notoriety several decades ago for press coverage about a number of planes and ships that reportedly went missing after travelling through the area.
Appropriately enough, Esmail, his fellow producers, and Universal are keeping plot details under wraps.
Dylan Clark (Planet Of The Apes series, Oblivion) will produce through his Universal-based Dylan Clark Productions, alongside Esmail and Chad Hamilton for Esmail Corp. Millar and Gough will serve as executive producers
As previously announced, Esmail is lining up the Amazon Studios project Homecoming to star Julia Roberts.
Universal Cable Productions and Anonymous Content will produce that show, based on a fiction podcast by Gimlet Media about a...
- 7/21/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail will write, and is attached to direct, a new take on Universal's Bermuda Triangle project.
Earlier drafts of the untitled project were written by Miles Millar & Alfred Gough, and Juliet Snowden & Stiles White. Details of the plot are being kept under wraps. The mysterious Caribbean area known as the Bermuda Triangle stretches between the Florida Straits, Bermuda and Puerto Rico. Over the years, several ships and planes have disappeared in the area under mysterious circumstances. Theories about paranormal or alien causes have long swirled around these strange disappearances.
Dylan Clark (Planet of the...
Earlier drafts of the untitled project were written by Miles Millar & Alfred Gough, and Juliet Snowden & Stiles White. Details of the plot are being kept under wraps. The mysterious Caribbean area known as the Bermuda Triangle stretches between the Florida Straits, Bermuda and Puerto Rico. Over the years, several ships and planes have disappeared in the area under mysterious circumstances. Theories about paranormal or alien causes have long swirled around these strange disappearances.
Dylan Clark (Planet of the...
- 7/21/2017
- by Rebecca Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ouija director Stiles White has come on board the supernatural thriller Forgotten for Ld Entertainment, Variety reported. White will team with his spouse and writing partner Juliet Snowden to pen the script. The duo also teamed on the scripts for Boogeyman, Knowing, and The Possession. The film is set on a remote island where two women reunite […]...
- 6/28/2017
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Conjured up out of America's obsession with spiritualism in the 19th century, "Ouija, the Wonderful Talking Board" was created in 1891 by entrepreneur Charles Kennard and attorney Elijah Bond, and made by the Kennard Novelty Company. After Kennard and Bond left the company in the early 1900s, William Fuld, one of the company's first employees, took over and continued making the popular spirit board. By 1920, the game had become such a fixture of American culture that Norman Rockwell featured a couple playing with a Ouija board on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post. After Fuld's death, the assets were sold to Parker Brothers, who manufactured the game until 1991, when the company was acquired by Hasbro. Fast-forward to 2014's Ouija, made by Platinum Dunes (Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Purge, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Blumhouse Productions (Paranormal Activity, Insidious), and Hasbro Studios (Transformers & G.I. Joe series). Co-written and directed by Stiles White,...
- 10/21/2016
- by Adam Frazier
- firstshowing.net
Don’t be afraid, familiarity with Stiles White’s 2014 horror offering “Ouija” isn’t required to enjoy Mike Flanagan’s inventive and often flat-out horrifying prequel, “Ouija: Origin of Evil.” While Flanagan, who previously helmed the chiller “Oculus” and the well-received festival hit “Hush,” builds in some necessary links between the two films, his “Ouija” happily exists as its own standalone feature — albeit one kitted out with a seemingly never-ending slew of nods to the rest of the genre.
Flanagan and co-writer Jeff Howard wear their influences on their sleeves, offering up a veritable cornucopia of horror tricks and tropes that mostly succeed on their own, and “Ouija” giddily zips between haunted house thriller, exorcism drama and skillful period piece, all wrapped up in a neat and terrifying little bow.
“Ouija” and its characters are forced to wrestle with the nature of belief at every turn — belief in “the spirit world,...
Flanagan and co-writer Jeff Howard wear their influences on their sleeves, offering up a veritable cornucopia of horror tricks and tropes that mostly succeed on their own, and “Ouija” giddily zips between haunted house thriller, exorcism drama and skillful period piece, all wrapped up in a neat and terrifying little bow.
“Ouija” and its characters are forced to wrestle with the nature of belief at every turn — belief in “the spirit world,...
- 10/18/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Blumhouse knows you didn’t like Ouija -- and they’re doing their best to make it up to you. With a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 7% and a “C” CinemaScore, it’s fair to say the Stiles White-directed horror film wasn’t one of last year’s better-received fright flicks. And yet the Blumhouse-produced movie made an undeniable $100 million-plus worldwide on a $5 million budget, making a sequel seem all but certain. So where to go with the follow-up to a film that a lot of people saw and most of those people hated? To their credit, Blumhouse seems intent on making the next film in the series -- October’s Ouija: Origin of Evil -- a more quality production by hiring a tried-and-tested auteur to take the helm. That would be Mike Flanagan, who scored a critical and commercial hit with 2013’s Oculus and won plaudits for this year...
- 7/27/2016
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
“Something is wrong with Doris!” The spirit board is back to wreak more havoc amongst the living with some help from the dead in the first trailer for Universal Pictures’ Ouija: Origin of Evil.
Directed by Mike Flanagan (Hush, Oculus) from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jeff Howard, Ouija: Origin of Evil stars Elizabeth Reaser, Parker Mack, Annalise Basso, Sam Anderson, Kate Siegel, Henry Thomas, Annalise Basso, Lulu Wilson, and Doug Jones.
What looks to be a prequel to 2014’s Ouija, which starred Olivia Cooke and was directed by Stiles White, Ouija: Origin of Evil is based upon the infamous Hasbro board game and is slated to hit theaters on October 21st, 2016.
Originally revealed by Freeform:
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Directed by Mike Flanagan (Hush, Oculus) from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jeff Howard, Ouija: Origin of Evil stars Elizabeth Reaser, Parker Mack, Annalise Basso, Sam Anderson, Kate Siegel, Henry Thomas, Annalise Basso, Lulu Wilson, and Doug Jones.
What looks to be a prequel to 2014’s Ouija, which starred Olivia Cooke and was directed by Stiles White, Ouija: Origin of Evil is based upon the infamous Hasbro board game and is slated to hit theaters on October 21st, 2016.
Originally revealed by Freeform:
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- 6/23/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
The living and the dead will once again communicate in Universal Pictures’ Ouija: Origin of Evil, and ahead of the film’s trailer debut tomorrow, the official poster for the film has been unveiled.
Revealed on the movie’s Facebook page, the Ouija: Origin of Evil poster was accompanied with the following caption:
“Something is wrong with Doris. Here’s a first look at the poster for Ouija: Origin of Evil in theaters this Halloween – see the trailer tomorrow. #OuijaMovie”
Directed by Mike Flanagan (Hush, Oculus) from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jeff Howard, Ouija: Origin of Evil stars Parker Mack, Elizabeth Reaser, Annalise Basso, Sam Anderson, Kate Siegel, Henry Thomas, Annalise Basso, Lulu Wilson, and Doug Jones.
A follow-up film to 2014’s Ouija, which starred Olivia Cooke and was directed by Stiles White, Ouija: Origin of Evil is based upon the infamous Hasbro board...
Revealed on the movie’s Facebook page, the Ouija: Origin of Evil poster was accompanied with the following caption:
“Something is wrong with Doris. Here’s a first look at the poster for Ouija: Origin of Evil in theaters this Halloween – see the trailer tomorrow. #OuijaMovie”
Directed by Mike Flanagan (Hush, Oculus) from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jeff Howard, Ouija: Origin of Evil stars Parker Mack, Elizabeth Reaser, Annalise Basso, Sam Anderson, Kate Siegel, Henry Thomas, Annalise Basso, Lulu Wilson, and Doug Jones.
A follow-up film to 2014’s Ouija, which starred Olivia Cooke and was directed by Stiles White, Ouija: Origin of Evil is based upon the infamous Hasbro board...
- 6/22/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Ouija 2, Mike Flanagan’s follow-up to last year’s tiny-budgeted sleeper Ouija, has scared up new cast additions Parker Mack (MTV’s Faking It), Sam Anderson, Kate Siegel (Demon Legacy) and Doug Jones (Falling Skies). They join the previously announced Henry Thomas (Betrayal), Annalise Basso (Oculus), Elizabeth Reaser (True Detective) and Lulu Wilson (Deliver Us From Evil). Flanagan, taking over the directing spot from the first film’s Stiles White, will write the…...
- 9/21/2015
- Deadline
Ouija, the teen horror from first-time director Stiles White, may not have spoken to the critics much, but managed to manifest a healthy box-office haul. It beat John Wick to the top of the charts on its opening weekend last October, and managed a worldwide gross just under $100 million. A sequel was inevitable, and while we already knew that the Oculus team of Mike Flanagan and Jeff Howard had agreed to proved the screenplay, the news this morning is that Flanagan has also now signed on to direct. And suddenly Ouija 2 is that much more interesting a prospect.Adding further Oculus DNA is Annalise Basso, who played the young Karren Gillan in that film and will take one of Ouija 2's leading roles. The plot will revolve around the same haunted board as the first Ouija, with Basso's character unwisely using it to attempt contact with her recently deceased father.
- 8/17/2015
- EmpireOnline
Skydance Productions is reportedly developing a film based on the legendary and mysterious Caribbean area of the Bermuda Triangle.
Doug Miro and Carlo Bernard ("Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time," "The Sorcerer's Apprentice") are rewriting an original screenplay by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift (2009's "Friday the 13th").
Running between the Florida Straits, Bermuda and Puerto Rico, the inexplicable disappearances of planes and ships in the area over the years have been rumored to be due to paranormal or extraterrestrial causes.
The area is hot right now for filmmakers as both Universal and Warner Bros. Pictures are also developing movies about the area. "Ouija" screenwriters Juliet Snowden and Stiles White are presently rewriting the script for the Universal version. There's also another version penned by Dan Kunka which is sitting at Warners and which Charles Roven is slated to produce.
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Doug Miro and Carlo Bernard ("Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time," "The Sorcerer's Apprentice") are rewriting an original screenplay by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift (2009's "Friday the 13th").
Running between the Florida Straits, Bermuda and Puerto Rico, the inexplicable disappearances of planes and ships in the area over the years have been rumored to be due to paranormal or extraterrestrial causes.
The area is hot right now for filmmakers as both Universal and Warner Bros. Pictures are also developing movies about the area. "Ouija" screenwriters Juliet Snowden and Stiles White are presently rewriting the script for the Universal version. There's also another version penned by Dan Kunka which is sitting at Warners and which Charles Roven is slated to produce.
Source: Heat Vision...
- 6/17/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2: Jennifer Lawrence shared the first official photo from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2, featuring herself along with co-star Liam Hemsworth. The movie sees Katniss Everdeen leading a revolution; it opens in theaters on November 20. [Facebook] Fantasia: The "Night on Bald Mountain" segment from Disney's 1940 animated classic Fantasia will be developed into a live-action movie. Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless, who worked on last year's Dracula Untold and the upcoming The Last Witch Hunter, have been hired to write a screenplay. The original segment followed spirits of the dead who are raised to life for a single "night of mayhem." [Heat Vision] Bermuda Triangle: Stiles White and Juliet...
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- 6/4/2015
- by Peter Martin
- Movies.com
You’ve got to laugh sometimes at the way Hollywood works – despite last fall’s Ouija being absolutely, appallingly awful on nearly every count, the horror pic grossed a surprisingly strong $102.5 million against a chump-change $5 million budget. And so, Juliet Snowden and Stiles White, the scribes behind that faulty frightener (which rests at 7% on Rotten Tomatoes), aren’t just finding more work – they’re being brought in to improve already-written scripts.
Universal has tapped the screenwriters, who also wrote The Possession and Knowing (both bad), to rewrite its untitled Bermuda Triangle pic, which centers on the conspiracy-laden stretch of water between the Florida Straits, Bermuda and Puerto Rico, where multiple ships and planes have inexplicably disappeared over the years. Alfred Gough and Miles Millar brought the pitch for the pic to Universal back in March of 2012 – along with Scott Stuber and Dylan Clark, they’ll be involved as producers.
White...
Universal has tapped the screenwriters, who also wrote The Possession and Knowing (both bad), to rewrite its untitled Bermuda Triangle pic, which centers on the conspiracy-laden stretch of water between the Florida Straits, Bermuda and Puerto Rico, where multiple ships and planes have inexplicably disappeared over the years. Alfred Gough and Miles Millar brought the pitch for the pic to Universal back in March of 2012 – along with Scott Stuber and Dylan Clark, they’ll be involved as producers.
White...
- 6/3/2015
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
Jennifer Lawrence has used her Facebook account to post a new photo of herself as Katniss Everdeen in the upcoming "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2". Interestingly the pic also includes a June 9th date which could well be the premiere date for a new trailer for the film. [Source: Facebook]
Black Belle
Zoe Kravitz ("Divergent") has joined the cast of the post-Civil War gritty western "Black Belle" which begins shooting in September. Shana Betz helms from a script by Tasha Huo.
Kravitz will play a gunslinging loner/bounty hunter who specializes in revenge killing when a client shows up with information about her mother’s murderer. Things take a turn when she realizes just who the alleged killer really is. [Source: Deadline]
Haven
Director Justin Kurzel and writer Michael Lesslie, whose pairing on the Shakespeare adaptation "Macbeth" was the toast of this year's Cannes Film Festival, are...
Jennifer Lawrence has used her Facebook account to post a new photo of herself as Katniss Everdeen in the upcoming "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2". Interestingly the pic also includes a June 9th date which could well be the premiere date for a new trailer for the film. [Source: Facebook]
Black Belle
Zoe Kravitz ("Divergent") has joined the cast of the post-Civil War gritty western "Black Belle" which begins shooting in September. Shana Betz helms from a script by Tasha Huo.
Kravitz will play a gunslinging loner/bounty hunter who specializes in revenge killing when a client shows up with information about her mother’s murderer. Things take a turn when she realizes just who the alleged killer really is. [Source: Deadline]
Haven
Director Justin Kurzel and writer Michael Lesslie, whose pairing on the Shakespeare adaptation "Macbeth" was the toast of this year's Cannes Film Festival, are...
- 6/3/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Ouija, the teen horror from first-time director Stiles White, may not have spoken to the critics much, but managed to manifest a healthy box-office haul. It beat John Wick to the top of the charts on its opening weekend last October, and currently boasts a worldwide haul just under $100m. You might think a sequel was inevitable. And you'd be right! Universal has broken out the board again.The first film starred Olivia Cooke, and White himself wrote the screenplay with his regular cohort Juliet Snowden (Boogeyman, Knowing, The Possession). In an intriguing change, however, the sequel will be working from a screenplay by Mike Flanagan and Jeff Howard, who were behind last year's excellent Oculus. Perhaps this will be one of those rare occasions when a follow-up drastically improves on its predecessor. It's unclear at this stage whether Flanagan is interested in directing Ouija 2.Elsewhere the roster is the same,...
- 5/1/2015
- EmpireOnline
The hit horror movie Ouija is to get a sequel - and it's arriving next year...
Horror movie Ouija was a sizeable success for Universal last summer, with the $5m movie - directed by Stiles White - snaring $50m at the Us box office, and the same again outside of America. So with $100m in the bank, most of that profit, you won't be surprised to hear that a follow up is on the way.
It's been confirmed that Ouija 2 is heading to cinemas in October 2016. Specifically, we can expect the new film on October 21st 2016, and it will be written once again by Mike Flanagan and Jeff Howard.
It's unclear yet who will be directing the movie, but producers Michael Bay, Brad Fuller, Andrew Form, Jason Blum, Brian Goldner and Stephen Davies are back.
More on Ouija 2 as we hear it...
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Horror movie Ouija was a sizeable success for Universal last summer, with the $5m movie - directed by Stiles White - snaring $50m at the Us box office, and the same again outside of America. So with $100m in the bank, most of that profit, you won't be surprised to hear that a follow up is on the way.
It's been confirmed that Ouija 2 is heading to cinemas in October 2016. Specifically, we can expect the new film on October 21st 2016, and it will be written once again by Mike Flanagan and Jeff Howard.
It's unclear yet who will be directing the movie, but producers Michael Bay, Brad Fuller, Andrew Form, Jason Blum, Brian Goldner and Stephen Davies are back.
More on Ouija 2 as we hear it...
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- 4/30/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
The frightening secrets and legends of the infamous ‘Ouija’ board are finally being revealed. In celebration of the home release of the horror film, which was unveiled today on Blu-ray and DVD, Shockya is debuting a new exclusive clip from the game’s big-screen adaptation. The clip also honors the feature film directorial debut of Stiles White, who’s also co-scribed the script with his frequent writing partner, Juliet Snowden. The two previously scribed such horror feature films as ‘The Possession’ and ‘Boogeyman,’ as well as the horror short, ‘The Need,’ and the action mystery drama, ‘Knowing.’ The exclusive ‘Ouija’ clip follows a Ouija board that’s placed on a red carpet. As [ Read More ]
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- 2/3/2015
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
We’re back with another horror news round-up, this time focusing on a recent seance event that took place in Hollywood ahead of Universal’s home media release of Ouija. We also have acquisition details on Joe Dante’s zom com, Burying the Ex, as well as news on another supernatural pilot order from The CW, and new images from Epic Pictures Group’s upcoming horror anthology movie, Tales of Halloween.
A Blumhouse Productions and Platinum Dunes film from Universal Pictures, Ouija comes out on Blu-ray and DVD today and to celebrate the film’s home media release, Universal recently hosted a get-together in Hollywood that included Jason Blum and real life Ouija guru Robert Murch (an advisor on the film), who showed those in attendance how to conduct a proper seance:
“CEO of Blumhouse Pictures Jason Blum, director Stiles White, actress Bianca Santos, and Ouija historian & expert Robert Murch...
A Blumhouse Productions and Platinum Dunes film from Universal Pictures, Ouija comes out on Blu-ray and DVD today and to celebrate the film’s home media release, Universal recently hosted a get-together in Hollywood that included Jason Blum and real life Ouija guru Robert Murch (an advisor on the film), who showed those in attendance how to conduct a proper seance:
“CEO of Blumhouse Pictures Jason Blum, director Stiles White, actress Bianca Santos, and Ouija historian & expert Robert Murch...
- 2/3/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
For the first week of February, horror fans should get those wallets ready as there’s a ton of great titles making their home entertainment debuts this Tuesday. We’ve got two stellar indie films to look forward to- The Demon’s Rook and Starry Eyes- and Universal is releasing two of their recent theatrical titles, Dracula Untold and Ouija, on Blu-ray and DVD as well.
As if that’s not enough, other notable titles you can add to your personal collection on the 3rd include Exists, The ABC’s of Death 2, Zombie Killers: Elephant’s Graveyard, John Wick and the cult classic Kull the Conqueror is making its way onto Blu for the first time ever too.
The Demon’s Rook (Cinedigm, DVD)
Chaos descends upon a quiet town when Roscoe, the pupil of a wizard monk from an ancient race of demons, unknowingly opens a portal that...
As if that’s not enough, other notable titles you can add to your personal collection on the 3rd include Exists, The ABC’s of Death 2, Zombie Killers: Elephant’s Graveyard, John Wick and the cult classic Kull the Conqueror is making its way onto Blu for the first time ever too.
The Demon’s Rook (Cinedigm, DVD)
Chaos descends upon a quiet town when Roscoe, the pupil of a wizard monk from an ancient race of demons, unknowingly opens a portal that...
- 2/3/2015
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Laine would do anything to get one more chance to talk with Debbie. But her best friend is dead, and it looks like they will never communicate again… until Laine finds the Ouija board in Debbie’s room. From Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, Ouija stars Bates Motel’s Olivia Cooke and hits home media on February 3rd, and we’ve been provided with two Blu-ray copies to give away.
“After Debbie (Shelley Hennig, “Teen Wolf”) suddenly dies, her best friend Laine (Olivia Cooke, “Bates Motel,”) attempts to contact her using an antique Ouija board she finds in Debbie’s room. When the curious teen begins asking the board questions and stumbles upon the mystery of her friend’s death, Laine discovers a resident spirit calling itself Dz, and eerie, inexplicable events begin to follow her. The group of friends digs deeper into the history of Debbie’s house and are...
“After Debbie (Shelley Hennig, “Teen Wolf”) suddenly dies, her best friend Laine (Olivia Cooke, “Bates Motel,”) attempts to contact her using an antique Ouija board she finds in Debbie’s room. When the curious teen begins asking the board questions and stumbles upon the mystery of her friend’s death, Laine discovers a resident spirit calling itself Dz, and eerie, inexplicable events begin to follow her. The group of friends digs deeper into the history of Debbie’s house and are...
- 1/28/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
2Nd Update, Monday 4:39 Pm Pt: Actuals are in from the international weekend with The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies climbing $4.6M above projections. The 1st frame cume is now $122.2M with 3D results accounting for 71% of the box office total. Increases in key overseas markets have been updated below. Expanded Hobbit holiday cheer will flow next weekend in North America, Italy, Spain and Korea. On the flipside, Exodus: Gods And Kings came in slightly lower in its cume, which is $18.2M versus an estimated $18.8M on Sunday. However, the biblical epic was up over projections in some Asian markets where audiences have been drawn by the scale and spectacle. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 stayed just about on par with Sunday’s estimates, but has now passed the lifetime of Catching Fire in 32 territories including Italy and Brazil — and could imminently pass Cf‘s Latin American take entirely.
- 12/16/2014
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline
A group of teens have accidentally unleashed a dark power from the other side, as ‘Oujia’ is set to be released on home entertainment. The horror movie, which marks the feature film directorial debut of Stiles White, is set to be released on Digital HD on January 13, 2015. The movie will then receive a Blu-ray Combo Pack release, which includes a Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD with UltraViolet, as well as an On Demand unveiling, on February 3 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. The following Bonus Features that will exclusively be featured on ‘Oujia’s Blu-ray include: ‘The Spirit Board: An Evolution’: Journey back in time and trace the history [ Read More ]
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- 12/9/2014
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
PG-13 rated horror from the land of Blumhouse, granted. But Ouija has one or two things going for it...
When you're basing a big screen movie off of something other than a book or a successful television show or another movie, you're looking for trouble. When you base your film off of a popular childhood toy, you're setting yourself up for failure. You have to be amazingly creative to pull that little trick off, something the Pixar clan accomplished with the Toy Story films and Miller and Lord pulled off with the world of Lego. However, those games are all friendly, colorful games. There's a darker game sitting on shelves with the Hasbro stamp, and that's the Ouija board.
Part toy, part hoax, part occult tool, the Ouija has a unique place in popular culture. Popularized in the Western world by American spiritualist Pearl Cullan circa Wwi as a tool to contact the dead,...
When you're basing a big screen movie off of something other than a book or a successful television show or another movie, you're looking for trouble. When you base your film off of a popular childhood toy, you're setting yourself up for failure. You have to be amazingly creative to pull that little trick off, something the Pixar clan accomplished with the Toy Story films and Miller and Lord pulled off with the world of Lego. However, those games are all friendly, colorful games. There's a darker game sitting on shelves with the Hasbro stamp, and that's the Ouija board.
Part toy, part hoax, part occult tool, the Ouija has a unique place in popular culture. Popularized in the Western world by American spiritualist Pearl Cullan circa Wwi as a tool to contact the dead,...
- 10/27/2014
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Ouija centers on the story of two grown women who, in their childhood, counted Hasbro game Ouija among their many diversions.
When Laine (Olivia Cooke) and Debbie (Shelley Hennig) reunite and dig out the dusty board game, the game becomes more sinister than they remember. Before long, the dormant powers of the board are awoken and their deepest darkest fears are laid bare and exposed in this Michael Bay-produced horror film directed by Stiles White.
Ouija Reviewed
Critics are not impressed with Ouija, detailing the many ways in which it fails to capitalize on the concept's possibilities. In the end, the movie provides little more than the all-to-familiar cliché’s of horror films, particularly ones in which spirits are meant to induce the flick’s big frights. A few kinder reviewers enjoyed the absurdity of the movie and found it no worse that its simpler scary movie predecessors.
“If nothing else,...
When Laine (Olivia Cooke) and Debbie (Shelley Hennig) reunite and dig out the dusty board game, the game becomes more sinister than they remember. Before long, the dormant powers of the board are awoken and their deepest darkest fears are laid bare and exposed in this Michael Bay-produced horror film directed by Stiles White.
Ouija Reviewed
Critics are not impressed with Ouija, detailing the many ways in which it fails to capitalize on the concept's possibilities. In the end, the movie provides little more than the all-to-familiar cliché’s of horror films, particularly ones in which spirits are meant to induce the flick’s big frights. A few kinder reviewers enjoyed the absurdity of the movie and found it no worse that its simpler scary movie predecessors.
“If nothing else,...
- 10/25/2014
- Uinterview
Chicago – Out of respect for the filmmakers and actors, I don’t walk out on films. I hold true to that even when I know in the first 10 minutes the film’s not for me. Perhaps the second act could surprise me. Maybe the whole film is a flop but it redeems itself with shock and awe in the last 5 minutes.
Rating: 1.0/5.0
But let’s be honest: As much as you can tell yourself you’ll walk into “Ouija” with an open mind, it’s impossible to have high hopes about this latest “horror” film in a tiresome string of formulaic attempts. You’re not expecting Oscar-caliber performances and that’s why these kinds of films can get away with casting no one you’ve ever heard of.
This time, Olivia Cooke takes center stage. You might remember her if you saw this year’s sci-fi flop “The Signal” with Laurence Fishburne.
Rating: 1.0/5.0
But let’s be honest: As much as you can tell yourself you’ll walk into “Ouija” with an open mind, it’s impossible to have high hopes about this latest “horror” film in a tiresome string of formulaic attempts. You’re not expecting Oscar-caliber performances and that’s why these kinds of films can get away with casting no one you’ve ever heard of.
This time, Olivia Cooke takes center stage. You might remember her if you saw this year’s sci-fi flop “The Signal” with Laurence Fishburne.
- 10/25/2014
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
While there are an unlimited number of brilliantly eloquent metaphors a film critic can use to describe what an utter travesty Ouija is, no words need to be uttered beyond “Ouija is bad.” I could end my review right there and you’d all be wiser knowing that simple descriptor, plus I wouldn’t have to waste another 600 or so words explaining why Ouija embodies everything wrong with today’s mainstream horror scene. Writer/Director Stiles White and co-writer Juliet Snowden take a steaming, repugnant turd directly onto the horror genre’s chest and don’t even say thank you, laughing their way into theaters nationwide.
But who am I kidding? Ouija is going to walk away a box office champion when the weekend numbers are tallied, so my disapproval really won’t mean a lick in the grand scheme of things. Movies of this quality level will still cheaply...
But who am I kidding? Ouija is going to walk away a box office champion when the weekend numbers are tallied, so my disapproval really won’t mean a lick in the grand scheme of things. Movies of this quality level will still cheaply...
- 10/24/2014
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
The idea of playing with an Ouija board never seems to end well. People are accused of cheating or someone actually thinks they have made contact, and the board becomes a frightening vessel instead of a silly board game. Director Stiles White‘s Ouija attempts to dive into this mystery and show whether or not the board really is something to fear. Debbie (Shelley Hennig) seems to have a thing for Ouija boards, but when she is found dead in her home the apparent victim of suicide her best friend Laine (Olivia Cooke) becomes obsessed with figuring out what really happened. When Laine finds the tattered, old Ouija board in Debbie’s room, she decides to gather their friends to play the game in Debbie’s newly-vacant house to see if they can contact Debbie for answers and hopefully closure. However the moment the group begins playing the game, things start to unravel and it becomes clear...
- 10/24/2014
- by Allison Loring
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Universal's pre-Halloween entry Ouija won the Friday box office race with $8.3 million for a projected $20 million weekend, summoning up another victory for Blumhouse Pictures, Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes and Universal following the microbudgeted Purge franchise. Stiles White directed Ouija, based on the classic Hasbro board game and costing under $5 million to make. Rated PG-13, the female-fueled, teen-friendly title is playing in 2,858 locations and was produced in tandem with Hasbro. It's not a surprise Ouija received a C CinemaScore; horror films often do. See more 15 Horror Movies That Offered the
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- 10/24/2014
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Although Summer has long passed, it’s not too late for another youth-oriented movie adaptation. So, what is it, another flick based on a popular series of “young adult” novels, or perhaps a “tear-jerker” like The Fault In Our Stars or If I Stay? Is it another comic book or classic TV show getting the big screen treatment? Nope, this is based on a game. But not a video or computer game like the Lara Croft franchise or the recent Need For Speed. It’s an “old school” board game, one that’s been around for ages. The box office sinking of Battleship has not deterred the folks at Hasbro Films (an off-shoot of the toy empire). After all, GI Joe and those Transformers are still raking in the bucks. Plus The Lego Movie’s success will spawn a trio of spin-offs. Oh, and there’s a chance of cross-over...
- 10/24/2014
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
"Ouija" is professionally made, a classically-styled ghost story/mystery, and perhaps the single strangest piece of product placement ever made. It is also, unfortunately, so by-the-numbers that it feels like it was made by a computer program designed to simulate horror films. Juliet Snowden and Stiles White have been co-writers on films like "The Possession" and "Knowing," but this time out, White is also directing. He knows what he's doing, and the way the film is made, it looks and feels exactly like it's supposed to feel. It is the very model of what Blumhouse wants to make. It's slick. It's simple and self-contained. It has a very immediate and understandable hook. It should work. It doesn't, though, and it's an exercise in frustration as a result. When Debbie (Shelley Hennig) apparently kills herself, her best friend Laine (Olivia Cooke) has a hard time accepting it as a suicide. She...
- 10/23/2014
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
After doing rigorous testing, i.e., sitting through “Ouija”, we can now confirm that you can, in fact, jump out of your seat with fear and roll your eyes at the same time. This film is effectively scary, filled with plenty of jump moments and a few slow-burning scenes, but the scares aren’t enough to balance the poor writing and lack of imagination. We can’t help but wonder what movie would have resulted had a version from Marti Noxon (of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and the underrated “Fright Night” remake) actually made it to the screen. She was attached to the script, but this Hasbro-produced film shuffled through a number of writers and filmmakers before finally landing on first-time director Stiles White, who wrote the script with Juliet Snowden. The pair had previously worked together on critical disasters “The Possession,” “Knowing” and “Boogeyman.” But instead of Noxon’s...
- 10/23/2014
- by Kimber Myers
- The Playlist
This Friday sees the release of Ouija and, recently, Shock Till You Drop attended a screening of the supernatural thriller at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Following a look at the film, we joined cast members Olivia Cooke, Daren Kagasoff, Shelley Hennig, Ana Coto and Bianca Santos in the spooky locale to chat about their experience working on this Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes production.
The gang talk about the "hilarious" time they had on set, Witchboard, working with director Stiles White, the proper handling of a Ouija board and why some cast members think the film is a "good family horror movie."
The post Shock Video: We’re Talking With the Cast of Ouija appeared first on Shock Till You Drop.
The gang talk about the "hilarious" time they had on set, Witchboard, working with director Stiles White, the proper handling of a Ouija board and why some cast members think the film is a "good family horror movie."
The post Shock Video: We’re Talking With the Cast of Ouija appeared first on Shock Till You Drop.
- 10/20/2014
- by Ryan Turek
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Chicago – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 40 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new horror film “Ouija” from Jason Blum (producer of the “Paranormal Activity,” “Insidious” and “The Purge” films) and the producer of “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”!
“Ouija,” which opens on Oct. 24, 2014 and is rated “PG-13,” stars Olivia Cooke, Daren Kagasoff, Ana Coto, Douglas Smith, Shelley Hennig, Sierra Heuermann and Bianca Santos from writer and director Stiles White and writer Juliet Snowden.
To win your free “Ouija” passes courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our social media widget below. That’s it! This screening is on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014 at 7 p.m. in downtown Chicago. The more social actions you complete, the more points you score and the higher yours odds of winning! Completing these social actions only increases your odds of winning; this doesn’t intensify your competition!
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“Ouija,” which opens on Oct. 24, 2014 and is rated “PG-13,” stars Olivia Cooke, Daren Kagasoff, Ana Coto, Douglas Smith, Shelley Hennig, Sierra Heuermann and Bianca Santos from writer and director Stiles White and writer Juliet Snowden.
To win your free “Ouija” passes courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our social media widget below. That’s it! This screening is on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014 at 7 p.m. in downtown Chicago. The more social actions you complete, the more points you score and the higher yours odds of winning! Completing these social actions only increases your odds of winning; this doesn’t intensify your competition!
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- 10/19/2014
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
A group of friends pay the supernatural price for playing games with the dead when a night on the Ouija board unleashes a malicious spirit from another dimension. Lancashire lass Olivia Cooke finds herself deep in American gothic territory in an occult chiller that marks the directorial debut of Stiles White, writer of the cult creepshow Boogeyman and apocalyptic thriller Knowing.
- 10/17/2014
- Sky Movies
Get a sneak peak at the incoming horror Ouija right here...
Arriving in cinemas on October 31st is Ouija, a spooky looking horror which, as the title suggests, centres around a Ouija board. The set up sees a group of friends who manage to awaken the dark powers of said Ouija board, with consequences that are unlikely to be pleasant.
The movie marks the directorial debut of Stiles White, who's worked on the special effects for projects such as Jurassic Park III, Galaxy Quest and Small Soldiers. And we've got a clip of Ouija to give you a taster as to what to expect. Without further ado...
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Arriving in cinemas on October 31st is Ouija, a spooky looking horror which, as the title suggests, centres around a Ouija board. The set up sees a group of friends who manage to awaken the dark powers of said Ouija board, with consequences that are unlikely to be pleasant.
The movie marks the directorial debut of Stiles White, who's worked on the special effects for projects such as Jurassic Park III, Galaxy Quest and Small Soldiers. And we've got a clip of Ouija to give you a taster as to what to expect. Without further ado...
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- 10/16/2014
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Don’t lie, you played the game. Your parents warned you not to play it in your house but you did it anyway. Now, experience the film – Ouija!! We have some passes for you lucky souls to possess. Read on to find out how to score the passes.
In Ouija, a group of friends must confront their most terrifying fears when they awaken the dark powers of an ancient spirit board. Stiles White directs the supernatural thriller that is produced by Platinum Dunes partners Michael Bay, Andrew Form and Brad Fuller (The Purge, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday the 13th) alongside Blumhouse Productions’ Jason Blum (Paranormal Activity and Insidious series, The Purge), Bennett Schneir (Battleship) and Hasbro. Juliet Snowden and Stiles White wrote the script for Ouija, and Universal will distribute the film worldwide.
Ouija has been rated PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned – Some Material May Be Inappropriate for Children Under 13) for disturbing violent content,...
In Ouija, a group of friends must confront their most terrifying fears when they awaken the dark powers of an ancient spirit board. Stiles White directs the supernatural thriller that is produced by Platinum Dunes partners Michael Bay, Andrew Form and Brad Fuller (The Purge, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday the 13th) alongside Blumhouse Productions’ Jason Blum (Paranormal Activity and Insidious series, The Purge), Bennett Schneir (Battleship) and Hasbro. Juliet Snowden and Stiles White wrote the script for Ouija, and Universal will distribute the film worldwide.
Ouija has been rated PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned – Some Material May Be Inappropriate for Children Under 13) for disturbing violent content,...
- 10/15/2014
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
Open Your Mind: It’s Not Just a Game.
This Halloween, find out what happens when a deadly presence refuses to go in the new film, Ouija.
Universal Pictures presents a Platinum Dunes/Blumhouse production—in association with Hasbro Studios to bring to the screen Ouija, a supernatural thriller in which a group of friends must confront their most terrifying fears when they unwittingly make contact with a dark power from the other side. What started as a game will unleash an evil only they can stop.
Stiles White (writer of The Possession, Knowing) makes his directorial debut with the supernatural thriller that is written by White and Juliet Snowden (The Possession, Knowing).
Starring Olivia Cooke, Daren Kagasoff, Douglas Smith, Bianca Santos, Ouija opens in theaters October 24.
Wamg invites you to enter for a chance to win passes (Good for 2) to the advance screening of Ouija on October 22nd at 7Pm in the St.
This Halloween, find out what happens when a deadly presence refuses to go in the new film, Ouija.
Universal Pictures presents a Platinum Dunes/Blumhouse production—in association with Hasbro Studios to bring to the screen Ouija, a supernatural thriller in which a group of friends must confront their most terrifying fears when they unwittingly make contact with a dark power from the other side. What started as a game will unleash an evil only they can stop.
Stiles White (writer of The Possession, Knowing) makes his directorial debut with the supernatural thriller that is written by White and Juliet Snowden (The Possession, Knowing).
Starring Olivia Cooke, Daren Kagasoff, Douglas Smith, Bianca Santos, Ouija opens in theaters October 24.
Wamg invites you to enter for a chance to win passes (Good for 2) to the advance screening of Ouija on October 22nd at 7Pm in the St.
- 10/14/2014
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
October 3, 2014
Life After Beth
Director: Jeff Baena
Starring: Jeff Baena
Running time: 89 mins
Certificate: 15
Dracula Untold
Director: Gary Shore
Starring: Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper
Running time: 92 mins
Certificate: 15
Draft Day
Director: Ivan Reitman
Starring: Kevin Costner, Jennifer Garner
Running time: 107 mins
Certificate: 15
Gone Girl
Director:David Fincher
Starring: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike
Running time: 149 mins
Certificate: 18
October 10, 2014
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Director: Miguel Arteta
Starring: Steve Carell, Jennifer Garner
Running time: 81 mins
Certificate: PG
Annabelle
Director: John R. Leonetti
Starring: Ward Horton, Annabelle Wallis
Running time: 99 mins
Certificate: 15
The Calling
Director: Jason Stone
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Gil Bellows
Running time: 108 mins
Certificate: 15
Effie Gray
Director: Richard Laxton
Starring: Dakota Fanning, Emma Thompson
Running time: Tbc mins
Certificate: 12A
The Maze Runner
Director: Wes Ball
Starring: Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario
Running time: 113 mins
Certificate: 12A
The Rewrite
Director: Marc Lawrence
Starring: Hugh Grant, Marisa Tomei...
Life After Beth
Director: Jeff Baena
Starring: Jeff Baena
Running time: 89 mins
Certificate: 15
Dracula Untold
Director: Gary Shore
Starring: Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper
Running time: 92 mins
Certificate: 15
Draft Day
Director: Ivan Reitman
Starring: Kevin Costner, Jennifer Garner
Running time: 107 mins
Certificate: 15
Gone Girl
Director:David Fincher
Starring: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike
Running time: 149 mins
Certificate: 18
October 10, 2014
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Director: Miguel Arteta
Starring: Steve Carell, Jennifer Garner
Running time: 81 mins
Certificate: PG
Annabelle
Director: John R. Leonetti
Starring: Ward Horton, Annabelle Wallis
Running time: 99 mins
Certificate: 15
The Calling
Director: Jason Stone
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Gil Bellows
Running time: 108 mins
Certificate: 15
Effie Gray
Director: Richard Laxton
Starring: Dakota Fanning, Emma Thompson
Running time: Tbc mins
Certificate: 12A
The Maze Runner
Director: Wes Ball
Starring: Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario
Running time: 113 mins
Certificate: 12A
The Rewrite
Director: Marc Lawrence
Starring: Hugh Grant, Marisa Tomei...
- 10/2/2014
- Digital Spy
(Cbr) Cynical people tend to say films based on toys and games are just there to sell more products. We’re not quite sure that’s the case with Hasbro’s "Ouija," as it revolves around a group of kids bringing something evil over from the other side while using the spirit board to try to contact a dead friend. That’s some pretty twisted advertising! Speaking of which, a U.K. version of the first trailer just hit, featuring a lot of previously seen footage. The film stars "Bates Motel" actress Olivia Cooke as well as fellow up-and-comers Ana Coto, Bianca A. Santos, Douglas Smith and Daren Kagasoff. Stiles White, who previously worked in the special effects field, directed from a script he wrote with Juliet Snowden. If you’re curious about trying your hand at the planchette, you can check out the film’s official site,which has...
- 9/26/2014
- by TJ Dietsch, Comic Book Resources
- Hitfix
Ouija UK Trailer. Stiles White‘s Ouija (2014) international movie trailer stars Claudia Katz, Sunny May Allison, Bill Watterson, Morgan Peter Brown, and Afra Sophia Tully. Ouija‘s plot synopsis: “After the mysterious and untimely death of their friend Debbie, those she left behind are searching for clues to what appears to [...]
Continue reading: Ouija (2014) UK Movie Trailer: Friends Use Game To Summon Dead...
Continue reading: Ouija (2014) UK Movie Trailer: Friends Use Game To Summon Dead...
- 9/26/2014
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Universal Pictures have unchained the latest and chilling trailer for the Blumhouse produced 'Ouija'. It arrives in Us theatres on 24 October and bang on Halloween for us here in the UK. The movie comes courtesy of 'The Possession' writing duo Juliet Snowden and Stiles White with White on board to helm marking his directorial debut. The flick stars Olivia Cooke ('Bates Motel'), Daren Kagasoff ('The Secret Life of the American Teenager'), Douglas Smith ('Stage Fright'), Bianca A. Santos ('The Fosters'), Erin Moriarty ('The Watch'), Ana Coto ('DisCONNECTED') and Vivis Colombetti ('Paranormal Activity 2'). Check the trailer below....
- 9/25/2014
- Horror Asylum
For those of you looking to get your horror movie fix during the Halloween season, you may or may not get it from the new movie Ouija. The story centers on a group of friends who stir up a dark ancient entity while attempting to contact their late friend through a Ouija board. I'm sure it will offer up a few scares for audiences who haven't become desensitized to horror movies like I have. I'll go see it because I'll watch any horror movie, I'm just not expecting to see anything special. Universal Pictures has released a new UK trailer for you to watch.
The Michael Bay-produced film was directed by Stiles White, and it stars Olivia Cooke, Douglas Smith, Bianca Santos, Daren Kagasoff, Vivis Colombetti, Ana Coto, and Erin Moriarty. It's set to set to haunt theaters on October 24th. ...
The Michael Bay-produced film was directed by Stiles White, and it stars Olivia Cooke, Douglas Smith, Bianca Santos, Daren Kagasoff, Vivis Colombetti, Ana Coto, and Erin Moriarty. It's set to set to haunt theaters on October 24th. ...
- 9/23/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Board game movies aren’t quite as common now as we might have guessed a few years ago, when Hasbro put about a million of them into development. But they aren’t entirely dead. There’s one coming this fall based on the slumber party staple Ouija, from Knowing writers Juliet Snowden and Stiles White. While that admittedly […]
The post ‘Ouija’ Trailer: “I Don’t Think This Is a Good Idea” appeared first on /Film.
The post ‘Ouija’ Trailer: “I Don’t Think This Is a Good Idea” appeared first on /Film.
- 9/23/2014
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
There aren't a lot of promising opportunities for big screen horror this fall it seems, but Universal Pictures is going to try to rake in the Halloween audiences with Ouija, their supernatural horror adventure inspired by the creepy "board game" of the same name. But as the tagline so obviously points out, this isn't a game. A new theatrical trailer has arrived, and while it's a little better than the first teaser trailer, it still hits every horror cliche you would expect in a film like this from creepy dolls to laughing kids. Though I like the use of the game board eyepiece, Everything else seems so predictable and full of cheap jump scares. Watch below! Here's the UK trailer for Stiles White's Ouija from YouTube (via The Playlist): Ouija is directed by Stiles White, director of Boogeyman, The Possession and Knowing, who co-wrote the script with Juliet Snowden,...
- 9/23/2014
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
“You damn fool kids will never learn,” said the tubby fisherman in The Blair Witch Project. While that plaid-clad chap was referring to the meddlesome antics of three young filmmakers in the woods, his brief mutter still stands true in regards to the activities in most teen horrors today. Which ties in nicely, as a new trailer proves that’s still very much the case in the upcoming horror film, Ouija.
If you haven’t already guessed, the movie involves a gaggle of youngsters who happen upon a Ouija board and attempt to rouse a spirit from the afterlife. Co-written by Stiles White and Juliet Snowden, and directed by the former, it’s guaranteed to hit the spot for audiences venturing to the theatre this Halloween. Today’s trailer, brought to you by Universal, delivers sufficient teases for the late show crowds.
Does the tale of a bunch of kids...
If you haven’t already guessed, the movie involves a gaggle of youngsters who happen upon a Ouija board and attempt to rouse a spirit from the afterlife. Co-written by Stiles White and Juliet Snowden, and directed by the former, it’s guaranteed to hit the spot for audiences venturing to the theatre this Halloween. Today’s trailer, brought to you by Universal, delivers sufficient teases for the late show crowds.
Does the tale of a bunch of kids...
- 9/23/2014
- by Gem Seddon
- We Got This Covered
Believe it or not, this is the third trailer for the board game-turned-movie Ouija I've posted since the first one dropped in July and yet I still get the impression none of us ever remembers it's a movie that's actually coming out this year... October 24 in fact... that's only a month away. You excitedc Directed by Stiles White, the film centers on a group of friends who must confront their most terrifying fears when they awaken the dark powers of an ancient spirit board. The film stars Matthew Settle, Erin Moriarty, Olivia Cooke, Daren Kagasoff, Bianca A. Santos, Vivis Colombetti, Ana Coto and Olivia Cooke and just skimming through this trailer I'm not getting much of a scary vibe as much as I'm getting a "horror cliches" vibe... hell, even the doll has its mouth sewn shut. What's that all aboutc Give it a watch below and let me know what you think.
- 9/23/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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