Witchboard 2 (1993) User Reviews (33)

Better than the first one.

[BA_Harrison · 6/10 · 10 August 2008]

I didn't care much for Kevin S. Tenney's Witchboard: the script was weak, the acting was lousy (Tawny Kitaen, who played the central character, was more wooden than the Ouija board itself!), and the effects were cheap. However, this sequel, also by Tenney, is thankfully a lot better.

Sure, the plot isn't that original (essentially being little more than a retread of the first film), but Tenney seems to have polished his skills as a director a little, and has been wise enough to get himself a cast who can actually act.

This time around, it's a pretty young artist named Paige (Ami Dolenz) who discovers that meddling with the occult is not a good idea; she finds a Ouija board in the new loft apartment that she is renting, and, pretty soon, people are dying in mysterious circumstances, and she's becoming a foul mouthed sex-bomb (well, maybe not all the effects of a Ouija board are bad). Is the spirit she has been contacting attempting to possess her body, or just trying to bring to justice those responsible for her death?

Occasionally events get a little too silly (the scene where a man is pursued by a whirling saw blade is awful), but, on the whole, this is a step in the right direction for the series. Dolenz is easy on the eye (and her hair isn't quite as 'big' as Kitaen's), there are some reasonable jump scares, and Tenney throws in some quite impressive camera-work (a couple of moments might even give Dario Argento a run for his money, with the camera swooping down through a building window into the loft apartment, and, even better, passing through a moving car).

Not very scary, but fun and entertaining

[capkronos · 6/10 · 11 May 2003]

Shy, pretty, blonde Paige Benedict (Ami Dolenz) moves into an artists loft apartment, finds a OUIJA board in the closet and starts playing with it, eventually contacting the ghost of Susan Sidney (Julie Michaels), who claims to be a murder victim. Soon other tenants in the building start dying in mysterious ways and the same things happen to Dolenz that did for Tawny Kitaen in the original. It turns out Susan's ghost wants to get revenge on her murderers and while she's at it return to life by possessing Paige.

Although unscary, this sequel features good visuals, a few creative murders, likable characters, fine performances (especially the cute and charming Ami Dolenz) and a script with good plot twists. Laraine Newman has a great costarring role as the hippie landlady.

For a good time with the spirit world, call 1800 - Ouija board.

[lost-in-limbo · 6/10 · 10 February 2007]

Paige Benedict is a wannabe artist who moves into a large apartment loft and discovers an Ouija board in the closet. After trying it out she starts receiving messages from the other-side by the previous tenant Susan Sidney. Who claims that she was murdered. Paige suddenly gets caught up into finding out what happened to Susan, but along the way people start dying off by strange occurrences.

Well I've never seen the original, but there's no relationship between the two films that makes you have to seen them in any particular order. I was expecting something quite secondary, but Kevin Tenney's 'Witchboard 2: The Devil's Doorway' was a mostly fun and harmless little piece, which was competently directed with some nice inventive flourishes. While, it's not hard to figure out what's eventually going to happen (though the final twist got me) and the pacing can lumber along with long talky spells, but there are definite features that make up for these aspects. Tenney makes the most out of his budget to cook up some strikingly atmospheric camera-work, tautly effective music score, credible special effects and a humdrum script filled with some biting humour. There are some well staged action scenes that have energy and the edgy deaths are mildly inspired. Although they are rather tame. False jump scares are evident, but never fall into the cheap variety. It tries to be creepy in its set-up, but I found it to be too silly to be so. Laughable in patches, but it never gets overly cheesy. Although there are some totally unlikely (if moronic) plot developments in the script that will raise eyebrows. One thing that got on my nerves was the constant use of sounding out every single letter and letting us know what it spells when Ouija board comes into play. Sure I can hack it every now and then, but all the time. No way! At least we had a blond hottie doing it for us. Tenney sure does tease the viewer with the gorgeously dainty Ami Dolenz. Her perky performance is surprisingly good. Those looking for a bit of flesh will be highly disappointed. Laraine Newman is amusing as the flip-out hippie landlady. The beautiful Julie Michaels was fine as Susan. Timothy Gibbs, John Gatins and Christopher Michael as bawdy landlord were okay.

It's a decent enough time-waster that has a certain quirkiness and stylish feel to it all.

"Witchboard 2: The Devil's Doorway"- 8/10. Not scary but entertaining nonetheless.

[movies2u · 11 February 2004]

Witchboard 2

This movie has plenty of entertainment stuffed into it's 90 minute running time, but it isn't too scary. Witchboard 2 is about Paige, who moves into an artist loft apartment after leaving her boyfriend. While moving in, she finds a Oujia board inside a closet, and just for fun, begins to play around with it. But you can't play with a Witchboard as Paige soon learns, when she contacts the spirit who claims to be a former tennant of the apartment complex who was murdered. Then, people in the complex begin dying in weird ways, and Paige must uncover the spirit's true identity before it destroys her.

The actors here aren't too bad, and Laraine Newman is hilarious as the eccentric landlord. This film has some 'jump' sequences that jolt you, but no real horror to scare you with. The movie also has a good mystery to it. Good for horror fans, and not cheesy at all. Don't expect a super-cheapy movie, it isn't that bad. 8/10.

Eh... It Was Alright.

[drownsoda90 · 5/10 · 11 December 2004]

The un-needed sequel to the 1986 horror film, "Witchboard", is about Paige (Ami Dolenz), a young woman who has just recently broken up with her boyfriend and moves into an artist loft apartment to try and take a break from things. While moving in, she discovers a Ouija board in the closet and for fun begins to play with it, and she ends up contacting the spirit of a former tennant who was murdered there. Then people within the apartment complex begin to die in strange ways while Paige tries to uncover the spirit's real identity.

"Witchboard 2" pretty much models the original, but with a few more scares here and there. A sequel really wasn't needed, it's basically a rehash of the original film. Although, I found the hippie landlord (played by Laraine Newman) hilarious. It was pretty mediocre. I'll give it half and half. 5/10.

Decent, but still nothing much

[Tito-8 · 5/10 · 26 April 1999]

Much like the original, this is a reasonably entertaining film, but still nothing to brag about. I'd say that this was a little silly, even by horror film standards, but unlike most horror movies, I wasn't ever bored while watching this. However, like all other horror films that I have seen, this movie isn't scary, and the story isn't nearly interesting enough or funny enough to overlook this problem. This film was a decent time killer, but if you're looking for a good movie, try something else.

Witchboard 2: The Devil's Doorway

[Scarecrow-88 · 5/10 · 20 May 2012]

"Get a grip, Paige, it's only a Ouija Board."

From the director of Night of the Demons and the first Witchboard, is this '93 sequel featuring the gorgeous Ami Dolenz as an amateur artist, Paige, moving into an attractive loft so she can hopefully make a career out of painting while working unhappily at a business to pay the bills. When she dabbles with a Ouija board, found in a closet (it falls in a spot so she can visibly see it), the spirit of a former occupant wants her, Paige assumes, to find her body and the murderer responsible. The question: is there more to this than meets the eye? Could a desire to possess Paige be part of why she keeps motivating her to use the Ouija board? Other characters involved in the mystery regarding the spirit of Susan (Julie Michaels) include a photographer, Jonas (Christopher Michael Moore), the brother of apartment renter, Elaine (Laraine Newman, of Saturday Night Live fame), still living in the 60s (she has a hippy-painted van, dresses and speaks as if she were stuck in a timewarp). Mitch (the bo-hunk Timothy Gibbs) is Paige's former lover, a plain-clothes policeman with bitterness due to her leaving him for being too bossy and pushy. Tenney does use special effects as he did in the first Witchboard to convey Susan's abilities to affect her surroundings when Paige is using the Ouija board (a broken mirror, operating a crane which sends a wrecking ball crashing into a vehicle crushing a victim, and pressing down the accelerator pedal of a Ford Ranger that nearly kills Mitch in Tenney's French Connection sequence of the film). Also a Tenney trademark is the Evil Dead "bird's eye view" camera shot—in this movie's case, from the Point of View of Susan moving about in spirit form—still in effect here as has been used in times past (preferably Night of the Demons and Witchboard, arguably his two best films). Tenney tries to shoot the adorable Dolenz (boy, did I have a crush on her when I was a teenager!) in sexy, provocative ways, and does, at times, succeed. She does have a potty mouth once the Paige character becomes more reliant on the Ouija board, soon quite addicted to solving the mystery of her death, placing her own body in jeopardy of a total takeover. Most unintentional funny scenes (maybe they were intentionally funny, I don't know) have the first victim trying to evade a spinning saw blade in flight, chasing (!) after him and this very same victim succumbing to a boiler that actually balloons as if it become bloated, resulting in a steam kill! Dolenz is actually not a bad lead heroine, her smile is a knock-out and she exudes a pleasant enough personality, but I found Gibbs' cop a hard character to like (he tries, later after reflection, to be more understanding and seems committed to a better relationship with her, but his initial scene does not necessarily warm us to him; his aggressive nature and aura of hostility are especially noticeable), even though he factors heavily into Paige's rescue. One things for certain, Mitch is quite a punching bag thanks to Susan's supernatural powers. Newman does what she can with a caricature, actually still quite amusing during many of her scenes. Moore is the other man in Paige's life, and his character (much to the film's credit) can not be pinned down as completely innocent, although he's far more easy to like than Mitch.

Witchboard 2 runs the gamut of emotions

[tjrtharp · 7/10 · 4 September 2012]

Pretty good little film here. Kevin S. Tenney is quite a decent writer and a better director. My favorites are the POV shots of the spirit traveling. We get the absolutely cute Ami Dolenz as a lead, and John Gattins who in my opinion gives the only other believable performance in this film. Yes, the story is frighteningly similar to Witchboard, but just different enough to stand on its own merits. Dolenz does not transform much here in the script as possessed individuals are wont to do. Yet, she gets the point across nonetheless. Gattins keeps you guessing if his character is one of the good guys or the villain here. Meanwhile, we get an interesting take on the landlady played by Laraine Newman. Here the spirit seems partially justified in her actions, which makes the plot all the better. This brings up a question: WHY doesn't this film get a DVD release with a commentary from Dolenz and Tenney? I would like to hear their take on this film. Again, I liked Witchboard 2 almost as much as I liked the original.

Hey - a dude gets killed by a boiler room. That's worth your time, right?

[BandSAboutMovies · 4/10 · 22 October 2020]

Ami Dolenz - yes, the daughter of Mickey - takes over for Tawney Kitaen here as the Ouija-based mayhem continues. Writer/director Kevin Tenney is also back to tell the tale of Paige, who is becoming possessed through the board, discovering the spirit of the woman who once lived in her new apartment.

Who was Susan Sidney, the woman obsessing her heroine, keeping her locked inside to paint numerous images of her? An innocent? An exotic dancer prostituting herself? And what happened to her? Well, it's a good thing Mickey dates a cop!

Tenney actually did research into progressive entrapment, where the spirits contacted by the Ouija board would slowly take over the lives of those who came in contact with them. While he didn't believe in the veracity of the occult, he did say that the whole thing seemed creepy.

It was pretty cool seeing horror fan and SNL alumnus Laraine Newman show up in this.

This is the only Witchboard movie to not be packed with nudity. That's because Dolenz had a no-nudity clause. However, Republic Pictures' foreign sales department - yep, that old excuse that international markets need nudity - pressures Tenney into pushing for her to disrobe. The director and thinks this is why they tried to keep him out of the third movie in the series.

The Witchboard spells out more terror

[loomis78-815-989034 · 7/10 · 17 March 2015]

Writer/Director Kevin S. Tenney returns in this sequel to his 1987 original. Introducing new characters, this story centers around a young woman named Paige (Dolenz) who has left her boyfriend Mitch (Gibbs) to see if she is the artist she thinks she is. She rents an artist's loft to paint, but finds the Witchboard and begins playing it alone. She contacts the spirit of Susan (Julie Michaels) who was the former resident of her loft and heavy into the occult. Susan communicates to Paige that she was murdered which causes Paige to do some checking on her own of Susan's death. Paige slowly becomes obsessed with the case and the board and gets caught in progressive entrapment like Lynda from the original film did. Unlike the original film in this series, Tenney makes this a story of revenge with Susan's spirit doing the dirty work. Along the way she takes out a handyman and his stuck in the 60's wife Elaine (Newman) in grisly fashion. Elaine's death could be the best of the movie has a giant wrecking ball smashes her into and through her VW Bus she's standing in front of. Like in the original, Tenney has is camera swoop around the apartment in wide angle to show the point of view of the spirit, and once again it is effective. Composer Denis Michael Tenney delivers a well done score that enhances the action on screen. Some good jump scares are included in the form of some intense dream sequences, but some of the original films atmosphere is sadly missing. The revenge plot line just doesn't allow for as many scare opportunities as the first film did. Still, this sequel is a worthy effort and Tenney supplies some good supernatural moments to entertain and scare the audience. There is a great final scene which involves the first films star Todd Allen playing Jim with his friend, also from the original Kenny Rhodes as Mike as garbage men as Jim is telling Mike that Linda just had a baby and they named it Brandon. Cool homage to the original.

Oh bad 1993 Horror film, why do I like thee?

[Horrorible_Horror_Films · 4/10 · 22 September 2011]

Yes, I'm only giving this a 4/10 but I still enjoyed watching this movie, and if crappy horror movies are your thing, then you'll have to watch this too.

Anyway, there really, really, really needed to be more boobs in this movie - there wasn't any! The main character girl appears kinda sexy in some scenes, but that's it. She wears the exact same clothes during a large portion of the movie too, its weird, it clearly was a few days in the film and she still is wearing the same clothes, idk wtf up wit dat.

Also, it would have been better with a lot more gore, there really isn't any until the end. And her voice gets really annoying. The worst part by far is the guy who played Russell, wow he sucks! His acting is by far the scariest thing in this movie.

I love this movie!

[princessaalayna · 10/10 · 2 October 2006]

This movie is wonderful, I saw it when it first came out on video, and I was 10 years old. My grandmother just could not understand why I liked horror movies, especially how young I was, but that is just with my genre.I love all sorts of horror movies, and this one is rated on my top list! I agree with the first person who wrote comments. But if I could I would score it much higher than a 13! I would give it a 20, but I love that kind of movie, I suppose that it all just depends on your taste. I have seen all of the witchboard movies, and anything and everything about the Craft and Ouija boards, and trust me, this movie is tons of fun! Enjoy!

Entertaining sequel

[Lucabrasisleeps · 7/10 · 6 March 2015]

Both the movies aren't classics for sure. The first movie was an underrated creepy movie. The sequel is not bad either. Even with all the problems, it is as entertaining as the first. So I need to give them the same rating.

Ami dolenz is beautiful and was one of the bright points of the movie. Unfortunately no nudity from her though. But there is enough of the sex appeal part. Obviously an explanation is given for her skimpy outfits towards the later part of the movie. It is a little hard to concentrate on the details of the movie when she wears those tiny shorts and tops. The men are also model type unlike the original where the guys were more regular looking. But they are adequate actors and there is not much cheesiness as we would expect.

There are some over the top deaths and scenes which are maybe not in tone with the original. The Mitch character seems to be somewhat of a superhuman with his lucky escapes and all. I liked the red herrings dropped in the middle. The twists are predictable but even then they are interesting to watch.

I don't think the atmosphere is built up as nicely as the first. But there are some interesting death scenes and the ending is better than the first.

The ending is a nice touch. One thing I do like about these movies is the lack of a corny "this isn't over yet" kind of an ending which is now cliché.

I am puzzled by the IMDb rating a little bit..

7/10

Lame horror sequel with some unintentional hilarity

[Leofwine_draca · 4/10 · 5 December 2016]

This follow-up to WITCHBOARD is pretty much a typical example of a bland horror film sequel, as this film is indistinguishable from numerous others. There isn't really much here that we haven't seen before, be it false scares, neurotic characters, boring dream sequences, and contrived deaths. All in all it's a textbook example of how to make a run of the mill film, which contains enough ingredients to mildly satisfy the audience but not enough to thrill them. The plot of the first film is re-run again (it was hardly original to begin with) with a few things changed; this time the spirit is a murdered girl who has become evil after her death (so much for Casper). Unfortunately, there is little to commend this film to hardened horror addicts: not much gore, no nudity, only some amusing swearing and some dodgy/funny special effects.

A good game to play while watching this film would be spot the cliché. Whether it's the flying objects from THE EXORCIST or the spooky scares from POLTERGEIST, you can be sure that, in some way or another, we've been there, done that, before. The acting is generally bad with a generation of young, good looking television actors and actresses taking centre stage, which just shows the trend of picking actors for their looks instead of their abilities these days. And who says that beauty isn't skin deep? Ami Dolenz is not very capable as a heroine and her acting ranges from A to, well, A. Although she wears lots of skimpy clothes (the film excuses this as the Ouija board makes her sexually active, apparently), I didn't find her very attractive either, just another blonde bimbo. Her ex-boyfriend is irritating and macho, a butch guy who needs a good beating (and, thankfully, gets one!). A young heart-throb just stands around mumbling and looking good, so I'm pretty pleased when he dies. Another woman tries to be a hippy and is one of the most embarrassing characters I've ever seen in a horror film. I cheered when she died. The only good characters are a comedy Jewish spiritualist and a lecherous, drunken slob who meets a hilarious death.

Why did I hate this film so much? It had potential to go somewhere, but copped out in a lame, indestructible killer ending which has been filmed millions of times previously. I mean, it's so dull that you just don't care what happens to anybody. The reason I give this film any kind of score is because there are some hilarious moments to savour if you can be bothered to sit through it. A guy's car is possessed and makes him speed through town in one scene, while a woman's body is crushed by a huge weight in another. The funniest bit comes when an overweight man is chased by a squad of killer tools, and the scene of him running, pursued by a flying killer circular saw blade (!) is absolute and utterly brilliant comedy, rivalling The Three Stooges and Laurel and Hardy put together. In fact I would say this is worth tuning in for, just for that one scene. Other than that, the few good moments are obviously the ones involving the Ouija board, but there are far too few of them and the novelty value wears off quickly anyway. WITCHBOARD: THE RETURN passes the time...if you have time to waste. And, unsurprisingly enough, it was followed by WITCHBOARD: THE POSSESSION in 1995.

Not bad.

[NewSilver21-1 · 14 April 2002]

This is one of those movies that you must see. Ok, it's not as good as the first one but it is still worth renting. In this movie Kevin S. Tenney shows us everything that happened in the first, but this time with some better acting and better death scenes. For actors you have Ami Dolenz (Ticks), and Timothy Gibbs (Leprechaun 3). I didn't care for anyone else, except for Laraine Newman who played the "I'm still stuck in 1969 lady". She's a good actor, and plays the role of a hippie pretty well. (To be honest a little to well). If you liked "Witchboard" then you will probably like this one. Stay away from the third one. Kevin S. Tenney didn't even write that one. For Witchboard 2: The Devil's Doorway ~ 7/10 stars.

Wow! A Perfect Storm of Banality

[arfdawg-1 · 2/10 · 17 February 2019]

Not one person in this movie can act. Laraine Newman is an embarrassment. She delivers her lines like this film is supposed to be a comedy. The writing is amateurish. The direction is the worst.

The "super" of the apartment gets chased by a buzz saw blade and he's running around the basement for like 10 minutes with this thing following him. The blade slices thru all the light bulbs but it never gets even marginally darker down there. The the scene shifts to the blade's POV and we see it's like 5 inches from the guy, but then the camera cuts back to the guy and you don't even see the blade. In fact, he stops to look back!

Get this one -- there is a scene where Micky Dolenz's kid -- who is horrible -- is at the cemetery for a service. The camera pans up from her feet to her head. As it pans up past her knees we see they are dirty, like she had been kneeling. It's VERY clear, they are dirty.

So when did that happen? There was no previous scene where she was kneeling!

This guy should never have been allowed to direct a movie! This movie is just the pits.

And Dolenz has giant knockers but never does a topless scene! What kind of horror movie is this? It was rated R but by today's standards it would literally get a G. There are sexier, more violent films shown on commercial cable.

The only good scene in the film is Marvin Kaplan as an occultist. I gave the film 2 stars because of him. It would have gotten 3 if they exposed Dolenz's breasts.

Amy Dolenz is easy to look at

[willandcharlenebrown · 5/10 · 18 October 2023]

I'm not perving out here, but Amy is so pretty and easy to watch all movie long. I just watched this movie and didn't know who she was. She wasn't the best actress in the world but it was fun watching her read her lines and aspire to be an actress! Her face is so symmetrical. The most beautiful nose! Perfect lips. Beautiful hair. A gorgeous body and she never posed nude! That's so awesome of her! I've never gone to a comic con, but if she was there I'd definitely go to see her because she aged magnificently! Wow! Oh well.... Back to the movie. It was good. Nothing spectacular but fun. You won't loose any sleep over it from Nightmares that's for sure.

This is a very average addition to the genre that's just okay but worth a viewing

[kevin_robbins · 5/10 · 15 April 2022]

Witchboard 2: The Devils Doorway (1993) is a movie I recently watched on YouTube. The storyline follows a young woman who moves into a new apartment and starts receiving messages through a Ouija board from a former occupant of the apartment. It become clear that the ghost in the apartment wants revenge for something that happened to her while there. As people start dying around the rental building the young lady starts investigating the history of the apartment and ghost.

This movie is directed by Kevin Tenney (Night of the Demons) and stars Ami Dolenz (Pumpkinhead 2), Laraine Newman (Coneheads), John Gatins (Real Steel) and Julie Michaels (Road House).

While this is an early 90s movie it does have an 80s feel to it. The storyline, acting and dialogue is very uneven with some scenes feeling awkward, especially those involving the old boyfriend. Ami Dolenz in this was smoking hot. The horror elements were also uneven, though I will say the scene on the poster was perfectly executed and a well done jump scare. The end was predictable and fairly cliche.

Overall this is a very average addition to the genre that's just okay but worth a viewing. I would score this a 5/10 and recommend seeing it once.

More-of-the-same sequel.

[Hey_Sweden · 6/10 · 7 October 2014]

Writer / director Kevin Tenney's belated sequel to his breakthrough film stars Ami Dolenz ("Ticks") as Paige, a young accountant and aspiring artist who finds an old ouija board inside her new apartment. She uses it to come into contact with the spirit of a former tenant, who's hungry for vengeance. She falls into the same trap as the Tawny Kitaen character in the first film, becoming addicted to using the board while also determined to solve the mystery of the spirits' death and the location of their body.

Tenney doesn't really bring anything new to the table here. His story is reasonably entertaining if never exactly scary. A large part of why it remains so watchable is the lovely Ms. Dolenz, who creates an inherently appealing character. (However, she doesn't always have the greatest material, having to state the painfully obvious more than once.) Some of the camera moves are more impressive than one might expect. The very few murder set pieces come off as so goofy that they're at odds with most of the film, which is played pretty straight. Supplying some comedy relief is the ever reliable Laraine Newman, who's very funny as the hippie-ish landlord.

Don't go in hoping for a lot of gore, or much of a body count. Instead, we get a story that's rather similar to what we saw the first time. One difference is the restless ghost; Julie Michaels is undeniably extremely sexy in the role but she's nowhere near as creepy as J.P. Luebsen. Filling out the rest of the cast are Timothy Gibbs ("The Kindred") as the initially unlikable ex-boyfriend, future Oscar-nominated screenwriter John Gatins ("Flight") as young photographer Russel, a delightful Marvin Kaplan ("Wild at Heart") as an old occult specialist, and Christopher Michael Moore as a horny handyman. "Witchboard" 1 star Todd Allen has a cameo near the end.

There is one highlight involving a runaway car, and overall the films yields some modest entertainment.

Six out of 10.

Witchboard 2, I really wanted to like it.

[gokeymichael · 4/10 · 1 January 2014]

I really wanted to like this. I am a fan of horror/supernatural films that range from the 50's up through the late 80's to early 90's. I have seen a lot of them and they all have their own hang-ups considering they are so aged compared to 2014. The problem with this movie isn't so much the movie itself as the choice for the lead actress. Sure, Amy Dolenz is very beautiful, but that voice and her acting is just pure hell. I wanted to contact a demon on my board just to shut her up. I would rather have Mickey Dolenz as the lead actress than Amy. The movie itself was what you would expect from the era and the genre, decent B quality stuff that keeps you entertained and you can poke fun at it because of the time. Give it a shot if you really must, but watch some other stuff first.

Appealing Enough Amid the Mediocrity

[spencergrande6 · 6/10 · 12 December 2016]

This is a tough film to review or to even talk about really. It's mediocre in most respects, and really nothing much of note happens for good chunks of it. And yet, there's something about it that's appealing and fun. It's probably the touch of directory Kevin S. Tenney. It's clear he's a bit disinterested here but still can't help making a film that's light and funny and playful.

The camera-work announces this, swooping in and out of windows at will. Ami Dolenz is appealing as usual, her great horror year of 93 (see also: Ticks and Pumpkinhead 2) a classic lesson of how sub-par acting in low- budget films can still be remembered and even "good" in some sense if done with the right intentions.

Maybe the best character to sum up this film is that of the ex-boyfriend cop whose first entrance into the film announces him as an angry douchebag type, meant to cause problems for Ami. But by his second scene he already shows remorse, and even apologizes to Ami. After this, while still retaining his douchebaggery, he helps and even saves her in the end. I don't want to use the word complex, but if he's comprised of notes it's at least three, which is two more than necessary in a flick like this and most of its ilk.

Also there's a scene where a 60's hippie chick is hit by a wrecking ball into the mystery machine and you get a nice shot of the van exploding and her mannequin with it, which is pretty cool.

Ouija boards BELONG in the closet!

[mark.waltz · 5/10 · 9 April 2023]

Take it out, and there literally will be he'll to pay as Ami Dolenz finds out in this worthy, if not great, follow-up to the 1986 movie. It is not a sequel, just the same idea where many of the same ideas are recreated, although technically, this is superior to the original. Dolenz finds that the ouiga board instantly connects her with a young woman named Susan, obviously not a spirit at rest, and for landlords Laraine Newman and John Gatins, it's a fiery conclusion to their marriage with a truly suspenseful sequence in the building's boiler room.

While not graphic for the most part (like the original), it manages to be quite spooky, and a bit sardonic with some witty dialog thrown in during some scary moments. Timothy Gibbs as a neighbor, Christopher Michael Moore as Dolenz's boyfriend and veteran character comic Henry Kaplan, giving Dolenz some help in trying to figure out what's going on aide in making this enjoyable. There's a twist with a spirit towards the end that reminded me of certain parts of "Ghost". Newman steals every moment she's on, but it's funny how she's more concerned about her missing dog rather than her boiled husband.

Better then A Nightmare on elm street.

[jacobjohntaylor1 · 9/10 · 19 September 2019]

This is does not have mush to do with the first witch board movie. But still it is very scary. Scarier then the first Witch board movie. 5 is underrating it. This is a 9. See it. It is very scary.

Still not very interesting.

[Boba_Fett1138 · 6/10 · 4 May 2011]

Even though I prefer this movie above its predecessor, it still isn't a great movie.

This movie also suffers still from some of the same stuff the first movie, made in 1986, also suffered from. Despite its promising concept the movie just never manages to become interesting because there is far too little happening.

It's a pretty late sequel to the first movie and besides it doesn't has an awful lot to do with its predecessor. This time the movie is featuring different actors and actors and only uses the same concept of the first original movie; a movie making contact with a death person through a Ouija board.

What makes this movie better than its predecessor though is that they put some more effort into its story this time. It's not like its being a very deep or clever written movie but all of its characters and events are better drawn out. It makes things more pleasant to follow, even though not nearly enough is happening horror or tension wise.

The acting is a lot better this time around but that's not saying very much though. None of the actors really impress too much and the cast consist out or purely unknown actors, who all seemed to had been cast because of their looks rather than because of their acting skills.

Nothing too bad but it's a movie you can easily do without.

6/10

brief comments

[MarshallStax · 2/10 · 19 September 1998]

Totally awful remake of the first "Witchboard". Pointless in every way (unless you have a thing for the beautiful Dolenz). Avoid avoid avoid.