Paul Magne Haakonsen
I didn't find this movie particularly scary. And it wasn't because it was from 1986. It simply was because there were no scary moments in the entire movie, and no surprises to the storyline either.For a movie from the mid-Eighties then "Witchboard" was fairly mediocre and there were some more memorably and scary horror movies available from the Eighties.I will say that the acting in "Witchboard" was good, and director Kevin Tenney did a fair job in directing the movie. There was a good build up moments in the movie, but unfortunately they just didn't end in anything thrilling, overly impressive or climatic.The lack of scary moments in "Witchboard" is what ultimately caused it to land on a mediocre shelf. It is adequate for what it turned out to be, just don't expect anything groundbreaking or particularly scary.
Jamie Spraggon
It's called an Ouija Board, and it's been used for thousands for years to communicate with the souls of the after-world. For Linda Brewster it brings the playful ghost of a 10 year-old boy. But when the friendly spirit develops a sudden taste for murder and demonic possession. Linda's boyfriend and her former lover must destroy this ferocious portal of the damned. This is no game; this is WITCHBOARD.This film starred: Tawny Kitaen, Todd Allen & Stephen Nichols.WITCHBOARD is so underrated, you get a few shocks as it is a horror film, OK it's not the scariest film ever made, in-fact it's no where near one of the scariest films ever made, however this film does do it's job as a horror film as it gives you a couple of scares and has suspense, shocks & huge plot twists along the way. I do recommend this film.****/***** Very good
Dave from Ottawa
In addition to being a fun 80s time capsule (the rock video hair is a real treat), this movie is actually fairly decent on a technical level. There is only a little gore, not much in the way of special effects and a few too many false frights built around the main character showing up suddenly behind people (it gets tired and almost jokey the third time and up), so on a shock-and-awe level it's a bit lightweight. But the Ouija board sequences are tightly directed and fairly gripping, and that's the pay-off to the movie. The character drama is pretty dull filler but using the camera to anticipate and foreshadow action in the 80s fashion still works, and generates pretty decent suspense. Not a great B-movie (more like a C+), but an okay time waster. Tawny Kitaen has a little nudity here, but if that's your quest, The Perils of Gwendoline is preferable, and at least as entertaining.
Aaron1375
I know the Ouija board has been around longer than the game, but I am just making a little joke. As for the movie it is just another in a long line of horror movies that could have been really good had they put more effort into it. This one just needed more like most horror movies, they tend to come up with a concept that seems like it would make for a very scary movie and they just do not develop it enough and you are left with a bunch of filler around what should have been a very promising concept. Basically, in this movie people play with the board a girl is warned never to use it by herself, she does and begins to be haunted by visions of some strange guy. A few deaths, an interesting story at its core, just needed more death and more scares. I only saw the movie once so I cannot really remember it all that well, the main thing I do remember is the strange guy that seemed to be trying to get the girl and the end where the girl is sort of possessed by said man. Other movies were made in this sort of series, but I have not seen any of them. I am guessing though they are not direct sequels.
AD
