Rent Ouija: The Devil's Game (2015)

Competent but lacklustre - mild spoilers. - Ouija: The Devil's Game review by NP

This is a fairly lame horror film very much in the mould of several unambitious TV Movie-style productions. It’s competently made, albeit over-reliant on jump-scares. It’s adequately acted, despite the fact that all the characters are bland and unlikable. It is as if no-one concerned really cares and are simply ‘going through the motions’.

Events involve a Ouija board and the resultant spirit’s fixation on pretty obnoxious young Sara (Tara Shayne) her lacklustre boyfriend Frank (Marty Dew) and dull silly-billy Santiago (Richard Muller). It is Santiago’s irritating antics that provide a great many of the early jump-scares. We also meet Sara’s parents who spend the vast majority of the running time rushing around after another one of their daughter’s tantrums.

Scenes with an apparently possessed nana are directed with a certain flair, and occasional encounters with the spectral Samara-type girl are well staged. And yet such moments are few and far between, with the remainder proving to be lacklustre.