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Ouija (2014)- My take on the movie with spoilers

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There are few movies that take you completely surprise by how good they are. I went in with low expectations when I watched ‘Kick’ and was taken aback by how wrong I had been. The same can be said about Ouija.
When I heard it was coming out, I wasn’t that keen to watch it despite it being from the horror genre. Over the years there have been plenty of movies based on this ‘spirit board’ as it is also called so another movie coming out with the same contrived plot didn't excite me.
Basically any horror movie follows the same pattern. There’s a murder, the lead character is introduced that is connected to the victim somehow and the haunting or incident is repeated with her. Then the protagonist investigates, comes across an elderly relative of the spirit and explains how the hauntings can be stopped. The movie then reaches its predictable climax with the clichéd open ending for sequels.
Ouija follows the same pattern up to a point. At one moment my mind wandered as the predictable incidents occurred. The movie does have a pacy storyline, but lacked any surprises. Then when the protagonist visits the elderly relative of the ghost- in this case the ghost’s sister- I just counted the minutes when the movie would end.
What made me sit up and pay attention was when it was revealed that the innocent elderly woman was not so innocent after all. She had a hidden agenda of her own that could only be accomplished when the protagonist performed a task for her.
That was different.
Taking an overused plot point and doing something new with it, made me gather up all my attention. Sure the climax was not surprising, but the fact that the movie moved away from at least one cliché made me appreciate this movie.
Overall, I wouldn’t really classify this movie as scary. The scenes aren’t frightening and the only scene that made me feel slightly creeped out was when the friends are using the Ouija board and see the girl with the mouth sewn shut.

It was a nice attempt though and when there’s a sequel- and there no doubt will be- I would be interested to know if they would instill a new plot device to keep me immersed in the proceedings. 

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