Ouija
Short description
A group of friends gathers to contact a friend who has died under strange circumstances, using a spirit board found in her home. What begins as an attempt to reach her turns into a confrontation with something far more hostile, and the group must face the fears it unleashes. The story centers on Laine Morris, played by Olivia Cooke, and her sister Sarah, played by Ana Coto, along with their friends Trevor, Isabelle and Debbie, played by Daren Kagasoff, Bianca A. Santos and Shelley Hennig.
Stiles White directed the film and wrote the screenplay with Juliet Snowden. It was produced by Michael Bay, Andrew Form and Bradley Fuller, and made by Universal Pictures with Fuji Television Network, Blumhouse Productions and Platinum Dunes. It runs 89 minutes.
Released on October 24, 2014, the horror film was made for about 5 million dollars and took in roughly 104 million dollars worldwide. On IMDb it holds a rating of 4.5 out of 10 from around 62,000 votes, and on TMDB a rating of 5.1 out of 10 from about 2,800 votes. The critics' rating stands at 3.2 out of 10 from 89 reviews, below both audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- The name "Ouija" is actually pronounced "Wee-ja", contrary to the common pronunciation of "Wee-jee". Charles Kennard, the founder of the company that manufactures these boards, stated that he learned the name "Ouija" by asking the board what it wanted to be called.
- The chalk found by Trevor in the underpass changes length between shots.
- The Ouija board is not ancient; it was patented on May 28, 1890.
- At the beginning of the film, a girl hangs herself using a garland from her bedroom, but in all subsequent shots, the garland remains in its original position.
- After the girl closes the back door, she flinches at the sound of the gas burner turning on by itself. The camera shows the burner from above, and a kettle is visible next to it. In the next shot, she turns off the gas, but the kettle is now on the burner itself, not beside it.
- According to artist Mary Jane Fort, the actors and crew used the Ouija board for fun during breaks in filming to predict the film’s box office earnings for the opening weekend.
- This is the first horror film from Hasbro Studios.
- In the early stages of the film's development, McG was slated to be the director.
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