The Ouija Experiment 2: Theatre of Death

Plot

A group of unsuspecting theatre goers are trapped, after a ravenous spirit is resurrected and released from a Ouija board.

Cast

Made by the same hack who made the first and with most of the original cast returning.

Verdict

Ouija Experiment 2 really does screw over the first movie in that it's set in a world where it was a film and is set around the cast of that film and them being involved in its promotion.

The cast are as unlikable as they were before, it looks and feels as cheap as the first and it's as incompetently made as well.

Truth be told the original was abysmal but it followed a tried and tested formula, this goes into business for itself and delivers something that doesn't work and certainly doesn't entertain.

And alike the first film, ignore the cover art! It has nothing to do with the actual film in the slightest.

Rants

Movies like this really show you the power of cover art, that's often what sells a movie, makes a person decide whether to rent/stream something. They rarely look any further, cover art looks good and that tells you enough. It was similar back in the VHS days going to Blockbuster, it's the first thing you notice so it's a powerful tool. Movies like this made on the budget of a Big Mac NEED a good cover.

Breakdown

Follows the first movie well Looks and sounds ugly Plot is poor Kills are dreadful.

So, it starts off with the original cast promoting the film "The Ouija Experiment" in a theatre. You learn pretty quickly that the cast don't have much going personality wise. Swisyzinna is some kind of control freak or "professional", who feels the need to make sure everyone is in check and everything is going to go to plan. Justin is just there for the lols. Eric is a wanna-be playboy. There's no real further depth into their characters, and that includes the antagonists.

They must spend about two minutes, if that, on the Ouija board before everyone starts dying off, somehow un-noticed. The CGI graphics for the ghost (ghosts?) are horrendous, relying on the hopes to make you jump in order to get a scare in. I'm naturally a scaredy-cat, enjoying and hating horror stories at the same time. But this film couldn't even make me jump. It was an absolute waste of time, with worse acting then most school-kids would do.

I watched the first Ouija Experiment which, while not amazing, was decent enough to sit through. So, I decided to try this one.

Acting was terrible. Plot was terrible. Film was terrible. Waste of time, waste of effort, waste of money. It was terrible. I would say terrible is an understatement.

I watched the first film, and while it wasn't good, it wasn't awful, either. Their bit about Oujia boards was complete garbage, but it was mildly entertaining. This film, we lose any charisma the characters might have had in the first film, stripping them of any personality and leaving only the most annoying traits of the character archetype they represent. One thing I have to mention, why did the 'actor' Eric Window have the comb in his hair during the movie? It was so incredibly annoying. Anytime he was on screen, I could only stare at the comb and wish for his character's bloody and painful death. I say 'actor' because there was no acting in this film. Calling it acting is an insult to high school plays everywhere. The actor who played the friend of the girl who wins tickets is so painfully bad I hope this was just a lark for him and not a potential career. There isn't anything scary, the script is an embarrassment, and the performances were so bad, you have to hope it was intentional. If you liked any of the characters in the first movie, just wait, you will hate them in minutes of starting this film. Horror movies are often lacking in several ways, so I tend to review them on a more lenient scale. One star for this movie is as generous as I can get. While I wouldn't necessarily recommend the first, as it also had some secondary actors (the expert on the Ouija board is pretty cringe-worthy) lacking skill, the main characters were okay, if not the most likable people in the world, I definitely wouldn't recommend this addition. It does not have any redeeming qualities. Sometimes, you can survive a bad horror movie by making a drinking game out of it. Unless you want liver failure, you can't even try it with this movie. Maybe I am being too critical, but if you put a product into the market with such low quality and no pretense of an effort, I have trouble being diplomatic. I hope no one associated with this movie continues in this field. Horror movies generally are lower budget, which means creativity and ingenuity are essential, and this movie had neither.

Do not waste your time on this movie. First of all, the acting is flat out terrible; nothing in the dialogue felt sincere and their reactions were over the top. Also, the "British" girl seemed to have trouble maintaining the right accent.

Secondly, the special effects and makeup are absolutely ridiculous. It's like they didn't even try. From the ghost to the blood, it just looks cheap all around. This combined with cheesy jumpscares that don't scare anyone, it makes for a terrible horror movie. This kind of thing belongs more in a haunted house ride. For kids.

Lastly, the entire plot was predictable, lackluster and you can see the "twist ending" coming from a mile away. Everything about this movie just feels lazy and only disappoints. Do not watch.

I've seen the first one. I wasn't expecting much. Ouija Experiment is pretty much the worst found footage ever made, but even that needs SOME skills.

This movie is just as bad as Birdemic. Sound editing is choppy and disgusting, acting is ridiculous, directing is EXACTLY like Birdemic. This makes The Room look like a masterpiece. Don't even get me started on the "special effects"... I've done better when I was 14 and shooting a zombie flick with my MiniDV camera with my friends back in 2005.

The story is just as laughable. I've seen episodes of GhostHunters with more believable content than this movie. I was mad, angered that an art that I respect so much was being DESTROYED right in front of my eyes.