Ouija (2014 film)
2014 film directed by Stiles White
Ouija is a 2014 American supernatural horror film. It was directed by Stiles White in his directorial debut. Jason Blum, Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Bradley Fuller, and Bennett Schneir produced it, and Juliet Snowden and White wrote it. They had previously together written The Possession. It stars Olivia Cooke, Daren Kagasoff, Douglas Smith, and Bianca A. Santos as teenagers who have unleashed spirits from a Ouija board. Universal Pictures released Ouija on October 24, 2014.
Despite critics having panned the film, it grossed $103.6 million worldwide on a $5–8 million budget. A prequel directed by Mike Flanagan, titled Ouija: Origin of Evil, was released in 2016, which received much more positive reviews.
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Debbie recalls playing Ouija with her best friend Laine as a child. In the present day, she throws her Ouija board into the fire and tells Laine that something strange happened to the board.
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