| Title: | Psychic Phenomena |
| Notice: | Please read note 1.0-1.* before writing |
| Moderator: | JARETH::PAINTER |
| Created: | Wed Jan 22 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Tue May 27 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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Have you seen the ads on t.v. for a new movie called "witchboard"?
I havn't myself but Diane has and says its about a Ouija board which
gets people to do all kinds of evil things.Any one have comments?
MIKE
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| 332.1 | Only worth a dollar. | NEXUS::MORGAN | Walk in Balance... | Sun Mar 22 1987 04:13 | 5 |
I saw "Witchboard". There was neither hide nor hair to be seen
of a witch and the story plot was not that good. I imagine it would
be a good value at the dollar movies. The ending was terribly
disjointed as if the director couldn't figure out how to end it.
It did have it's scary moments though.
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| 332.2 | Must have been a boxoffice smash! | ERASER::KALLIS | Hallowe'en should be legal holiday | Tue Jun 09 1987 20:04 | 6 |
Re .1:
You must be right. Although it's still in theatrical release, it's
scheduled to be released as a VCR tape before the end of June.
Steve Kallis, Jr.
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| 332.3 | addendum | INK::KALLIS | Hallowe'en should be legal holiday | Mon Jun 22 1987 19:35 | 59 |
Re .1, .2:
Okay, now I've seen it and I can comment on it.
It deserved a little better than being immediately buried in second-run
theaters and drive-ins. However, occultists would probably object
to certain areas of technical inaccuracy. I'll mention 1.5 after
a decorous spoiler space; however, it was somewhat more coherent
than other horror films I've seen lately. I would suggest that
you rent the pape, though, if you're interested, rather than seeing
it in a theater (if it's still in any).
Steve Kallis, Jr.
Spoiler follows:
In the middle of a film, a medium is brought in to exorcise the
spirit. [I would have brought in an exorcist or some such, myself.]
She's verry California, and she says that there's "a real gnarly
ghost" bothering the heroine. She can sense the thing before she
calls it. Then she calls it, and it apparently "goes away." Yet
later it "sneaks up" on her and kills her. If she had the power
to exorcise it at the vicxtim's apartment, why couldn't she do it
at home? Also, if she could sense it at the other apartment, howcome
she couldn't sense it approaching?
The trouble with the film is that it's a sort of lecture. When
the lecture's over and the action begins, the film's better than
3/4 done.
I'd give it (wearing my MOVIES.NOT hat) 5 out of 10 for this audience.
But I wouldn't go out of my way to hunt it down.
-SK
P.S.: They probably called it _Witchboard_ because 1) it's catchy;
2) it was released a couple of months before _The Witches
of Eastwick_ was; and, 3) Ouija is a registered trademark.
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