The Ouija Experiment 2: Theatre of Death (2015)

It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

All that we are seeing on the screen is happening with real people, real action sequences in the background, forcing the eye to watch as if we were there.

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

Like the first 'The Ouija Experiment', 'The Ouija Experiment 2: Theatre of Death' had a cool poster/cover, an intriguing if not particularly original premise and as someone with a general appreciation for horror. That it was low-budget, which from frequent personal experience is rarely a good sign due to that there are so many poor ones out there, made me though apprehensive as well as the low rating and poor reviews (uniformly panned). It is sadly however yet another film seen recently, hence some reiteration because the exact same strengths and flaws those films have are present here than in the first film and in recent low budget viewings, that to me was incredibly disappointing considering its potential which it doesn't do anywhere near enough with. 'The Ouija Experiment 2: Theatre of Death' is terrible, with a plethora of problems (huge ones too) and doesn't do enough with its potential, which was hardly small. There is really nothing to recommend, as awful as its predecessor was it is a masterpiece compared to this. That at least had a few nice references, this has nothing.Lets start with the sole positive. The setting, while going too far on the simplicity, is fairly spooky at times.Unfortunately, it is not done justice by the rather direct to video schlocky way it's shot and edited and the drab colour palette, so much so it was hard to appreciate it, it was very clear that the film was made in a rush with no care or enthusiasm. In particular, the camera work was a nauseous assault on the eyes with its excessive amateurish-ness. Going on further to the negatives, the story does feel paper thin, disjointed and over-stretched and some of it feels vague, under-explained in the last third where the film especially became duller, more predictable, more senseless and less scary. Too many characters are too sketchy and with nowhere near enough to make one want to endear to them. Their annoying and illogical decision making and behaviours frustrates and are even more overdone than in its predecessor.Making the film feel bland and forgettable with not enough heart put into it. The effects are ropy at best, the sound quality is obvious and utilised cheaply (being too loud in the build ups and people's reactions) and it's best not mentioning the uniformly lumbering and histrionic acting that shows a huge indifference to the situation and what is going on and extremely awkward prolonged pauses.Dialogue can be stilted and rambling, with lots of clichés, lots of unintentional humour that makes some of the film play like a really bad spoof and no depth whatsoever, while the pace goes to a standstill very quickly and drags on forever with very little going on worth caring about and useless padding, never recovering. Found too many the supposedly shocking moments not surprising or scary and the supposedly creepy atmosphere dreary, due to the excessive obviousness, a lot of dumb and vague moments and explanations and the lack of tension and suspense. Would not have minded the lack of originality (the film is extremely derivative and in a dumbed and watered down way) if the story and atmosphere were at least alright in execution, in reality they were both incredibly poorly done.A lot of 'The Ouija Experiment 2: Theatre of Death' has underdeveloped plot elements and often nonsensical and confusing character motivations, while too many of the things to make you jump or shocked are far from creative or scary and are pretty tame. The ending makes the film finish on an incomplete and confused whimper, while the film often fails to make sense, at worst it's incomprehensible.There is not enough threat, and what there is of it tends to be used poorly, it is completely unimaginative and more odd than creepy, completely failing to show any sense of horror or creativity. Everything here is neither creative, suspenseful or nail-biting. Some badly sagging momentum too. The direction is leaden and like their heart was not in it or ill at ease, with the chemistry between the characters and actors coming over as constantly random and aggressive with the subtlety of an axe. This is very dreary and amateurish stuff that fails to be scary, interesting or easy to follow.Summarising, an irredeemable mess. 1/10 Bethany Cox

Director is horrible ,actors even worse . Acting is so bad in this movie , I enjoy low budget horror movies so if u wanna watch a comedy you will enjoy this movie. I guess you can't expect much from a movie that was shot in 15 days and only spent $875 dollars to make. Wish we could give negative star ratings tho I agree with everyone else

I wasn't expecting much from this film as you could tell straight away it had been made on a small budget,plus none of the actors are well known. Most of the actors played their parts in a quirky way and a lot of the dialogue was quirky ,i got the impression they weren't taking their parts seriously and were acting for comedy effect and in all fairness they couldn't do much else in a film like this.For instance the sheriff character really hammed up his part in a well over the top ending. Their were a few genuinely scary moments and the film was quite entertaining even if it was silly,but then i didn't feel it was meant to be took seriously anyway. What i didn't quite get was why was the ghoul(monster?} suddenly appearing and disappearing in earlier scenes where she appears in a flash to kill someone,and then in the last scene she shackled up and cant move??eh Wouldn't she be able to disappear out of her shackles if she wanted to? I've just read that this is a sequel to a previous Quija film which i am interested to watch one day,as i did find this entertaining .

Writing this isn't really worth my time, so I will just bullet point some stuff: -poor SFX -abysmal acting -dumb plot -terrible script (the speech is horrendously corny) -one dimensional characters that cannot be killed fast enoughHonestly, I think the writer simply came up with the phrase "Ouija Ouikend" and tried to think of a way to work it into a story. Except the story is vile. The first movie...is okay. Not too bad. This. This is a waste of time. I feel bad for the actors and all who were associated with this film. If I was them I'd get some plastic surgery, change my name, move country and hope nobody ever realised that I was in the movie. Honestly, that is what I suggest they do. Because to be associated with this incredibly awful movie is honestly career suicide. (Also: Why, oh why, had Calvin got a comb in his hair? Like real question. WHY?)