Ouija is a 2014 American supernatural horror-thriller film directed by Stiles White and co-written by White and Juliet Snowden.The film stars Olivia Cooke, Ana Coto, Daren Kagasoff, Douglas Smith and Bianca A. Santos. Ouija was released on October 24, 2014. It is the first Hasbro property adaptation produced by Platinum Dunes and Blumhouse Productions, as well as Hasbro's first horror film.
The following day, Laine is with her boyfriend Trevor (Daren Kagasoff) at a diner, where they meet up with their friend Isabelle (Bianca A. Santos). Laine receives a text and goes home, learning of Debbie's death. After the funeral, Laine finds Debbie's Ouija board and decides to gather Sarah, Trevor, Isabelle, and Debbie's boyfriend Pete (Douglas Smith) to hold a seance.
They make contact with someone who is identified as D, who Laine immediately believes is Debbie. Despite this, the group is too frightened to continue playing. A couple nights later, they're drawn back to the board after each person finds the message "hi friend" in various locations. Upon further interaction with the board, the group discovers that the spirit is not Debbie. Laine looks through the planchette and sees a young girl with her mouth stitched closed, who then warns the group to run from her mother. The group heads home, only for a malicious spirit to follow Isabelle and murder her. Trevor and Laine research Debbie's house and find that a young girl was placed in a mental institution after killing her mother, who she claims killed her sister, Doris. The two travel to the institution and meet Paulina Zander, who states that their mother killed Doris and sewed her mouth shut because she believed that spirits were trying to communicate through her.
Trevor and Laine head home and unleash the spirits of Doris and Mrs. Zander. Doris overcomes her mother and the group believes that everything has been resolved. Unfortunately, this is not true as Pete is later killed by Doris. Laine confronts Paulina about this, only to realize that Doris and Paulina were the evil ones and that Mrs. Zander was trying to stop them. Laine's grandmother tells them that the only way to stop the ghost is to burn Doris's body and the Ouija board. Trevor is also killed before Sarah manages to locate the corpse. Both Sarah and Laine are attacked by Doris and it is only through the intervention of Debbie's spirit that the girls survive and manage to burn Doris's corpse and the Ouija board, destroying Doris. The two sisters return home, only for Laine to find the planchette waiting for her in her room.
Later on October 17, 2011, a news report confirmed that Hasbro's CEO Brian Goldner told THR that the Ouija film's script is in good shape and was then being polished, but the film would be made with a lower budget, like Disney did with The Lone Ranger. On November 29, 2011 THR reported that Marti Noxon would be working on the script of the board game adaptation. On March 5, 2012 THR confirmed that Universal and Hasbro were back in business on Ouija, still without director and writer, and were set to release the film in 2013 with Blumhouse Productions' Jason Blum also on board to produce the low-budgeted film.On July 16, 2012, Universal hired Juliet Snowden and Stiles White to rewrite and direct the project for a 2013 release.
Plot
The film opens with a young Laine Morris and Debbie Galardi playing with a Ouija board in Laine's room, only to be interrupted by Laine's sister Sarah. The scene then forwards to present day, where Debbie (Shelley Hennig) is playing with the board by herself and is so unnerved by what she experiences that she tries to burn the board and planchette before calling Laine (Olivia Cooke). Concerned, Laine comes over but is sent away by Debbie, who goes upstairs only to find the board on her bed. Her eyes turn white and she hangs herself.The following day, Laine is with her boyfriend Trevor (Daren Kagasoff) at a diner, where they meet up with their friend Isabelle (Bianca A. Santos). Laine receives a text and goes home, learning of Debbie's death. After the funeral, Laine finds Debbie's Ouija board and decides to gather Sarah, Trevor, Isabelle, and Debbie's boyfriend Pete (Douglas Smith) to hold a seance.
They make contact with someone who is identified as D, who Laine immediately believes is Debbie. Despite this, the group is too frightened to continue playing. A couple nights later, they're drawn back to the board after each person finds the message "hi friend" in various locations. Upon further interaction with the board, the group discovers that the spirit is not Debbie. Laine looks through the planchette and sees a young girl with her mouth stitched closed, who then warns the group to run from her mother. The group heads home, only for a malicious spirit to follow Isabelle and murder her. Trevor and Laine research Debbie's house and find that a young girl was placed in a mental institution after killing her mother, who she claims killed her sister, Doris. The two travel to the institution and meet Paulina Zander, who states that their mother killed Doris and sewed her mouth shut because she believed that spirits were trying to communicate through her.
Trevor and Laine head home and unleash the spirits of Doris and Mrs. Zander. Doris overcomes her mother and the group believes that everything has been resolved. Unfortunately, this is not true as Pete is later killed by Doris. Laine confronts Paulina about this, only to realize that Doris and Paulina were the evil ones and that Mrs. Zander was trying to stop them. Laine's grandmother tells them that the only way to stop the ghost is to burn Doris's body and the Ouija board. Trevor is also killed before Sarah manages to locate the corpse. Both Sarah and Laine are attacked by Doris and it is only through the intervention of Debbie's spirit that the girls survive and manage to burn Doris's corpse and the Ouija board, destroying Doris. The two sisters return home, only for Laine to find the planchette waiting for her in her room.
Cast
- Olivia Cooke as Laine Morris
- Ana Coto as Sarah Morris
- Daren Kagasoff as Trevor
- Douglas Smith as Pete
- Bianca A. Santos as Isabelle
- Matthew Settle as Anthony Morris
- Lin Shaye as Paulina Zander
- Shelley Hennig as Debbie Galardi
- Vivis Colombetti as Nona
- Robyn Lively as Mrs. Galardi
- Bill Watterson as Diner Manager
- Sierra Heuermann as Doris Zander
Production
Development
On May 28, 2008, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Platinum Dunes' Michael Bay, Andrew Form, and Bradley Fuller are producing a film based on Hasbro's supernatural board game Ouija, with Universal Pictures also attached. On February 2, 2009, Fuller stated that the film would be a big movie like Pirates of the Caribbean. On November 1, 2009 Universal set Adam Horowitz and Richard Jefferies to write the script for the film. On October 27, 2010, Deadline reported that three directors were in talks to direct the film, Pierre Morel, Sylvain White, and Scott Stewart.Universal is planning for a 2012 Thanksgiving of $80-$100 million budgeted film. On December 18, 2010, two directors, McG and Breck Eisner, were again on board to direct the film. On January 4, 2011, TheWrap confirmed that Universal was in talks with McG to direct the supernatural action-adventure, with a release date set for 2012. On April 19, 2011 Evan Spiliotopoulos was set to rewrite the script already written by Horowitz & Jefferies, while McG was set to direct the film. On June 16, 2011 screenwriter Simon Kinberg was set to work on the film's script. On August 23, 2011, it was confirmed that Universal had officially dropped the Hasbro board-game adaptation, the reason being the high budget.Later on October 17, 2011, a news report confirmed that Hasbro's CEO Brian Goldner told THR that the Ouija film's script is in good shape and was then being polished, but the film would be made with a lower budget, like Disney did with The Lone Ranger. On November 29, 2011 THR reported that Marti Noxon would be working on the script of the board game adaptation. On March 5, 2012 THR confirmed that Universal and Hasbro were back in business on Ouija, still without director and writer, and were set to release the film in 2013 with Blumhouse Productions' Jason Blum also on board to produce the low-budgeted film.On July 16, 2012, Universal hired Juliet Snowden and Stiles White to rewrite and direct the project for a 2013 release.
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