Ouija (2014)

* out of ****

Ever see “Witchboard” (1986) with Tawny Kitaen? It was a spooky little thriller about a woman who becomes possessed by a spirit when using the Ouija board alone. Not a great movie but a decent one. I wish more people had seen it. I wish the characters in “Ouija” had seen it, so they all would have known not to screw around with the board while alone, and thereby spared us this turkey.

Debbie (Shelley Hennig) uses the board alone, opens a portal to let an evil spirit in, blah blah blah. She tries to burn the board, but it reappears and she is found hanging by the neck in an apparent suicide. Her childhood best friend and a few other characters (all virtually guaranteed to meet grisly fates before long) have a séance to talk to her, and even though they think they contact her it is actually the bad spirit and the portal gets opened further.

Pretty soon teens are dying by the herd, and only the childhood best friend (Olivia Cooke) can save the day. Well actually, just save herself because almost everyone else is already pushing up daisies. Lin Shaye has a semi-interesting cameo as the daughter of the suspected evil spirit, but even that can't save this tiresome waste of celluloid. Pick your adjective..... third-rate, moronic, predictable, uninteresting.... they all fit.

Don't waste your time.