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| Todd Allen | ... | Jim Morar | |
| Tawny Kitaen | ... | Linda Brewster | |
| Stephen Nichols | ... | Brandon Sinclair | |
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| Rose Marie | ... | Mrs. Moses | |
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Judy Tatum | ... | Dr. Gelineau |
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Gloria Hayes | ... | Wanda |
| J.P. Luebsen | ... | Malfeitor | |
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Susan Nickerson | ... | Chris |
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Ryan Carroll | ... | Roger |
| Kenny Rhodes | ... | Mike | |
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At a party, a guest brings out a Ouija board, and they attempt to contact a spirit he knows. The spirit does appear, but it becomes apparent to the one who brought the Ouija board that this is an evil spirit that is impersonating his spirit, and despite warnings not to use the board alone, a woman uses it alone, and becomes harassed by the evil spirit, his goal to possess her so he can walk the earth again. Written by Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>
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Don't play it alone. See more »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
13 March 1987 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Diabelska plansza See more »Filming Locations:
Big Bear Lake, Big Bear Valley, San Bernardino National Forest, California, USA See more »Edit
Box Office
Budget:
$2,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$95,435, 4 January 1987Gross USA:
$7,369,373Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$7,369,373Company Credits
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MonoColor:
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1.85 : 1
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Composed by Iannis Xenakis
Performed by Iannis Xenakis
Courtesy of Erato Disque
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Tawny Kitaen and Stephen Nichols also appeared together on Days of Our Lives (1965). See more »Goofs
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This is one of those movies that proves that you don't need a huge budget to make a quality horror film, or any film for that matter, but we are talking horror here. I had read many years ago that this film was made for less than a million dollars and even in 1985 that is chump change. But this film is so pure with it's suspence that you would think it was done by a major Hollywood studio with a ten million dollar budget.
When a witchboard is discovered it is at first played for fun. But then it becomes an obsession and it takes over the life of the woman that talks to it. A spirit named David is a little boy that may or may not be the spirit that is possessing the Witchboard and sometimes he is nice and other times he is down right nasty. There is also a great horror villains name in this film, Mal Veder, almost sounds like Darth Vader's distant cousin doesn't it?
What Witchboard does so well is it pays attention to detail and it pays attention to what made some of the great horror movies did. And what this manages to do is treat the camera like it is his best friend. The camera lurks mysteriously behind it's actors and beside them and above them and everywhere else. And what this does is it gives you the illusion that there is someone or something there, and that is the beauty of this film, you don't know if it really is someone or something there. This is great homage to some of the greats like Carpenter and Hitchcock.
Witchboard is a great 80's horror film and I like it for the fact that it is much more concerned with atmosphere than stupid blood and guts and unneccesary gore. 90's horror should watch films like this and use the same techniques to scare us. Blair Witch may have watched this but films like the Haunting and I Know.... and Idle Hands sure didn't.