"Ouija" to Haunt DVD and Blu-Ray Players in February

Universal Pictures recently announced the upcoming DVD and Blu-Ray of "Ouija". The film had a good box office run with $50 million. "Ouija" stars Olivia Cooke(Bates Motel), Shelley Hennig (Teen Wolf), Douglas Smith (Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters), Bianca A. Santos ("The Fosters"), Ana Coto ("DISconnected") and Daren Kagasoff (The Secret Life of the American Teenager).

Special features on the DVD and Blu-Ray includes "Adapting the Fear" featurette. The blu-ray exclusives includes The Spirit Board: An Evolution and Icon of the Unknown featurettes.

"Ouija" hits stores on 2/3/15.

Press Release:

Inspired by the classic occult board game, a group of teens accidentally unleash a dark power from the other side in Ouija coming to Digital HD on January 13 and Blu-ray™ Combo Pack including Blu-ray™, DVD and Digital HD with UltraViolet™, and On Demand on February 3 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Produced by Platinum Dunes partners Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form (The Purge, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday the 13th) and Blumhouse Productions' Jason Blum (Paranormal Activity, Insidious, The Purge), Ouija delivers extra chills with exclusive bonus content including a deeper look inside the mystery of the Ouija board, film commentary and much more.

After Debbie (Shelley Hennig, "Teen Wolf") suddenly dies, her best friend Laine (Olivia Cooke, "Bates Motel,") attempts to contact her using an antique Ouija board she finds in Debbie's room. When the curious teen begins asking the board questions and stumbles upon the mystery of her friend's death, Laine discovers a resident spirit calling itself DZ, and eerie, inexplicable events begin to follow her. The group of friends digs deeper into the history of Debbie's house and are shocked to find that Debbie wasn't the first victim—and won't be be the last if they don't figure out how to close the portal to the spirit world they've opened.

The otherworldly thriller also stars Douglas Smith (Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters), Bianca A. Santos ("The Fosters"), Ana Coto ("DISconnected") and Daren Kagasoff (The Secret Life of the American Teenager).

"Ouija" Review - Written by Tim Hellman

'OUIJA': Two Stars (Out of Five)

Hasbro's first horror flick is this supernatural thriller based on their popular board game; which has been used as a 'spirit board', since the late 1800s, by people mockingly, or seriously, trying to communicate with the dead. The film tells the story of a group of friends that investigate the shocking death of another friend, after she was recorded using an ancient Oija board. The movie was written and directed by first time feature film director Stiles White and written by White and Juliet Snowden (the duo also co-wrote the 2012 supernatural horror flick 'THE POSSESSION'). It stars Olivia Cooke, Shelley Hennig, Daren Kagasoff, Douglas Smith, Ana Coto, Bianca A. Santos and Lin Shaye. I found the movie to be pretty boring and really, somewhat painfully, dry.

Laine (Cooke) and Debbie (Hennig) had been friends since they were little girls; they also experimented with a Oija board, playfully, when they were young. When Debbie is found dead at her house, presumably having hung herself, Laine, and four other friends, investigate what happened to her. They find a video recording of Debbie playing with a really old Oija board and also find the 'spirit board' itself. They then try to use the board to summon the dead, themselves, and find out what happened to Debbie. This of course turns out to be a grave mistake.

The movie does have some creepy imagery, and a few good scares, but other than that it's just a complete waste of time. It's so dull it sometimes makes it's 89 minute running time seem like it's hours longer (at least). The acting and directing are really amateurish and the script could have used about a dozen more rewrites. I like and respect horror movies, even the bad ones, but this one isn't even bad in a fun way; it's just boring. Which is one of the worst crimes, I think, a film can commit.