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Ouija (2014)


Ouija (2014)
Synopsis: After the death of her best friend, Debbie, who committed suicide, Laine invites her sister and convinces her friends Trevor, Isabelle and Pete to perform a séance using a Ouija board. However they unleash dangerous spirits which threaten their lives.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Release Date: 24th October 2014
Director: Stiles White
Box Office: $50,820,940
 
Similarities: One of the main similarities between Ouija (2014) and our own film, is that the film
utilizes a Ouija board. This film is based around characters try to make contact with the dead, through the use of a Ouija board, which is closely similar to the plot of our film. Another big similarity is that they are both Horror films. The scene in the movie which inspired us most, is the scene in which the 5 teenagers in the movie are sat around a table using a Ouija board and performing a séance.

Ouija 2: Origin Of Evil (2016)
Ouija 2: Origin Of Evil (2016)

Synopsis: Origin of Evil tells a terrifying new tale as the follow-up to 2014's sleeper hit that opened at number one. In 1965 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her two daughters add a new stunt to bolster their séance scam business and unwittingly invite authentic evil into their home. When the youngest daughter is overtaken by the merciless spirit, this small family confronts unthinkable fears to save her and send her possessor back to the other side.

Genre: Horror / Thriller

Release Date: 21st October 2016
Director: Mike Flanagan
Box Office: $34,904,885

Similarities: Ouija 2: Origin Of Evil (2016), is a prequel to the Ouija (2014) film. Because of this, it contains many similar features to the Ouija (2014) and our independent film. In the film, a Ouija board is used to perform a séance and try and communicate with the dead. Although there is not a child in this film it is similar, as it uses the same aspects of horror such as; paranormal presences, Ouija boards and demons.

Witch Board (1986)

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Witchboard (1986)
Synopsis: 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.

Genre: Horror / Mystery / Thriller

Release Date: 13th March 1987
Director:  Kevin Tenney
Box Office: $7,369,373

Similarities: The film is about a group of friends who utilise a Ouija board for fun, not knowing what the consequences are. Our film is similar to this, due to the fact that group of college students bring a Ouija board to a house and use it without fully knowing what they are doing.

The Conjuring 2 (2016)

Synopsis: Lorraine and Ed Warren, in one of their most terrifying paranormal investigations, travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.

The Conjuring 2 (2016)

Genre: Horror / Mystery / Thriller

Release Date: 13th June 2016
Director: James Wan
Box Office: $102,461,593

Similarities: This movie is filmed in very dull and eerie lighting, and is based around the use of a Ouija board and the effects of what can happen after. The idea of malicious spirits haunting the little girl and her family, is vaguely similar to our plotline which containing ghosts haunting the five characters in out film.

Other Films which are similar:
  1. The Unleashed
  2. Ouija (2010)
  3. Paranormal Activity 2
  4. Insidious Chapter 3

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