Ouija (2007 film)

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Ouija
Ouijaposter.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Topel Lee
Written by Aloy Adlawan
Produced by
  • Jose Mari Abacan
  • Vincent Del Rosario
  • Veronique Del Rosario
Starring
CinematographyNeil Daza
Edited byMarya Ignacio
Music byCarmina Robles Cuya
Production
companies
Distributed byGMA Pictures
Viva Films
Release date
  • July 25, 2007 (2007-07-25)
Running time
95 minutes
Country Philippines
Language Filipino
Box office₱120.6 million

Ouija is a 2007 Filipino supernatural horror film directed by Topel Lee, and screenplay by Aloy Adlawan. It is Topel Lee's first feature-length horror film. [1] The film stars Jolina Magdangal, Iza Calzado, Rhian Ramos, and Judy Ann Santos with Desiree del Valle is haunted by a spirit they accidentally unleashed while playing an Ouija board. The film was produced by VIVA and GMA Pictures.

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This is the second film co-produced by GMA Films and VIVA Films years after VIVA withdrew from GMA. The joint production between the two companies was proven a success since fans believe that there is still chemistry among the two companies and it led to more jointly produced movies that became box-office hits.

Plot

Half-sisters Aileen and Romina, along with first cousins Sandra and Ruth, reunite in Camiguin to bury their grandmother. Accompanied by Sandra's friend, Lucy, the girls dare to call on the spirits of the dead when they find their old Ouija board from when they were kids. The Ouija board is burned by accident before they are able to finish the ritual, trapping a murderous entity around them. As they begin to realize the terror that they have brought upon themselves, Aileen and Romina's hostile relationship becomes even more strained, while Lucy's sanity brings a heavy burden on Sandra, and Ruth's nanny and boyfriend, Gino, is unknowingly pulled into the danger and horror that awaits all of them. Aileen, a criminal advocate, accidentally kills a rape victim who was also haunted.

Confronted by imminent death, the girls have nowhere to go unless they can identify the spirit and find out where it is buried. It is only by leading the spirit to its burial ground that they will be able to release the spirit from the Ouija board and survive its fatal hauntings.

Using the Ouija board, the girls find that the ghost of a girl named Magda the Snake (she is called “The Snake” because she had the skin of snake at birth) is haunting them. They find Magda's corpse from under the sea and frees her spirit with the help of a priest. Magda was murdered by her envious twin sister Melda, because their parents loved Magda more. At the end it is revealed that it was Melda's spirit who haunted the girls and Magda's spirit was trying to protect them. Since they freed Magda's spirit, there is no one to protect them from Melda. At the end of the movie, Melda kills every girl.

Cast

Main


Supporting

Special guests

Reception

The movie is graded A by the Cinema Evaluation Board (CEB) of the Philippines. An A rating gives the film a 100% tax rebate on its earnings.

Awards and nominations

26th FAP (LUNA) Awards (2008)

10th PASADO Awards (2008) [2]

24th PMPC Awards for Movies (2008) [3]

5th Golden Screen Awards (2008) [4]

International screenings

The movie would have been the first GMA Films movie to have international screenings [5] and the second Viva movie to have international screenings. The scheduled overseas premieres in four U.S. cities (Las Vegas, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego) were cancelled. Only the one in New Jersey pushed through. [6] The movie is titled Seance internationally. [5]

Home video release

GMA Records Home Video (distributed under license by Viva Video, Inc.) released Ouija now available on DVD and VCD format on September 12, 2007.

See also

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