Ouija

Five teenagers use a Ouija board to try to contact a friend who recently died, an apparent suicide. Their tinkering unleashes an evil spirit that … zzzz … Hmm?! What?? Where was I? The script by Juliet Snowden and director Stiles White is a muddled mélange of the usual gee-I-wonder-what's-in-this-dark-room horror movie tropes, with all the usual cheap scares and boogeyman music. The only suspense comes from idly wondering who will die when, and how White and Snowden will set up the inevitable sequel. The cast is, predictably, a collection of blankly pretty faces eager to build their résumés. It's always possible you'll be hearing from some of them again—if they're very, very lucky—so for the record their names are Olivia Cooke, Ana Coto, Daren Kagasoff, Bianca Santos, Douglas Smith and Shelley Hennig.