Strange events start happening that lead Lina, the eldest daughter, to believe that there's something more sinister at play. Of course, things start changing once the younger daughter, Doris, starts to act difference after coming into contact with the board. And how buying a Ouija board opens up new avenues for them to actually to contact their deceased father and husband, in the case of the mother.
I liked the fact that it focus more on a family perspective and how this family, lead by a medium who stages the seances with her daughters, copes with the loss of the father. It's not that it's got a great story or anything of the sort, but it is fairly solid all things considered. The first two are certainly the most surprising elements, at least to me. It's got a better story, better acting and better horror. Don't get me wrong, the movie is a massive improvement over the original. I don't know why, but I never felt like the movie clicked for me as well as it did for others, at least when it comes to film critics. Again, the caveat being that this isn't what I would call a good movie, it's a only a great horror sequel when compared to what came before. But, when compared to how horrible its predecessor was, and the fact that this movie was not, in fact, dreadful, I can't help but say that it's one of the best horror sequels of all time. And the reason I say it's one of the best horror sequels of all time isn't because this movie is great, it's actually not, at least in my opinion. But they went ahead and made a sequel based on a terrible movie. But I don't know how you merchandise a board that's supposed to summon spirits that will, in theory, scare the shit out of you. I can understand making Battleship or GI Joe into films, since you can make a lot of money on merchandise. Yet the way they go about this is attempting to scare people to the point that they wouldn't even want to buy their board game in the first place. I say that, because the reason that Hasbro Films commissioned a movie based on one of their board games, even though something like it has existed for longer than they've owned the property, is the fact that they want to sell more Ouija boards. I felt that the concept, in and of itself, was stupid. I hated the original movie with a goddamn fucking passion. But, in all honesty, when I talk about one of the best horror sequels of all time, in the context of this movie, I use it simply because of how truly, truly awful its predecessor was. Those are the two most obvious examples of great horror sequels. Though the latter is far more up to debate than the former.
Evil Dead 2, obviously comes to mind and so does Aliens. Would it be fair to say that this is one of the best horror sequels of all time? My memory is shit, but there aren't many of those in existence.
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