ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

Mjeteconer Just perfect...

Supelice Dreadfully Boring

ChicRawIdol A brilliant film that helped define a genre

spencergrande6 This is a tough film to review or to even talk about really. It's mediocre in most respects, and really nothing much of note happens for good chunks of it. And yet, there's something about it that's appealing and fun. It's probably the touch of directory Kevin S. Tenney. It's clear he's a bit disinterested here but still can't help making a film that's light and funny and playful.The camera-work announces this, swooping in and out of windows at will. Ami Dolenz is appealing as usual, her great horror year of 93 (see also: Ticks and Pumpkinhead 2) a classic lesson of how sub-par acting in low- budget films can still be remembered and even "good" in some sense if done with the right intentions. Maybe the best character to sum up this film is that of the ex-boyfriend cop whose first entrance into the film announces him as an angry douchebag type, meant to cause problems for Ami. But by his second scene he already shows remorse, and even apologizes to Ami. After this, while still retaining his douchebaggery, he helps and even saves her in the end. I don't want to use the word complex, but if he's comprised of notes it's at least three, which is two more than necessary in a flick like this and most of its ilk.Also there's a scene where a 60's hippie chick is hit by a wrecking ball into the mystery machine and you get a nice shot of the van exploding and her mannequin with it, which is pretty cool.

T.J. Robert Tharp Pretty good little film here. Kevin S. Tenney is quite a decent writer and a better director. My favorites are the POV shots of the spirit traveling. We get the absolutely cute Ami Dolenz as a lead, and John Gattins who in my opinion gives the only other believable performance in this film. Yes, the story is frighteningly similar to Witchboard, but just different enough to stand on its own merits. Dolenz does not transform much here in the script as possessed individuals are wont to do. Yet, she gets the point across nonetheless. Gattins keeps you guessing if his character is one of the good guys or the villain here. Meanwhile, we get an interesting take on the landlady played by Laraine Newman. Here the spirit seems partially justified in her actions, which makes the plot all the better. This brings up a question: WHY doesn't this film get a DVD release with a commentary from Dolenz and Tenney? I would like to hear their take on this film. Again, I liked Witchboard 2 almost as much as I liked the original.

Boba_Fett1138 Even though I prefer this movie above its predecessor, it still isn't a great movie.This movie also suffers still from some of the same stuff the first movie, made in 1986, also suffered from. Despite its promising concept the movie just never manages to become interesting because there is far too little happening.It's a pretty late sequel to the first movie and besides it doesn't has an awful lot to do with its predecessor. This time the movie is featuring different actors and actors and only uses the same concept of the first original movie; a movie making contact with a death person through a Ouija board.What makes this movie better than its predecessor though is that they put some more effort into its story this time. It's not like its being a very deep or clever written movie but all of its characters and events are better drawn out. It makes things more pleasant to follow, even though not nearly enough is happening horror or tension wise.The acting is a lot better this time around but that's not saying very much though. None of the actors really impress too much and the cast consist out or purely unknown actors, who all seemed to had been cast because of their looks rather than because of their acting skills.Nothing too bad but it's a movie you can easily do without.6/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/

lost-in-limbo Paige Benedict is a wannabe artist who moves into a large apartment loft and discovers an Ouija board in the closet. After trying it out she starts receiving messages from the other-side by the previous tenant Susan Sidney. Who claims that she was murdered. Paige suddenly gets caught up into finding out what happened to Susan, but along the way people start dying off by strange occurrences.Well I've never seen the original, but there's no relationship between the two films that makes you have to seen them in any particular order. I was expecting something quite secondary, but Kevin Tenney's 'Witchboard 2: The Devil's Doorway' was a mostly fun and harmless little piece, which was competently directed with some nice inventive flourishes. While, it's not hard to figure out what's eventually going to happen (though the final twist got me) and the pacing can lumber along with long talky spells, but there are definite features that make up for these aspects. Tenney makes the most out of his budget to cook up some strikingly atmospheric camera-work, tautly effective music score, credible special effects and a humdrum script filled with some biting humour. There are some well staged action scenes that have energy and the edgy deaths are mildly inspired. Although they are rather tame. False jump scares are evident, but never fall into the cheap variety. It tries to be creepy in its set-up, but I found it to be too silly to be so. Laughable in patches, but it never gets overly cheesy. Although there are some totally unlikely (if moronic) plot developments in the script that will raise eyebrows. One thing that got on my nerves was the constant use of sounding out every single letter and letting us know what it spells when Ouija board comes into play. Sure I can hack it every now and then, but all the time. No way! At least we had a blond hottie doing it for us. Tenney sure does tease the viewer with the gorgeously dainty Ami Dolenz. Her perky performance is surprisingly good. Those looking for a bit of flesh will be highly disappointed. Laraine Newman is amusing as the flip-out hippie landlady. The beautiful Julie Michaels was fine as Susan. Timothy Gibbs, John Gatins and Christopher Michael as bawdy landlord were okay.It's a decent enough time-waster that has a certain quirkiness and stylish feel to it all.