Ouija proves that is is actually possible to take a bunch of cliche horror movie tropes and put them together to produce what is technically a cohesive film.

However, the result is a disaster with a lackluster plot and unmemorable characters whose constant acts of idiocy are almost laughable — but mostly just groan-inducing. I lost track of how many times I rolled my eyes every time someone stumbled blindly around in the dark or let out a piercing screech.

The dialogue is just as horrifyingly mediocre as the rest of the film. It too was seemingly comprised solely of cliche horror movie and rom-com lines. To name a few: “You just never know when you’re last going to speak to someone,” “I never even got to say goodbye,” and the classic “That was weird. . . but it probably doesn’t mean anything right?” (dies horrifically within seconds).

I hate to admit that I couldn’t even finish the movie. I closed the laptop just after the 47 minute mark.

So maybe Halloween horror flicks aren’t expected to have a good plot, dialogue, or characters; being scared is the whole point, right? Well, Ouija completely missed that too. It doesn’t even come close. The scariest thing about Ouija was that people actually paid money to see it.