In addition to being a fun 80s time capsule (the rock video hair is a real treat), this movie is actually fairly decent on a technical level. There is only a little gore, not much in the way of special effects and a few too many false frights built around the main character showing up suddenly behind people (it gets tired and almost jokey the third time and up), so on a shock-and-awe level it's a bit lightweight. But the Ouija board sequences are tightly directed and fairly gripping, and that's the pay-off to the movie. The character drama is pretty dull filler but using the camera to anticipate and foreshadow action in the 80s fashion still works, and generates pretty decent suspense. Not a great B-movie (more like a C+), but an okay time waster. Tawny Kitaen has a little nudity here, but if that's your quest, The Perils of Gwendoline is preferable, and at least as entertaining.
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