Charlie Charlie

source: Ouija 3: The Charlie Charlie Challenge

This cover is literally lying to every single one of you Like, Holy crap, The cover lies to you. This boy never shows up, The deaths are stupid as hell, and here's the funny thing. The killer you see in this movie...is literally just a floating blue ball. That's how stupid it is. The only good thing about the film is the cast and how stupid this film is

This film is just awful. Everything about it is bad, from the lousy plot, to the poor acting, to the 90s effects. Low budget films don't have to let their budget define them, but this one sure did. It wasn't even so bad that it was good, it was just super bad. What a pain.

I, like another reviewer, lasted about 10/15 minutes. If this was supposed to be a comedy-parody it failed. If it was intended to be horror, epic fail. Once again, a film that was over acted, under acted and rarely acted. The writers mustn't have made it past the 6th grade (I'm being generous). Let's just include every stereotype in a horror movie and exaggerate those stereotypes in case the audience is dumber than a box of rocks. Epic fail! The only good thing was the makeup.

This movie is listed as a horror, but by the end, I thought it was a parody. The characters were hilarious instead of dramatic, with many of them being manifestations of stereotypical millennials. The screams and emotional acting were either overacted or underacted, which I suspect was on purpose. There was a scene where one of the haunted house staff came out from a corner dressed up as a mariachi. Everyone in my house burst into laughter. Even the way he was moving was hysterical. He didn't prance, skip, sneak, or walk past them. He moved smoothly, like he was on a skateboard! The deaths? Don't even get me started.... Each character that's scripted to be a red shirt, like Kenny from South Park, dies IN THE DUMBEST WAYS POSSIBLE. The Selfie Girl, at the end, somehow ends up with the pencils gouging her eyes out. I know it's implying that she started a new game when she called Charlie, her friend's name twice, but how can someone have that rotten of luck?! There's no way this was a sincere attempt at a horror film! If you're expecting a horror comedy, you've come to the right place! If not, look elsewhere!

The feature film tells the story of a group of young people who decide spend a night in a house of horrors (who were suffering a crisis and in the attempt to leverage the business, decide to take the pack of the Charlie Charlie Challenge). The film does not appear to be a sequel of the films of the series "Ouija - 2014". In many moments there is a lack of logic for events to occur, leaving the plot very weak. There are no scenes that create an empathy with the characters, placing them as mere pedestrians, thus promoting a sympathy with them. The effects and visual for the spirits do not promote to the spectator a reaction of fear, fright, or even joy.

I enjoyed this movie and I don't why it has such a low rating. Okay, it's a very low budget offering that won't win any awards for script or effects but it doesn't take itself seriously and it's a fun watch...just don't have your expectations too high. I would watch it again and that says a lot because I do not watch bad films twice. I haven't bothered writing anything about the plot because that's been covered in other reviews and I just wanted to reassure people that most films with a 2.4 rating are probably pretty frustrating and unwatchable but this one isn't. It's actually quite good for a really bad film.

The concept of this story is amazing! The idea of a failing haunted house owner trying to save his business in a last ditch effort is really cool. Unfortunately, this film was marketed falsely as a Ouija film when it was a completely separate story. The direction was questionable and the main actor was not good. The only redeeming qualities about this film are the cool location and some of the acting performances. The girl who played Sarah was really good and I loved both the actress and character of Gina. Such a good performance with what she was given. Sadly, all of the actors had stupid lines and were not given much character substance to work with. Great actors lost in a bad movie.

The idea of a house of horrors with a real demon loose in it is not the worst idea for a movie but the makers pull out all the stops to ensure it makes Plan 9 From Outer Space look like an Oscar winner. The budget must be in the mid three figures. The acting is about the worst I've ever seen - and that includes Ed Wood's movies. The movie can't make up its mind if it's a comedy or a serious horror that comes across as moronic. I have rated it at 4 stars and 3 of them are for Tom Zembrod who plays 'Gene' The Ringmaster. He completely dominates the film with an absolutely manic and hilarious performance. I watched the whole of the movie only because of his performance. I've never heard of him but he must have a bright future in movies. Anyway, the film is an utter pile of pants but it's worth watching just to see Zembrod gloriously chewing up the scenery.

Lord love a duck, this one was pretty atrocious too. Whenever a movie (and I caught this on On-Demand) is advertised one way, and as soon as the movie starts it has a different title, that should be a HUGE red flag for anyone. Such is the case for "Ouija 3 - Charlie Charlie". Hanging its false advertisement title on the "Ouija" series, this one is about some frat girls who decide to play the game "Charlie, Charlie" (scared yet?), and (of course) all but one winds up dying. Fast forward to a haunted house (which has opened in September) and you find the owner trying to decide on a way to make money since his haunted house is failing miserably. He decides to rent out his "haunted house" so individuals can play? look for? resurrect? or just mess with old Charlie. If you want to know anything else, you can waste your money (like I did) on this classic turd. There are no redeeming qualities to be found. The acting, the direction, the effects, the script: they ALL suck. NR and just plain awful.