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Witchboard III: The Possession (1995) is a movie I recently watched on YouTube. The storyline follows a man who uses a Ouija board to get fame and fortune. He starts changing and people around him start dying. His wife will try to do everything possible to get her husband back...

This movie is directed by Peter Svatek (Theatre of Life) and stars David Nerman (Arrival II), Elizabeth Lambert (Class of Nuke 'em High), Cedric Smith (Heavy Metal) and Richard Zeman (The Day After Tomorrow).

This is a movie that starts better than it finishes. The opening sequence when they are "checking if he's dead" and debt collection scene are great. Unfortunately all of the special effects at the end are terrible. There's a levitation scene in this you can't help but laugh at. The acting and writing are pretty bad beginning to end.

Overall this is a below average addition to the horror genre that I would score a 3.5/10 and recommend skipping.

"Witchboard: The Possession" is the third installment in the "Witchboard" series. This film focuses on a stockbroker who is in dire financial straits. Introduced to an ancient Ouija board by his landlord, he consults the board to help him gain wealth. Of course, bad things happen, like him unwittingly trading his soul and attempting to murder his girlfriend and the like.

The "Witchboard" series isn't exactly known for being highbrow horror—the original film, after all, did star Tawny Kitaen—but the first two films were at least halfway decent late-eighties supernatural horror schlock. This installment is probably the most "nineties" thing you will ever see, from the sets to the hairstyles and even the special effects and corny music. It literally looks like a 1993 episode of "Beverly Hills 90210" that was taken over by a horror production. In the middle of the film, there is a ridiculous sex scene that was either attempting to crib "Don't Look Now" or a Cinemax softcore porno—I'm not sure which.

So, yes, this film is one-hundred percent cheese. The real question: Is it fun, though? Well, sort of. The narrative is as predictable as you'd expect it to be, except this one has a weird bent with the landlord and the ancient board; the motivations for the protagonist's use of the board is also different from the previous films, where it happened to be women innocently playing around with a board they came across. In this film, its use is deliberate and calculated. The film has some elaborate death scenes and corny special effects, and has a dramatic conclusion that is anemic but still amusing. The two leads give sometimes-good, sometimes-hammy performances; their main function seems to be to look attractive, and they do achieve that (Locky Lambert is beautiful, and David Nerman is hunky as all get-out).

Overall, "Witchboard: The Possession" is a relatively unremarkable film; it looks and feels like a bad nineties made-for-television movie, and is bankrupt of surprises. As a piece of nineties trash celluloid though, it's a fun movie to kick back with and leave your inhibitions at the door. 5/10.

Witchboard III wouldn't have been my first pick in the series, but I still see it as a decent horror picture. No, it's not scary and the special effects are lame, but I don't know, this film still delivers in some fashion. It's about a couple that move into an apartment and the husband soon connects with their land lord and the land lord introduces the husband into the ouija board. From there, the land lord gives Brian, the husband, a ring jumps off of his balcony, just before doing so he states "see ya in the funny papers kid." Brian then pursues use of the ouija board and from there everything seemingly falls apart with his marriage life.

Not a real high body count and like I said before, the special effects aren't ones to get excited about. I kind of liked the script and acting between the husband and wife.

Now if you have not seen any of the rest of the Witchboard films, then I recommend that you start with the original, which is by far the best of the series. 5/10

Do NOT listen to the other two reviews listed here, WITCHBOARD III is a quality horror film--entertaining, well-acted and with good low-budget cinematography, make-up and even some pretty good morphing FX thrown in for good measure. I do agree however that it isn't very scary and it's terribly underpopulated.

My score: 6 out of 10.

Third time is the charm? I don't think so. The first two movies within the series were already quite bad and dull movies but this movie is definitely still the worst one out of the bunch.

It's funny how all of the sequels are basically only sequels in name. None of the movies really have something to do with each other and all they have in common is that it features an Ouija board in them. But in this movie the Ouija board doesn't even play a central role, like it did in the first two movies. Guess this movie tries to be more of an horror by featuring evil characters and demons but it's all something we all have seen before.

No, you really can't call this movie renewing or original in any way. It's not really a movie lots of time and effort got spend on and is more one within the franchise that tries to cash in some more. The first two movies were quite successful at the box office (mostly because they were incredibly cheap movies to make) but I just can't imaging this movie doing as well. It's a real formulaic and run of the mill movie.

The story...you could call it bad and uninteresting but to me it just more comes across as so utterly pointless all. This is a completely redundant movie, you can real easily do without.

When it comes down to style and visual look, I really hate '90's movies. I hate the clothes, I hate the haircuts, I hate the music and I hate just the overall look and directing approach of '90's movies. The cheaper movies always have a sort of made for TV look over them, as does this movie.

No, sir this third movie just ain't much good either!

4/10

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This third "Witchboard" installment is a notch below the other two, and they weren't anything great, either. This entry just wasn't able to keep me interested for very long, and like all horror films, this isn't scary, either. There was just something about the story that quickly bored me, and therefore I spent much of my time watching the clock during this film. That's not to say that this is a bad film, but SURELY you can find something better than this the next time that you're in the mood to watch a movie.

I disagree with the other posters who hated this movie.I was riveted to the screen all the way through.I thought it had atmosphere,especially the beautiful old apartment block,where most of the events happen.I thought the lead actor did a great job doing dual roles,one good one evil.Julie was very likable,as was her friend Lisa.I thought the special effects were fine for a movie that was not on a high budget.I was creep ed out by the landlord and his apartment with all the artifacts.His wife was equally creepy,particularly her little shack with all the candles,and talismans.I had never heard of the actors but was charmed anyways.It was filmed in Montreal and I just wonder about the history of that apartment building,and where it is in Montreal...

I have not seen the first two Witchboard films, but I did enjoy this one. It's about a business man who is given a Ouija board as part of a will benefaction unbeknownst to him that it grants him ill-will as well as lucky venture tips. I thought the premise was interesting enough, and the sanguinary death scenes were inventive and thrilling (head wound punctures, death by butterfly pins, deer antlers, and the obligatory shower death scene). The negative points: It had it's tedious moments, 2. Too much of the story was downplayed by the interminable sex scenes. But other than than it was a fairly suspenseful horror flick that's worth checking out. The Devil's true manifestation F/X is baronial as well. It could of had more scary moments though.

The Possession, the third film in the Witchboard series, might not be a particularly memorable film, but it is pretty entertaining stuff for the duration: there's a bit of gore, some 'Red Shoe Diaries' style soft-core sex, and some enjoyably hokey occult goings-on with a few ropey CGI effects thrown in for good measure.

David Nerman plays Brian, an unemployed broker who befriends his seemingly likable landlord Francis (Cedric Smith) only to find out (too late) that the old man is, in reality, a demon.

After trapping Brian's soul via a Ouija board, the demon assumes the poor guy's identity and attempts to impregnate his sexy wife Julie (Elizabeth Lambert). However, with a sudden change in Brian's personality, Julie begins to suspect something is wrong, and, when she finds the demon's Ouija board, she manages to contact her husband.

Discovering the awful truth, Julie tracks down Francis's ex-wife: the only person who can help her defeat the evil creature that is masquerading as her man.

Featuring a cool suicide scene (a leap from a balcony onto a conveniently placed spike), death by lepidoptera (that's a fancy word for butterflies, I believe), antler impalement, the always welcome shower murder, a nice rubbery demon at the end, and eye-candy courtesy of hottie Lambert, and sexy Donna Sarrasin, who plays her tasty friend Lisa, there's enough fun to be had to make this one worth a go.

Slightly better sequel finds a man possessed by a demon after getting a ring from an elderly neighbor. His wife now must do battle with the demon in order to save her husband and to stop the demon from killing everyone in it's path. Decent special effects, some original killings, a few sexy moments make this watchable, but the film is bland and nothing special.

Rated R; Nudity, Strong Sexual Content, Violence, and Profanity.

The investment broker Brian (David Nerman) is unemployed and looking for a job. His girlfriend Julie (Locky Lambert), who is anthropologist, is financially supporting their home and Brian does not feel good with the situation. When he meets his landlord Francis Redman (Cedric Smith), the old man invites Brian to drink with him at home. Francis shows a Ouija board, where he contacts a spirit that tells him to invest in an orange company. Brian does not pay much attention but on the next day, he sees on the news that the company had a huge rise in the stock market. Brian meets with Francis again on the roof of their building and the landlord gives a ring to Brian. Then he jumps off the roof, committing suicide. Brian steals his Ouija board and contacts the spirit that tells him to invest in a coffee company. Brian borrows money with the shark loan Finch (Addison Bell) for 24 h, but the company crashes in the stock market. When Brian goes to Finch's office with the Ouija board, Finch and his bodyguard says that they will cut one of Brian's fingers. Out of the blue, they are murdered by a strange force. On the next morning, Brian learns that the coffee company had a surprising raise an he has won a lot of money. He decides to destroy the Ouija board in the boiler of the building, but he gets shocked and dies. Julie is arriving at home and calls an ambulance and the paramedics unsuccessfully try to revive him. Out of the blue, he revives but possessed by an evil spirit. Brian changes his behavior, harasses Julie's best friend, Lisa (Donna Sarrasin), and wants to have a son with Julie. Meanwhile Brian tries to contact Julie through the mirrors.

"Witchboard III: The Possession" is a nice supernatural Canadian story of Ouija board. The screenplay is well-developed although with at least one great flaw. Why Dora, performed by Danette Mackay, would give her amulet of protection to Julie and Brian if she is hunted down by the evil spirit? Anyway, it is a good horror movie that has not aged. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Possessão" ("Possession")

I can not believe people do like this movie. This is one of the scariest movies ever. It has a great story line. It also has great acting. If it does not scary you no movie will.

Watch this film, based merely on the following: In the scene after the husband comes back to life, he takes his wife to dinner. He tells her how much her loves her, and how he almost lost her back there, but thats never going to happen again. A seriously emotional scene. Crying, laughter, talk of a little family....but one thing. These people are TV actors. They got those rolls for his glistening black porn do, and her not minding to expose a little flesh, here or there. Which leads me on to my next point, The Sex Scene.

I swear to God you see a full on Beaver slash Ball shot at one point. Its so unexpected and sweet. These moments I tell you are golden, of course only if you have a sense of humor, of course.

I've always loved this movie definitely one of my all time favorites and believe me when I honestly feel that all three Witchboard are really good and very entertaining especially since I've always been fascinated by the occult makes it even more fun to watch but yeah this one definitely gets my approval cheesy or not it's a hella of a ride nonetheless the actors did a great job keeping me interested and just pulls you right in especially the landlord he is my favorite character couldn't have picked a better person than him to play that role because the way he delivers himself is so intriguing not knowing what he has up his deceitful sleeve of his but to find out give this a chance

I just watched Witchbord III, and man was it boring. There is one good scene in (in wich francis kills himself), it just kinda surprised me. Some of the camera movements are in a sort of Raimi style and I thought they were a bit interesting but overall it's worthless. The story starts off promising (not original but fun) but then kills itself with the ususal corny crappy-horror movie stuff. I spend about $7,50 on this movie and I guess that covers the nice packaging and the celluloid, so I shouldn't have expected more. An 8 on the suck-meter.

watchable movie is kinda silly but the good acting and decent direction make up for it it is also kinda stylish it very cool camera angles the lighting could have been better and the ending was only so so so i am kinda mixed with this one still it's worth watching **1/2 out of 5

The one line that is most memorable in this retarded film was when our protagonist meets an odd old man who is standing on the edge of the window in his apartment. The old guy looks at our hero, smiles, then says, "See you in the funnies, kid." After which he proceeds to jump headlong down a dozen stories. This movie was so bad my friends and I couldn't even finish watching it. The first Witchboard is a horror classic but this sequel is as bad a movie that any mortal can possibly make.

Witchboard III: The Possession was an okay movie, but it wasn't exactly scary. The acting was okay, and the directing wasn't bad. I don't understand why these Witchboard movies aren't looked at enough. People look at the case for them in the video stores, and go "Oh, look, it's Witchboard! What a stupid movie! Who would wanna see that?!" They just pass these not so hyped movies. Sometimes they pass a good ones, so check some out, and get a new variety. Don't pass by those not so hyped films. Some are actually good. I give Witchboard III: The Possession an 8 out of 10.

In WITCHBOARD III: THE POSSESSION, Brian and Julie (David Nerman and Elizabeth Lambert) are a struggling, young couple in love. Unable to find employment, Brian takes their ultra-creepy landlord up on his offer to "help". Soon, the titular Ouija board is utilized to play the stock market.

Terror and death ensue.

This is an utterly preposterous hunk of horror cheeeze. As such, it attains dizzying heights of absurdity through moments like the "death-by-butterflies" and "hot demon love" sequences! All accentuated by copious female nudity.

Total fantabulousness...