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| Directed by | Topel Lee |
| Produced by | Jose Mari Abacan Veronique Del Rosario-Corpus Vicente G. del Rosario III |
| Written by | Aloy Adlawan |
| Starring | Judy Ann Santos Jolina Magdangal Iza Calzado Rhian Ramos |
| Music by | Carmina Robles Cuya |
| Cinematography | Neil Daza |
| Editing by | Marya Ignacio |
| Distributed by | GMA Films VIVA Entertainment Films |
| Release date(s) | July 25, 2007 |
| Running time | 137 min. |
| Country | Philippines |
| Language | Filipino/Tagalog English |
| Box office | Php90.6 million |
Ouija is an award-winning 2007 Filipino horror-thriller film from director Topel Lee, his first feature length[1], from the screenplay by Aloy Adlawan. The film stars Jolina Magdangal, Iza Calzado, Rhian Ramos and Judy Ann Santos haunted by a spirit they accidentally trapped while playing an Ouija board.
This is the second film co-produced by GMA Films and VIVA Films years after VIVA withdrew from GMA. The joint production between the two companies was proven a success since fans believe that there is still chemistry among the two companies and it led to more jointly-produced movies that became box-office hits.
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Half-sisters Aileen (Judy Ann Santos) and Romina (Jolina Magdangal), along with first cousins Sandra (Iza Calzado) and Ruth (Rhian Ramos), reunite in Camiguin to bury their grandmother. Accompanied by Sandra’s friend, Lucy (Desiree Del Valle), the five girls dare to call on the spirits of the dead when they find their old Ouija board from when they were kids. The Ouija board is burned by accident before they are able to finish the ritual, trapping a murderous entity around them.
As they begin to realize the terror that they have brought upon themselves, Aileen and Romina’s hostile relationship become even more strained, while Lucy’s sanity brings a heavy burden on Sandra, and Ruth’s boyfriend, Gino (JC de Vera), is unknowingly pulled into the danger and horror that await all of them.
Confronted by imminent death, the girls have nowhere to go unless they can identify the spirit and find out where it is buried. It is only by leading the spirit to its burial ground that they will be able to release the spirit from the Ouija board and survive its fatal hauntings.
The movie is graded A by the Cinema Evaluation Board (CEB) of the Philippines. An A rating gives the film a 100% tax rebate on its earnings.
The movie would have been the first GMA Films movie to have international screenings[6] and the second Viva movie to have international screenings. The scheduled overseas premieres in four U.S. cities (Las Vegas, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego) were cancelled. Only the one in New Jersey pushed through.[7] The movie is titled Seance internationally.[6]
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