Use in Film and Television
A number of films have used a Ouija board as a plot vehicle, including:
- The Uninvited (1944)
- 13 Ghosts (1960)
- Tales From The Crypt (1972)
- The Exorcist (1973)
- Down and Dirty Duck (1974)
- From Anson to Jervis (1977)
- Alison's Birthday (1979)
- Amityville 3-D (1983)
- The Devil's Gift (1984)
- Spookies (1985)
- Witchboard (1986)
- Girls' School Screamers (1986)
- Awakenings (1990)
- Repossessed (1990)
- Sugar and Spice (2001)
- And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird (1991)
- Radio Flyer (1991)
- Sorority House Massacre 2 (1992)
- Witchboard 2: The Devil's Doorway (1993)
- Only You (1994)
- Witchboard III: The Possession (1995)
- Grim (1995)
- The Craft (1996)
- Charmed (1998 - 2006)
- What Lies Beneath (2000)
- Long Time Dead (2002)
- Aparichithan (2004)
- Witchboard 4: Seriously? (2005)
- Spirit Trap (2005)
- Kyle XY (2006)
- Paranormal Activity (2009)
- Drive-Thru (2007)
- The Myth of the American Sleepover (2010)
- Downton Abbey (2011)
- Red Lights (2012)
- My Babysitter's A Vampire (2012)
- The Pact (2012)
- "Team Awesome Presents: Seance (made out of paper) (2012)
- "Paranormal Activity 4" (2012)
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