Use in Film and Television
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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)
- Alison's Birthday (1979)
- Amityville 3-D (1983)
- The Devil's Gift (1984)
- Spookies (1985)
- Witchboard (1986)
- Awakenings (1990)
- Repossessed (1990)
- Sugar & Spice (2001)
- And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird (1991)
- Radio Flyer (1991)
- Witchboard 2: The Devil's Doorway (1993)
- Only You (1994)
- Charmed (1998 - 2006)
- What Lies Beneath (2000)
- Long Time Dead (2002)
- Aparichithan (2004)
- Spirit Trap (2005)
- Kyle XY (2006)
- Paranormal Activity (2009)
- Drive-Thru (2007)
- Downton Abbey (2011)
- Red Lights (2012)
- My Babysitter's A Vampire (2012)
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“The obvious parallels between Star Wars and The Wizard of Oz have frequently been noted: in both there is the orphan hero who is raised on a farm by an aunt and uncle and yearns to escape to adventure. Obi-wan Kenobi resembles the Wizard; the loyal, plucky little robot R2D2 is Toto; C3PO is the Tin Man; and Chewbacca is the Cowardly Lion. Darth Vader replaces the Wicked Witch: this is a patriarchy rather than a matriarchy.”
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“Television does not dominate or insist, as movies do. It is not sensational, but taken for granted. Insistence would destroy it, for its message is so dire that it relies on being the background drone that counters silence. For most of us, it is something turned on and off as we would the light. It is a service, not a luxury or a thing of choice.”
—David Thomson, U.S. film historian. America in the Dark: The Impact of Hollywood Films on American Culture, ch. 8, William Morrow (1977)
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