Disclaimer: Contains spoilers!
Plot Summary: After moving into a new loft, a woman is gradually possessed by a spirit she contacts through a ouija board.
Review: As I already mentioned in a different post, I will not be reviewing "Witchboard III: The Possession" anytime soon, because I don't want to pay that much for it since I know it sucks ass. Maybe someone will put it on youtube for me! Besides, you know it is going to be stupid considering the first sequel is numbered and the third film is pointlessly given roman numerals! If you can't even get that much straight, what hope is there? Anyway, because you know I couldn't get enough of my '90s dream girl, Ami Dolenz, who I discussed in great detail in my "Miracle Beach" review, I just had to watch another of her films! Thankfully, my dear Ms. Dolenz has acted in a moderate number of shitty horror films that I will gradually get around to viewing so this will not be the last we hear of her. Without a doubt, she is the single best thing going on for this film as the lead character, Paige. She's looking oh so sexy here with some nice outfits on her petite, yet voluptuous, body while still pulling off that girl next door vibe; this really makes me wish she had performed in more movies.
Other than a few scenes at the end, this movie has absolutely no connection to the events of part one; so Malfeitor is off doing whatever it is Malfeitor does. Unfortunately, this film continues in the direction of nothing scary and only features one jump scare worth mentioning which is depicted on the fucking movie poster. There is also another lame love triangle, but it isn't nearly as annoying. This time it is between Paige, her ex-ish boyfriend, Mitch, and her landlord's brother, Russel. Once again, the boyfriend, Mitch the little bitch, is a total douchebag! What's up with the main guy being such an asshole? To be fair, Mitch isn't as bad as Jim and does get progressively more normal as the movie goes unlike our beloved Jimbo. Maybe, since his character changes considerably, it was simply bad direction depending on which scenes were filmed first? Russel, on the other hand, starts off cool and gets more weird as the movie goes as a lame and contrived red herring. You see, the film decided to make its focus a mystery as to how the ghost died this time around. Paige finds a ouija board lying around her loft which belonged to the previous tenant, Susan. She becomes more and more curious as to how Susan died as she communicates with the spirit. Bitch helps her get to the bottom of it all since he's a cop and Russel tries to stop her because he notices that the more Paige interacts with the ouija, the more she becomes like Susan (and do I love Ms. Dolenz getting all feisty!). It is later explained by a plot device that the more Paige talks to Susan, the more her spirit can act out in the real world allowing her to kill the more annoying characters, thankfully. By the end, you realize Russel's craziness was mostly due to his disbelief in the supernatural, and he really did have nothing to do with Susan's death. Apparently, Susan was just an evil bitch, who was indeed murdered, but after exacting her revenge wanted to control Paige's body. Russel gets killed and just as Bitch is about to bite the big one, Paige gains enough control to destroy the ouija board somehow conveniently getting rid of Susan's spirit. Yeah, I know, all it took again was the destruction of the ouija board to end it! Why does no one do this at the onset? The film ends with Paige and Bitch simply moving back together or whatever.
Alright, so this film was much better than the first, but mostly due to better action, more focus on a moderately intriguing mystery, and because of Ms. Dolenz steaming up every scene. But they still had a dumb love triangle, the whole movie could have ended in the first ten minutes if people had enough sense to burn the damn ouija board, the mystery isn't fleshed out enough and makes little sense, there is some annoying moaning sound you hear every other scene, not enough motive for why Susan is evil and she doesn't look scary at all, and the film ends with the same retarded zinger the first film had! For the most part, this is a different level of mediocre compared with the first film, but it is greatly enhanced by Ms. Dolenz in the same way I'd imagine others like the first one with Ms. Kitaen. I do feel this film is at least worth a view because it has more going on, but don't expect to be dazzled.
Notable Moment: The final scene when we have a cameo from Jim and a background friend of his taking away the trash. They humorously mention Linda and naming Jim's son Brandon. This was a nice little bonus despite the cornball final shot.
Final Rating: 5.5/10
My dear Ms. Dolenz looking as sexy as always!
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