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In New Orleans, Emily (Madison Iseman) and her fiancé Christian (Aaron Dominguez) are opening their new dream café. But their dreams are dashed when Emily finds an ancient, cursed Witchboard, an ancient artifact that once served as a gateway to the spirit world. As Emily becomes increasingly captivated by the board's ability to summon spirits, Christian seeks the expertise of Alexander Babtiste (Jamie Campbell Bower), an enigmatic occult scholar. As Emily's grip on reality weakens, Babtiste's true intentions come to light--to use the Witchboard's dark power for his own twisted purposes. Culminating in a decadent masked ball at Babtiste's mansion, the line between temptation and terror blurs as Emily and Christian find themselves trapped in a deadly web of witchcraft and dark desires. Emily and Christian must race against time to break the board's curse before they succumb to its deadly power!
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Clint Worthington RogerEbert.com For as shaky as its foundation may be, ‘Witchboard' offers just enough madcap madness to entertain. Rated: 2.5/4 Aug 15, 2025 Full Review Randy Myers San Jose Mercury News The alluring but slithery presence of occult expert Alexander Babtiste (Jamie Campbell Bower, wickedly good) adds more spice to a guilty pleasure to savor. Rated: 3/4 Aug 14, 2025 Full Review Mark Hanson Slant Magazine Chuck Russell is certainly committed to making an old-school, effects-laden genre thrill ride. Rated: 2/4 Aug 10, 2025 Full Review Daniel Gorman In Review Online A lot — too much, really — and the film lurches around from set piece to set piece, never managing to get pulses racing Sep 6, 2025 Full Review Bill Arceneaux Big Easy Magazine One of the finer dumb-as-a-rock films that I’ve seen this year. It could’ve been much better as a softcore adult movie on Skinemax. Rated: 2/5 Sep 5, 2025 Full Review Terry Sherwood Film Threat The new Witchboard is ambitious and fun at times, an overcooked horror revival with a blending addiction allegory, foodie satire, and supernatural spectacle. Rated: 6/10 Aug 25, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Pamela I would of liked to just watched something like that from my couch. Not Theater pricing worthy Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 08/20/25 Full Review Kelli This was a hysterically BAD movie. The storyline was bad. The acting was bad. The accents were atrocious. We live an hour away from Nola, we visit French Quartef often. They called the crawfish crayfish. NO!! The gumbo was greenNO. Bourbon was too clean. There was no Bourbon noise coming from the open window directly on Bourbon St. NO. If they had even done the tinniest research to get the Nola bits right, I would give it a little grace. But no, thats just lazy research and horrible writing. SAVE 2 hours of your life and skip this one. Just my 2. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 08/20/25 Full Review Blake Felt like a Disney movie 😭😭 Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 08/20/25 Full Review Mr. Hollywood Nothing in this film didnt happen in a better way in other films. Remake or not, it wasnt fun and it just isnt needed. Skip it like its a day old lobster Rated 2 out of 5 stars 08/19/25 Full Review Juandi I can say that some effort was put into this film, though it seems they ran out of budget. It’s as cheesy & cliche as the trailer makes it seem. The lead female was not the strongest actor of the cast & it shows. I’m definitely not revisiting this or recommending it. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 08/19/25 Full Review Randy A decent horror film & tries to hard to be great but uses tired horror film cliches and offers nothing particularly original or scary Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 08/17/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In New Orleans, Emily (Madison Iseman) and her fiancé Christian (Aaron Dominguez) are opening their new dream café. But their dreams are dashed when Emily finds an ancient, cursed Witchboard, an ancient artifact that once served as a gateway to the spirit world. As Emily becomes increasingly captivated by the board's ability to summon spirits, Christian seeks the expertise of Alexander Babtiste (Jamie Campbell Bower), an enigmatic occult scholar. As Emily's grip on reality weakens, Babtiste's true intentions come to light--to use the Witchboard's dark power for his own twisted purposes. Culminating in a decadent masked ball at Babtiste's mansion, the line between temptation and terror blurs as Emily and Christian find themselves trapped in a deadly web of witchcraft and dark desires. Emily and Christian must race against time to break the board's curse before they succumb to its deadly power!
Director
Chuck Russell
Producer
Chuck Russell, Bernie Gewissler, Greg McKay, Jean-François Roesler, Kade Vu, Kaden Vu, Julie Lundy, Olivier Picard
Screenwriter
Chuck Russell
Distributor
The Avenue
Production Co
A-Nation Media, Gala Films, Blue Rider Media
Rating
R (Strong Bloody Violence|Gore|Drug Content|Brief Nudity|Language|Some Sexual Content)
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 15, 2025, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA)
$268.8K
Runtime
1h 52m
Aspect Ratio
Digital 2.39:1
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