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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

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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

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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

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Sarah Vincent

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By being uneven, “Witchboard” is faithful to the original and begging for a sequel, which seems unnecessary. It is an ambitious story that under develops its characters and is too comfortable with tropes.

Aug 19, 2025

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Joel Copling

Spectrum Culture

The whole affair doesn’t take itself too seriously, which affords a lot of breathing room for audiences to have fun with its mix of genre elements.

Aug 19, 2025

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Abbie Bernstein

Assignment X

A folk horror film with a pendulum board at its center.

Rated: B

Aug 18, 2025

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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

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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

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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

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eric

I do like this movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/17/25

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Heather K

I really enjoyed this movie!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/17/25

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chris r

Witchboard was pretty good! It reminded me of talk to me and I wasnt bored at all during the movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/16/25

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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!

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
Runtime: 1h 52m
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1

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