Jill (Steph Goodwin) finds a mysterious Ouija board while swimming at the beach. She brings it back to her friend’s house where a girls’ weekend is being held. When the ladies get bored, they drag out the Ouija board and accidentally summon the spirit of a shark. Freed from the board, the ghost goes around killing people before finally setting its sights on the gals who unleashed it.
Directed by Brett (Jurassic Shark) Kelly, Ouija Shark is more silly than dumb, which is an important thing to note. It knows the premise is out there and embraces it fully. It also has its share of fun moments, like when one of the girls gets high and thinks the shark is a byproduct of her wacky tobaccy. Oh, and it also contains lots of scenes of the ladies swimming in bikinis and washing cars, which helps. The ghost shark itself is rather amusing too. It’s blue-tinted and semi-translucent, which kind of makes it look like a Star Wars Force Ghost version of Jaws.
The film kind of loses a little of its charm whenever the focus strays away from the girls’ weekend. Subplots about one of the girl’s fathers doing research on sharks (which at least pays off with a WTF Dr. Strange-inspired battle between his spirit and the shark in the afterlife) and cops investigating the disappearance of some hikers kind of drag things out. Still, the relatively lax run time of seventy minutes moves at an acceptable rate.
The cast is better than average for this sort of thing. Goodwin has a fun presence as the alternative outcast of the group. She also makes a memorable impression when she goes into Sarah Connor mode at the end. Amy Osborne is also quite engaging as the nerdy Tiffany who spends most of the movie washing a car. This seems to be the only film appearances for both actresses, and that’s a shame. I’d definitely enjoy watching them again in another flick.
The best line occurs when the Ouija board is brought out and one of the friends ask, “Isn’t that one of those ‘hoo-hah’ boards?”
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