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We Want to Hear Your Spooky Ouija Board Stories!
Do you dare play with the board?
The big Halloween horror movie this year is Universal’s board game-based prequel Ouija: Origin of Evil (read our review), which promises to be the rare follow-up film that’s actually better than its predecessor. But we’re not here to talk about movies today. Rather, we’re here to gather around the virtual campfire and invite you to tell spooky stories of your own.
There’s a good chance that at some point in your life you’ve gotten together with friends and played around with a Ouija Board – either a creepy homemade one or, more than likely, one of Hasbro’s mass-produced games that you can pick up at your local Toys R Us. Nothing creepy about a toy you can buy from the toy store, right? Or is there…?
Listen. I’m not sure I actually believe that Ouija Boards can allow one to make contact with spirits on the other side, but at the same time, I’ve gotta be honest: Ouija Boards freak me right the hell out. I own one, but I keep it locked away in the basement because the mere sight of the thing just spooks me. Only a small handful of times throughout my life have I busted it out and messed around with it, and though nothing bad has ever happened as a result, I’m always left feeling a little uneasy as I attempt to drift off to sleep.
I always feel like I’ve invited something in… so I guess I do kind of believe, huh?
My most recent Ouija Board experience was back in 2010, shortly after my wife and I moved into a new house. We had some friends over, and once the alcohol started flowing, we decided to break out the ole “mystifying oracle.” We attempted to make contact with a girl from our high school who had passed away some years before, and though the planchette never moved an inch, the weather took a turn for the worse almost at the exact moment we asked if she was present in the room; the wind became rather violent, and rain began falling.
As soon as we stopped, so did the wind. And so did the rain.
Coincidence? Sure. Probably. But it damn sure freaked us all out.
Maybe there is something to the whole thing…
Do you have any scary Ouija stories? We’d love to hear them!
The best part about engaging with collaborative genre fiction on the internet is that anyone can get in on the action, with worldwide accessibility often resulting in absurd story beats that wouldn’t be possible if any single person was responsible for the entire narrative. And while Kane Parsons’ Backrooms film is definitely the young filmmaker’s own unique take on the infamous creepypasta, it’s fun to see other creators join the Backrooms sandbox now that the big screen adaptation is getting ready for a record-shattering opening weekend.
As if cleverly timed releases like Puppet Combo’s The Backrooms game weren’t enough (not to mention that Scary Movie poster poking fun at Parsons’ flick), McDonald’s official social media accounts have now released an analog horror video of their own celebrating the liminal terrors of the McRooms – complete with a familiar purple surprise at the end of the footage.
While it’s funny enough to see the world’s most recognizable Fast Food giant engage with internet-borne Found Footage thrills seemingly out of the blue, the video is actually referencing a long-running gag among the Backrooms fandom where creators jokingly talk about there being a fully functional McDonald’s restaurant hidden somewhere in level 0 of the infamous liminal labyrinth.
Now, would it be too much to hope for a moist-carpet-flavored McShake to tie in with the film?
Backrooms is now playing only in theaters from A24.
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