Witchboard

Name: Witchboard
Genre: Mystery, Horror
Released: August 15, 2025
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 50

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The Avenue Entertainment | Release Date: August 15, 2025 | R

Summary: 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 summonIn 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. … Expand

Genre(s): Mystery, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 115 min

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Jim Vorel

Aug 13, 2025

Deeply silly but more narratively ambitious than one would likely expect, it’s bursting (honestly overstuffed) with ideas and cinematic verve, taking advantage of a slightly longer runtime to really venture into increasingly bonkers metaphysical territory as it draws on and creates new cinematic tropes for movies about witches. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Clint Worthington

Aug 15, 2025

In fits and spurts, it casts quite the campy, thrilling spell. Read full review

Terry Sherwood

Aug 26, 2025

The new Witchboard is ambitious and fun at times, an overcooked horror revival with a blending addiction allegory, foodie satire, and supernatural spectacle. Read full review

Collider Shawn Van Horn

Aug 14, 2025

If you're a moviegoer who desires smart, original horror, skip Witchboard. You're better off just watching Sinners or Weapons again. Read full review

Mark Hanson

Aug 11, 2025

Some of the period action set pieces are spirited in their staging, while the film doesn’t lack for gruesome and elaborate kill sequences, which is almost enough to distract from the screenplay’s patchiness and insipid characterizations. Read full review

The Guardian Leslie Felperin

Jan 27, 2026

Much less convincing are the shots involving a malevolent maine coon that attacks a drug dealer and turns into a blur of fake cat and visual effects. But the moment is so gloriously cheesy and ridiculous that on its own it almost makes this something worth paying for. Read full review

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