Jamie Campbell Bower and Madison Iseman lead the cast of the new version of Witchboard, a remake of the classic horror franchise from the ’80s directed by Chuck Russell (A Nightmare on Elm Street 3). The first teaser for the upcoming film was finally revealed, teasing a different take on the popular disturbing game to connect with the death:
Witchboard will mark the return of Russell to the genre after 23 years, since his last movie related to horror was Bless the Child in 2000. The movie also stars Aaron Dominguez (Only Murders in the Building), Antonia Desplat (Shantaram), and Charlie Tahan (Ozark), who’ll be joining the Stranger Things and Knights of the Zodiac stars for this project that is set to debut in theaters next year.
The movie will join a long list of horror movies that have presented delayed sequels or new versions in the last couple of years such as the Halloween saga, The Chainsaw Massacre, Scream or even Child’s Play, which returned as a television series named Chucky after the infamous killer doll. The Exorcist will soon be part of the list too, with David Gordon Green releasing a sequel to the 1973 cult classic, with Linda Blair and Ellen Burstyn reprising their roles from the original movie.
Titled The Exorcist: Believer, the sequel will focus on a desperate father trying to save his child who’s being possessed by a powerful and evil spirit, for that he’ll need the help of someone who has gone through the same thing in the past, Chris MacNeil and her daughter Regan. The film is set to debut in theaters on October 13.
What’s the Witchboard Remake About?
The original film followed the story of Linda and Jim a recently engaged couple that moves to a new house and celebrates a party to share the great news with their loved ones. Among the guests to the party is Brandon, Linda’s ex-boyfriend, who convinces the attendees to use a Witchboard to contact David, a spirit he had contacted before.
Linda gets obsesses with the artifact and permanently contacts David, who she finds out is a young boy who died many years ago. What she doesn’t know is that while speaking with David, she’s actually connecting with an evil spirit of a criminal that’s trying to make it back to the world of the living just to keep on killing people as he used to do.
The new Witchboard movie centers on a couple too, Emily (Iseman) and Christian (Dominguez), whose bought an old carriage house in New Orleans in order to renovate it and open a bistro with their friends. But their plans are interrupted when Emily finds an old Witchboard. Worried about the power of the artifact, Christian asks for the help of occult expert Alexander Baptiste, played by Jamie Campbell Bower. But the man that’s supposed to help them hides dark secrets that could actually put them all at risk.
This story originally appeared on Movieweb
