Saw 'Charlie Charlie' as someone with an appreciation for horror and who found the premise oddly interesting. Despite it not being a unique one and one that could have gone either way in execution, it sounded pretty decent and if done right could have made a guilty pleasure sort of film.

What 'Charlie Charlie' was instead was a very lame, if not irredeemable, film that did very little with its premise and its setting. The setting is the best thing about the film, to me also the only good thing, and is pretty creepy. Even that feels wasted, a shame because it was the one thing that was done pretty well and deserved better than what the rest of 'Charlie Charlie' turned out to be. Didn't get the sense as such that it didn't even try, other low-budget films seen recently have done a far worse job at that, but did get the sense that it didn't do what to do with itself.

The setting apart, 'Charlie Charlie' looks cheap. Photography was drab and the editing, while not incoherent as such, was sloppy. Faring worst were the special effects, their ineptitude and intelligence insulting cheapness being an assault on the senses.

'Charlie Charlie' was not menacing or threatening, actually veering on the goofy side of things. In all fairness the material was cheesy and lacking in suspense, and the action was not disturbing, brutal or scary.

Its obvious and over-bearing sound really annoys and hinders the impact of any scares or suspense when they are telegraphed when being built up that they become predictable. The music is forgettable and doesn't always fit.

Script constantly sounds stilted and even cheesier than a large cheeseburger. The story is dull, lacking in any kind of atmosphere, tension or suspense and insults the intelligence by how ridiculous and confused it tends to be.

No better news about the characters or acting, the latter being one of the worst assets of 'Charlie Charlie'. The characters are bland and obnoxious, either or and in a few cases both, with truly dumb illogical decision making that makes them and even the viewer stupid and make one endear to them even less (and you don't even like them in the first place). The acting is a bad mix of over-compensating and disinterested, the female cast are just terrible.

Overall, poor. 2/10 Bethany Cox

"Ouija 3: The Charlie Charlie Challenge" and "Charlie Charlie" are the same film. In spite of the title, there appears to be no connection to any other Ouija movie, let alone 2 of them. In fact at no time is a Ouija board used or the word even spoken. I guess every series needs its "Halloween 3." The film is based on the latest U-Tube/Internet craze which means it is geared for a younger audience. When two college girls are killed while playing the game, Gene 'The Ringmaster' (Tom Zembrod) has an idea for his failing "Hangman's House of Horrors." A small group of teens play the Charlie Charlie game in his establishment and...okay you know the rest.

The film was set up to be light horror entertainment. The sound track was whimsical horror and the dialogue was geared toward humor. Derek Presley manages to created a slightly witty non-horrific film with decent dialogue, similar to an 80's film that wasn't quite there. While the film has a few decent scenes, it seemed to drag. I loved the use of the coat hangers in the beginning, and the characters in general. The film lacked chemistry. What was with that parking lot scene? Why would you not have Marissa Chibli show more skin?

Guide: No F-words, sex, or nudity.

Stuck for a new challenge, the owner of a run-down funhouse invites a group of teens to play a game based on a dangerous new internet challenge, only to realize the inherent danger they've released is out to kill them one-by-one and must escape from the attraction.

This here wasn't all that bad of an effort. One of the better features here is where this one goes into a rather detailed and specific backstory for the game, which comes across rather well here. Basing their haunted attraction around the striking of the internet story is the kind of incident that would be exploited in the kind of manner found here where it's so slapdash and slipshod that the story he tells is flawed and full of holes yet still has a somewhat creepy setup that is somewhat plausible in this situation. Once that occurs, this one really picks up nicely with the action of the game really helping this one get a much stronger pace with the opening set-up in the dorm where the rather freaky action against the group inside giving this a great opening. Even the demonic ambushes against them while inside aren't so bad, as the high-energy scenes around the different parts of the house where it stalks the different workers gives this some creepy moments, and once they go looking for the owners it's filled with some solid suspenseful stalking scenes, from the swirling tunnels to the meat-locker filled with bodies they have to navigate through, while the sequences trapped inside the twisting maze give this some really creepy moments where the ghosts go on the offensive and start playing with the group. These here really help this one to overcome its flaws although there are a few problems here. The main issue is the low- budget nature of this one, where there's very little about this one that enhances the overall storyline here because the effects are so weak. The main spirit is a wisp of CGI that barely interacts with anything, the set looks cramped in and so slipshod that it makes for a weak setting and it all looks distractingly low-budget on the whole. The other issue here is that the overall storyline makes no sense, for there's nothing here about the game or what it means and why the demons are targeting the group which really tends to make the film rather trying at times with so many hard to follow tangents that don't really make this one all that easy to understand. The other big flaw here is the fact that there are plenty of useless inserts that don't serve the plot, from the interludes of the older couple at the location unaware of their plight which doesn't matter much to the scenes of the trapped group or the scenes of the other workers simply waiting around for their cues which are just completely unneeded here. These here are what hold this one back.

Rated R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language.