Director: Chuck Russell
Curiosity about an old party game turns into something far darker in Witchboard, a 2024 horror-mystery directed by Chuck Russell.
What is Witchboard about?
When her friend Brandon brings a Ouija board to a party, a young woman named Linda finds herself drawn to it in a way she doesn't fully understand. What starts as a casual game becomes an obsession, and the group around the board begins to sense that something is answering back that shouldn't be. As Linda pulls further into the board's pull, the line between curiosity and danger blurs, and the people closest to her start to realize that whatever they've opened may not be willing to close again.
Cast & crew
Madison Iseman leads as Linda, with Aaron Dominguez, Melanie Jarnson, Charlie Tahan, Antonia Desplat, Jamie Campbell Bower, David La Haye, and Victoria Lenhardt rounding out the ensemble drawn into the board's orbit.
Context & significance
Witchboard is a 2024 revisit of the Ouija-board horror premise, filtered through director Chuck Russell's long history with genre filmmaking. Rather than leaning purely on jump scares, the film builds dread through Linda's growing fixation, using the familiar setup of a party-night game gone wrong as a way into questions about obsession and what people are willing to invite into their lives when they're looking for answers. The choice to keep the ensemble small works in the film's favor, letting the tension settle into everyday spaces — a living room, a shared apartment — rather than relying on remote, unfamiliar settings the way many haunted-object stories do.
Where & how to watch
Witchboard is available on K-Time with both Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, so viewers can choose whichever suits them. This page is free to browse without an account, and watching the film itself just takes a quick, free K-Time login. The platform's interface, search, and recommendations are all built around the Farsi-speaking diaspora audience.