Ouija: Origin of Evil
Ouija: Origin of Evil
PG-13 | 21 October 2016 (USA)
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In 1965 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her two daughters add a new stunt to bolster their séance scam business and unwittingly invite authentic evil into their home. When the youngest daughter is overtaken by the merciless spirit, this small family confronts unthinkable fears to save her and send her possessor back to the other side.

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Actuakers

One of my all time favorites.

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Dynamixor

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

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Marva

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

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Billy Ollie

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

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Eric_Cubed

The power of suggestion just can't be underestimated. When my expectations are high I'm disappointed, but when they low, and really, really low in this case, I'm often intrigued. And yet, that doesn't distort the fact that Ouija part two is a miracle. An awful, timeworn premise (the Ouija), a vapid predecessor, and an almost certainty a worse film than, for example, "I know what you did last summer part two." Turns out this one is a very, very good movie. It doesn't deserve an 8, probably more a 7, but I gave it a bump just because of the miracle.

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SnoopyStyle

It's 1967 Los Angeles. Alice Zander (Elizabeth Reaser) runs a crooked spiritual reading business out of her home. She uses her daughters Lina (Annalise Basso) and younger Doris (Lulu Wilson) in operating her scams. They incorporate an Ouija board into their production. While trying to contact the girls' dead father, Doris seems to make real contact. Father Tom (Henry Thomas) is the headmaster of the girls' school. Mikey (Parker Mack) has a crush on Lina.Surprise! This is actually good. It is well-made. The characters are well-drawn and well-acted. I wouldn't say that this is breaking down any new walls but there is good in doing good work. I do have a couple of small nitpicks. For some reason, Alice and Father Tom go out for what looks like a fancy dinner. It almost looks like a date if it weren't for the characters. Second, I would keep the possibility that Doris is scamming everyone until further into the movie. It would be nice to have Father Tom uncover the whole situation as a reveal. The good are the actors, the mood, the simple premise, and good construction. It's a shocker that this is all pretty good.

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urbanlegend23

"Ouija" was poorly executed and badly received, and is generally regarded as one of 2014's worst films, so it's hard to imagine anyone eagerly lining up around the block for a follow-up film. As it turns out, the prequel "Ouija: Origin of Evil" is a massive improvement on its predecessor.Talented director Mike Flanagan – confirming his status as the latest horror maestro by adding this to his 2016 output alongside "Hush" and "Before I Wake" – has been brought in to class up the proceedings and he succeeds admirably. Flanagan captures the look and feel of 1967 Los Angeles and adds a number of neat visual throwbacks and details (such as Universal's 1963–90 logo that opens the film). "Origin of Evil" also has more on its mind than might be expected, raising some interesting ideas around the issues of faith, belief and the existence of an after-life, mainly via protagonist Alice (Elizabeth Reaser), and most effectively when it examines with her belief that the supernatural force in her home is her husband attempting contact from beyond the grave.The film has a number of effective frights, with the scene where Doris (Lulu Wilson) first sees a ghostly apparition through the Ouija's planchette probably being the best jump-scare. Wilson also brilliantly delivers a monologue to her sister's boyfriend about being strangled to death, an utterly chilling moment and, thanks to Wilson, one of the stand-out scenes of the film. It's also nice to see Annalise Basso back in another Mike Flanagan film, after she showed such promise in the brilliant "Oculus".Unfortunately "Origin of Evil" goes a bit off the rails in the final act. Up to this point, much of the film thrives on how the haunting plays into the family dynamic and the feelings of the characters, but this is abandoned in favor of a seen-it-all-before haunted house explanation which feels over-the-top for this particular story. The depiction of Doris' possession also becomes a bit stereotypical as the film goes on. She spider-walks up the side of a wall, stretches her mouth to inhuman lengths, whispers malevolently in the ears of other characters…all things that feel old hat (and aren't always visually convincing), unlike the aforementioned monologue scene. Ultimately it feels like "Origin of Evil" succumbs to typical supernatural-horror excess, making it only two-thirds a great film, and overall simply a quite good one. But for a follow-up to such a dreadful first entry into the franchise, this film is far better than anyone had a right to expect.

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pinkarray

This film deals with the demonic possession of children from a Ouija Board.This movie had many unrealistic things happening in it, such as the planchette moving around on the ouija board without anyone touching it, Doris's mouth hanging wide open, Doris dying in an unexplained way all of a sudden at the end. When you think that there was going to be a happy or bittersweet ending, all of a sudden, it turns out to be a sad ending.Some of the characters were annoying, such as the bratty teenage girl and the bullies who intimidate Doris at school. There are some similarities between this and Annabelle: Creation, both are prequels, both star Lulu Wilson, both are a bit better in other peoples' opinions than the mediocre sequels were. But I also found an interesting comparison I found at is that Lulu Wilson's character in both movies hate boys. Doris's character gets bullied by boys in Ouija 2 and Linda's character in Annabelle refuses to talk about boys.The rest of the characters were fine, but they couldn't even save this movie. The movie just killed them off and I'd rather for Lina to not be in this movie because she was so bratty, if she was a lot nicer and sweeter, I would've not minded her being in this movie.The acting, otherwise, is the best thing about the movie. Everyone did a great job portraying the emotions of their characters and not coming off as wooden in their acting skills.Verdict: This movie is contrived, clichéd, and forced. It's not much different from your average horror film. It's got the same cliché, sweet innocent youngest girl getting possessed. Don't expect anything groundbreaking from this film.

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