Ouija: Origin of Evil

2016 • 98 minute

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It was never just a game. Inviting audiences again into the lore of the spirit board, Ouija: Origin of Evil tells a terrifying new tale in 1967 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. (Original Title - Ouija: Origin of Evil) - 2016 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.

Graderings en resensies

The first half of the film is so slow and boring, introducing uninteresting characters with an unimaginative background story. Once the movie finally takes off it is only average at best. The reason everything happens in the movie is poorly implemented. It relies heavily on jump scares to keep the audience interested and most of them are expected. The reason I give it 2 stars is because the ending is laughably bad and I rented it for a $1.

I was prepared to be bored, but found that I really liked this prequel. It was much better than the first movie. In fact, it wrapped up so neatly, that it helped me to appreciate the original more than I had before. It dispensed with wasting 1/3-1/2 the movie trying to convince people something was happening (which has become a problem in many recent horror flicks). There was a nice build up, good pacing, the setting was the fun, the roles were well acted, and it avoiding going over the top or falling into boring and overused tropes.

The Conjuring and Conjuring 2 are far and away superior to Ouija Origin of Evil. The Woman in Black was much better too. I agree with another reviewer that they basically used every possession cliché in the book, and there were not really any true scares for me. Generally creepy but it failed to deliver the thrills. Good actors but didn't live up to my expectations.