Ouija: Origin of Evil

Director: Mike Flanagan Mike Flanagan

Overview

In 1967 Los Angeles, a widow making ends meet as a psychic (Elizabeth Reaser) is stunned when she obtains a Ouija board that actually enables her to talk to the dead. While it's great for her business, the board also allows a vengeful ghost to possess her nine-year-old daughter (Lulu Wilson). Directed by Mike Flanagan, this horror sequel co-stars Annalise Basso, Henry Thomas, and Doug Jones.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/17/2017
UPC:	0025192393358
Original Release:	2016
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	STUDIO DISTRIBUTION SERVS LLC
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:39:00
Sales rank:	43,176

Special Features

Deleted scenes; The making of Ouija: Origin of Evil; Home is where the horror is; The girl behind Doris; Feature commentary with director/co-writer/editor Mike Flanagan

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Annalise Basso	Linda Zander
Elizabeth Reaser	Elizabeth Reaser
Lulu Wilson	Doris Zander
Henry Thomas	Father Tom
Parker Mack	Mikey
Halle Charlton	Ellie
Alexis G. Zall	Betty
Doug Jones	Ghoul Marcus/Devil¿s Doctor
Kate Siegel	Jenny Browning
Sam Anderson	Actor
Chelsea Gonzalez	Gloria
Lincoln Melcher	Jack
Nicholas Keenan	Walter
Michael Weaver	Roger Zander
Ele Keats	Ellie's Mom
Eve Gordon	Joan
Chad Heffelfinger	Male Ghoul
Nina Mansker	Female Ghoul
John Prosky	Doctor Fuller
Lin Shaye	Lina Zander (2013)
Bob Gebert	Actor

Technical Credits

Mike Flanagan

Jeff Howard

Mike Flanagan	Director,Screenwriter
Jeff Howard	Screenwriter
Stephen Davis	Producer
Brian Goldner	Producer
Michael Bay	Producer
Andrew Form	Producer
Jason Blum	Producer
Trevor Macy	Executive Producer,Producer
Jeanette Volturno Brill	Executive Producer
Victor Ho	Executive Producer,Producer
Couper Samuelson	Executive Producer,Producer
Sarah Domeier	Casting
Terri Taylor	Casting
Todd Tucker	Makeup Special Effects
Mark Rayner	Stunts
Jeanette Volturno	Executive Producer,Producer
Bradley Fuller	Producer

Editorial Reviews

After a summer packed to the brim with noteworthy horror installments, Ouija: Origin of Evil has some tough acts to follow. Directed by Mike Flanagan (Oculus), this tangentially related sequel to 2014's lackluster Ouija centers on Alice (Elizabeth Reaser), a widow who's running a sham fortune-telling business out of her home in 1967 with the help of her young daughters Lina (Annalise Basso) and Doris (Lulu Wilson). Unfortunately, when Alice decides to spice up their gimmick with a Ouija board, the family accidentally put themselves in harm's way. Clairvoyant young Doris plays with the board alone (which is against the rules of Ouija), and becomes the unwilling vessel for an unsavory spirit who plans to wreak havoc. With the help of Father Tom (Henry Thomas), the principal of the girls' Catholic school, the family must face their worst fears and unearth untold horrors in order to banish the evil spirit from whence it came. Though the film is punctuated by moments of both skin-crawling creepiness and genuine humor, it loses track of its plot partway through and turns inconsistent and occasionally silly. Perhaps this is due to a misguided attempt to supplement the movie's horror lore with too many layers of unnecessary and skeletal subplots, which leads to a confusing, sloppy pileup of loose ends that contribute nothing to the larger story. In this case, it would have been better to keep things simple. The film's saving grace is Lulu Wilson, who proves to be an exceptional young actress. She is perfectly creepy and unsettling as the possessed Doris: Her spine-tingling, dead-eyed stare and spot-on line readings rank her among horror cinema's all-time-great haunted children (seriously, keep an eye out for her hair-raising monologue about strangulation). Wilson will hopefully grace the silver screen with her presence again soon, and maybe even become a genre staple. All in all, Ouija: Origin of Evil makes for fairly eerie and somewhat entertaining theater viewing for Halloween, complete with a handful of jump scares. However, if you are looking for a deeper, more original horror flick with intrigue and fleshed-out ideas, this isn't the film for you.