In this prequel of Ouija, the year is 1967. Widow Alice Zander (played by Elizabeth Reaser) is trying to make ends meet as she does seances along with her daughters, Paulina (played by Annalise Basso) and Doris (played by Lulu Wilson), however it doesn't take long until people don't want to come to Alice to even get their fortune told. So what does she do to spruce up her scam of a business? She gets a Ouija board, but it doesn't help anybody in the house especially when Alice thinks she is speaking to her deceased husband. It isn't until that spirit possesses Doris that her sister and her mother try their best to make sure they don't lose another family member.
I know I was teasing this movie a bit while writing Ouija's movie review, but that's because this movie is far better than the first one, and it's mainly because it is scarier. There are pop up scares. The suspense gets you going, and you want to know what happens next especially since the spirit seems to be taking advantage of the youngest Zander. I even had to make sure I don't select too creepy of a cover photo otherwise it might not show up haha. But anyways, Ouija: Origin of Evil does go into a deeper back story of who DZ is and what happened to her, because in the first movie, we get somewhat of a summary, but in this movie, the details are just crazy. Not to mention the redundancy of the rules, but who listens to those in a scary movie haha? Poor Doris didn't even get to enjoy her childhood until this spirit takes over her and uses her to cause death all over the house. I do like that they brought a priest in the movie to see if he could help, but when he couldn't help, that's when I knew I was in a whirlwind of a surprise at the end of the movie, because the way the movie ends was intense but it makes sense especially in the other movie. This series can be found on Netflix, so if you are in the mood for something spooky and scary, I highly recommend this one, but I do recommend watching the prequel first to make sense of everything. Too bad I didn't get to watch this one in the theaters. It would have been awesome on the big screen.
Rated PG-13 for frightening and disturbing images, terror and thematic elements
My Rating: A+
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