Ouija: Ursprung des Bösen (2016)

Ouija: Ursprung des Bösen: Directed by Mike Flanagan. With Annalise Basso, Elizabeth Reaser, Lulu Wilson, Henry Thomas. In 1967 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her daughters add a new stunt to bolster their seance scam business by inviting an evil presence into their home, not realizing how dangerous it is.

“OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL is super creepy. And it has good amount of well-placed jump-scares to rattle even the toughest audiences. As a horror fan, I definitely enjoy this installment way better than its predecessor.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis is actually a prequel to the 2014 film, so theyu0026#39;re taking this story back to the beginning; how it all started, with the same house but 50 years earlier. Elizabeth Reaser is a single mom raising her two daughters played by Annalise Basso and Lulu Wilson. They run a seance scam business to make a living but when they unwittingly invite an evil spirit into their home which then possesses the youngest daughter, this becomes the struggle to save her and drive the demon away.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThereu0026#39;s so much to like about OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL. Well, for one, itu0026#39;s set in the u0026#39;60s, so that in and of itself provides a very interesting style in terms of the actorsu0026#39; outfit and hair, itu0026#39;s like watching u0026#39;Mad Menu0026#39; all over again, Iu0026#39;ll never get over how much effort people put into the clothes they wear just to go to the supermarket back in that era. Thereu0026#39;s also heart in this story, the kids lost their dad, the wife lost her husband, the priest lost his wife, and and so that hole in their souls forms a foundation for why each of them has a longing or desire to speak with their dead loved ones. The reason why they can be taken advantage of by the spirit, totally makes sense, because they are at the most vulnerable point in their lives and looking for answers, unable to let go.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAnd because this is a prequel, at the end youu0026#39;ll see how the story and the characters connect to the previous installment, I wonu0026#39;t spoil it here for you, but youu0026#39;ll be able to make that connection without a problem. I think what essentially makes OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL scary is Lulu Wilsonu0026#39;s character, Doris Zander. Horror genre has a history of little creepy kids doing bloody gory things on screen, but thereu0026#39;s something in Luluu0026#39;s performance in that sheu0026#39;s able to get your guard down, so when the frightening moments do come in, they become all the more effective. And unexpectedly, I might add. Youu0026#39;ll jitter, your pulse will keep pounding, youu0026#39;ll close your eyes with your hands but with a few fingers open, and all the while you feel for the struggle of this family, youu0026#39;re invested in them. OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL is one of this yearu0026#39;s best horror films in my book.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e– Ramau0026#39;s Screen –“