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Ouija : Les Origines

Original title: Ouija: Origin of Evil
  • 2016
  • 12
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
80K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
3,182
1,223
Doug Jones and Lulu Wilson in Ouija : Les Origines (2016)
In 1967 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her two daughters add a new stunt to bolster their seance scam business and unwittingly invite authentic evil into their home. When the youngest daughter is overtaken by a merciless spirit, the family confronts unthinkable fears to save her and send her possessor back to the other side.
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In 1967 Los Angeles, a widowed mother's daughter tries to communicate with her late father through a Ouija board, but unleashes a demon instead.In 1967 Los Angeles, a widowed mother's daughter tries to communicate with her late father through a Ouija board, but unleashes a demon instead.In 1967 Los Angeles, a widowed mother's daughter tries to communicate with her late father through a Ouija board, but unleashes a demon instead.

  • Director
    • Mike Flanagan
  • Writers
    • Mike Flanagan
    • Jeff Howard
    • Juliet Snowden
  • Stars
    • Elizabeth Reaser
    • Lulu Wilson
    • Annalise Basso
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    80K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    3,182
    1,223
    • Director
      • Mike Flanagan
    • Writers
      • Mike Flanagan
      • Jeff Howard
      • Juliet Snowden
    • Stars
      • Elizabeth Reaser
      • Lulu Wilson
      • Annalise Basso
    • 289User reviews
    • 201Critic reviews
    • 65Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 7 nominations total

    Videos34

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    How Doris Talks To Daddy
    Clip 0:49
    How Doris Talks To Daddy
    Take Her Voice Instead
    Clip 0:50
    Take Her Voice Instead
    Father Tom Explains His Theory
    Clip 1:02
    Father Tom Explains His Theory
    What Its Like To Be Strangled
    Clip 1:30
    What Its Like To Be Strangled

    Photos107

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    Elizabeth Reaser
    Elizabeth Reaser
    • Alice Zander
    Lulu Wilson
    Lulu Wilson
    • Doris Zander
    Annalise Basso
    Annalise Basso
    • Lina Zander
    Henry Thomas
    Henry Thomas
    • Father Tom
    Parker Mack
    Parker Mack
    • Mikey
    Halle Charlton
    Halle Charlton
    • Ellie
    Alexis G. Zall
    Alexis G. Zall
    • Betty
    Doug Jones
    Doug Jones
    • Ghoul Marcus
    Kate Siegel
    Kate Siegel
    • Jenny Browning
    Sam Anderson
    Sam Anderson
    • Mr. Browning
    Chelsea Gonzalez
    Chelsea Gonzalez
    • Gloria
    Lincoln Melcher
    Lincoln Melcher
    • Jack
    Nicholas Keenan
    Nicholas Keenan
    • Walter
    Michael Weaver
    Michael Weaver
    • Roger Zander
    Ele Keats
    Ele Keats
    • Ellie's Mom
    Eve Gordon
    Eve Gordon
    • Joan
    Chad Heffelfinger
    Chad Heffelfinger
    • Male Ghoul
    Nina Mansker
    • Female Ghoul
    • Director
      • Mike Flanagan
    • Writers
      • Mike Flanagan
      • Jeff Howard
      • Juliet Snowden
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    User reviews289

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    6Echo9-71

    atmospheric horror that deserved a better-written ending

    This is an solid, slow-burn, atmospheric horror movie; well-paced capped off with a thrilling third act. It very effectively combines a simple plot, and natural characterization, with good acting and direction. The result is a compelling story that is believeable and susupenseful.

    At the end of the final act, I was thinking "high-fives all-around, good job guys" and was about to give this two thumbs up.

    And then, inexplicably, in the last 5 minutes the filmmakers revert to cheesy B-horror cliches making for a jarring denoument that simply feels wrong.

    WTF? Was that studio exec interference or just plain bad judgement? Nope. Because it's a prequel (to a movie I haven't seen yet), I guess it had to end with a bridge to the other movie. But it could have and should have been better, so the truth is, it's just bad writing. The last few minutes just don't match the tone or narrative arc of the first hour and a half, and it comes across feeling like a cheap add-on. Not a twist ("cool!"), or a surprise ("gotcha!") just lame ("seriously? Pffthtttt!") (That's the raspberry sound, BTW.)

    This movie should have wrapped up nicely at 1:27:25. If it had: 8/10.

    With the dopey last 4 and a half minutes added: 6/10.

    PS - If you can, stop watching at 1:27:25 and just imagine a better CODA; e.g., Lana, the sensible one, getting on with her life as best she can, and the Ouija board washing up on some beach like in Jumanji.
    6spencergrande6

    Better Than It Has Any Right To Be, But Still...

    Mike Flanagan just gets so close yet again, yet falls disappointingly short. Oculus is still his best work, and the promise that both Hush and this prequel to a PG-13 board game prequel show, is that if given the right opportunity he might really be capable of a cold-blooded classic.

    This is a film that shouldn't exist, should never have gotten theatrical distribution and definitely shouldn't have attracted the likes of Flanagan (okay, he probably did this to increase his clout in the industry, but still). He musters some great work here, following familiar supernatural clichés but bringing his own touch to the proceedings.

    The setting is beautiful, the characters likable and not completely square. The atmosphere is given time to build, he luxuriates in teasing and messing with audience expectations (as a way of spiting this, and goosing the audience lulled into a slow burn placation, he includes an explosive scene wherein the actual demon is seen shoving his fist down the little girl's throat. It's both too much and a necessary jolt at the time, a conundrum if ever there was one and a small encapsulation of everything right and wrong within this film).

    It's too bad some of the nice work done in the first 2/3rds of the film is undone by a clichéd, boring, exorcism-lite finale. None of it is very scary, and it all has the feel of fitting into the "Ouija" franchise package, whatever in God's name that could mean. Considering the stakes here, what Flanagan does is still impressive.
    7Matt_Layden

    This prequel has no business being as good as it is.

    This prequel has no business being as good as it is. The first Ouija film came out in 2014 and quickly faded away into obscurity. So imagine my surprise when they decide to make a 'prequel' of all things. I hunch is that The Conjuring films have been pretty successful and they are set in the 70's, when things were a little creepier, no cell phones and genuine scary aesthetic. Imagine my surprise again when up and coming horror filmmakers Mike Flanagan was the man behind the camera. The underrated mirror horror flick Oculus and deaf home invasion flick Hush were two of his recent outings. Things were looking not too bad for this flick and to top it off, it received some pretty decent reviews.

    Alice and her two daughters run a scam business in which they "speak to the dead". The mother justifies this business by telling her youngest daughter, Doris, that it helps people move on and get closure. When her eldest, Lina, plays the new Ouija boardgames at a friends house, she tells her mother to incorporate it into her act. She does and things take a sinister turn when they scam becomes reality.

    It's hard to make a game board scary. The first film tried, failed and this one tries and succeeds for the most part. Any non-horror fan might balk at the idea that this film is good, but I consider this movie to be one of the most underrated flicks of the year. Flanagan knows how to build solid tension and he doesn't rely on cheap scares or an obscene amount of gore. This film has none of that. Careful framework and lighting is all he needs to create an unsettling atmosphere. Whenever someone decides to look through the ouija glass piece, you feel yourself tense up expecting something to happen.

    Kids in horror films are the go to for anything scary. Most movies tend to cast children horribly and they end of ruining the film. Doris, played by Lulu Wilson delivers an innocent and somewhat chilling performance as the youngest daughter. Her goodbye message to a young boy about what it feels like to be strangled to death is an excellent scene to send chills down your spine. No scary images, sounds or blood needed. Just a child delivering one monologue about suffocating you.

    Obviously the film is far from perfect, but it doesn't cater to the happy ending crowd either. It takes some chances and for the most part, lands them. I was surprised by how much I liked this film, which may be why the rating is higher than what others would tend to give a film like this. Had the first film never existed, this would be a bigger hit.
    7SnoopyStyle

    shockingly pretty good

    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.
    6benjaminryder-45940

    Better Than The First

    It's rare to find a sequel that surpasses the first these days, but Ouija: Origin of Evil manages to just that. Not that it was a very tough feat considering the original was one of the most lame-brained movies I've seen in a while, but Origin of Evil improves upon its predecessor tenfold - just not enough to make it really worthwhile.

    It's obvious that Mike Flannigan is on his way to becoming one of our true masters of horror, but this film seems more like a paycheck movie for him and it shows. He does the best he can with the tepid material, but ends up using the old "distorted faces/mouths with rolled back eyes" effect a few too many times and it quickly becomes tedious.

    Like all of Flannigan's films, it's wonderfully well cast and beautifully put together. I just wish they'd spent a little bit more time with the script. You might be better off watching Flannigan's Hush, Absentia, Gerald's Game, Occulus, or The Haunting of Hill House.

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    • Trivia
      The film was shot digitally, but director and editor Mike Flanagan, in order to add a retro feel to the film, added elements in post-production to give the appearance of a movie shot on film. Those include the 'cigarette burns', marks that appear every 20 minutes or so in the upper right corner of the frame, which were used to signal a change of reels for film projected.
    • Goofs
      In order to make the film appear more authentic for the time in which it is set (1967), cue marks, or "reel change" marks, are inserted at approximately every 20 minutes. However, the marks are oval when they should actually be circular, since this is a film presented in a 1.85:1 aspect ratio and not in a 2.39:1 aspect ratio. The only time the marks should be oval is if a film is projected with an anamorphic lens. On an anamorphic film print, the cue marks are circular, but the anamorphic lens makes the circle look like an oval when projected on a screen.
    • Quotes

      Doris Zander: Wanna hear something cool?

      Mikey: Sure.

      Doris Zander: Do you know what it feels like to be strangled to death? First, you feel the pressure in your throat. Your eyes water, and you start to taste something very, very sour in your mouth. Then it's like someone lights a match right in the middle of your chest, and that fire grows. It fills your lungs, and your throat, and all the way behind your eyes. And finally, that fire turns to ice; like pins and needles of ice are sticking into your fingers, your toes, your arms. You see stars, then darkness. And the last thing you feel... is cold.

      [Mikey looks confused and horrified]

      Doris Zander: [smiles] Goodnight, Romeo.

    • Crazy credits
      There is a post-credits scene with Lin Shaye.
    • Connections
      Featured in FoundFlix: Ouija 2: Origin of Evil (2016) Ending Explained + Connections to the First Film (2016)
    • Soundtracks
      You Gotta Move Me
      Written by Dennis Michael Lacey

      Performed by Mike Lacey

      Courtesy of Crucial Music Corporation

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    • Release date
      • November 2, 2016 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
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    • Languages
      • English
      • Ukrainian
    • Also known as
      • Ouija: el origen del mal
    • Filming locations
      • Clark Residences - 306 Loma Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA(the girl's school)
    • Production companies
      • Universal Pictures
      • Platinum Dunes
      • Blumhouse Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $9,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $35,144,505
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $14,065,500
      • Oct 23, 2016
    • Gross worldwide
      • $81,705,746
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 39m(99 min)
    • Color
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    • Sound mix
      • Datasat
      • Dolby Digital
      • Dolby Atmos
      • DTS
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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