Ouija: Origin of Evil
Movie, 2016, Directed, Set in Los Angeles, 1967
Ouija: Origin of Evil is #5 of 16 in release order and #5 of 16 in chronological order in the Mike Flanagan.
The story
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.
Ouija: Origin of Evil recap
Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016) is Mike Flanagan's prequel to Ouija (2014), co-written with Jeff Howard, with Elizabeth Reaser as Alice Zander, a widowed fake medium in 1967 Los Angeles, Annalise Basso and Lulu Wilson as her daughters Lina and Doris, and Henry Thomas as Father Tom. Alice adds a Ouija board to her séances, and nine-year-old Doris starts hearing from a spirit she believes is her late father. The spirit leads her to hidden money that saves their home, and Alice is thrilled, but Lina finds pages Doris has written in fluent Polish and takes them to Father Tom, who discovers they were written by Marcus, a Polish prisoner a Nazi doctor experimented on in the house's basement during World War II.
Ouija: Origin of Evil ending explained
Father Tom is possessed and killed, and the spirits overrun the house. Lina sews Doris's mouth shut to silence the voices but kills her, and Doris's ghost is reunited with her father. Possessed, Lina stabs her mother, who tells her it was not her fault, and Lina is committed for the murder. Alone in her cell, she draws a Ouija board in blood to reach Doris and summons something evil instead. A post-credits scene shows Lina, decades later, greeting a visitor who claims to be her niece.
Where to watch Ouija: Origin of Evil
Ouija: Origin of Evil is streaming on Netflix in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 6.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 82%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Before I Wake, before Gerald's Game.
- Chronological order: after Before I Wake, before Gerald's Game.
Cast
- Parker Mack as Mikey
- Annalise Basso as Paulina Zander
- Elizabeth Reaser as Alice Zander
- Lulu Wilson as Doris Zander
- Henry Thomas as Father Tom
- Halle Charlton as Ellie
- Alexis G. Zall as Betty
- Doug Jones as Marcus
- Kate Siegel as Jenny Browning
- Sam Anderson as Mr. Browning
- Chelsea Gonzalez as Gloria
- Lincoln Melcher as Jack
Directed by Mike Flanagan.