Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)
Review by Jason Day
Rating: 3/5: worth watching
Synopsis
After the death of her husband in a car accident, show medium Alize (Elizabeth Reaser) hosts fake seances to ‘help’ her clients, supported by her daughters Lena (Annalise Basso) and Doris (Lulu Wilson). Piloting the use of a Ouija board, they accidentally conjure up several dead spirits who used to live in their house and were tortured by a Nazi scientist in hiding. Things take a turn for the worse when Doris’ body is possessed by one of them who seeks to manipulate her for evil purposes.
Review, by Jason Day
A quiet time of the year for horror films then, with director Mike Flanagan's prequel to the 2014 hit making it into cinemas.
But if the horror genre's shock-impact is measured in terms of quality and not quantity, then cinema during Hallowe'en 2016 surpasses all expectations with this one film alone.
I've watched a lot of horror films and have been made anxious, frightened and even terrified by them, but this one went a few levels beyond and then some.
I haven't ever experienced a sensation of being innately, primevally chilled by a film, but Ouija: Origin of Evil did just that.
I heartily recommend those of you with a stout heart out there go and see it and hope (if that's the correct term!) you feel it too.
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Cast & credits
Director: Mike Flanagan. 99mins. Allspark Pictures/Blumhouse Productions/Hasbro/Platinum Dunes. (15)
Producers: Michael Bay, Jason Blum, Stephen Davis, Andrew Form, Brian Goldner.
Writers: Mike Flanagan, Jeff Howard.
Camera: Michael Fimognari.
Music: The Newton Brothers.
Sets: Patricio M. Farrell.
Elizabeth Reaser, Annalise Basso, Lulu Wilson, Henry Thomas, Peter Mack, Doug Jones, Chelsea Gonzalez.
