#Ouija: Origin of Evil

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LIDMF AI "Wiija"

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nesslxch horrortober 2023

Day 4: Oujia: Origin of Evil - Doris Zander

The real horror was the basement torture we made along the way

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When you talk to the other side, you never know who will be listening.

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OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL (2016)

Leaps and bounds better than its origin movie (and a better cast), might I even suggest not watching that one at all and only watching this? Seriously, better acting, better story, better scares. The whole thing worked better and was kind of fun to watch (oh my!). On its own it is a fine horror movie and I’ve been seeing so many duds lately it is nice to see something that really seemed to get itself.

⭐⭐⭐.5

Trigger Warning Suicide, Nazi Talk

This film outlines the history of our mysterious DZ, which stands for Doris Zander, and her family and how her house and her Ouija Board became so evil. Doris is the younger sister and her family runs a psychic scam. Their mother reassures them that they trick people because they care but the whole thing stinks to high heavens until they add a Ouija board to their show. There is this amazing scene where the mother, Alice, is practicing using the Ouija board with magnets on her knees to fake it for clients and as she asks her questions little Doris from another room is answering them. SO creepy. Lina, the older sister, is there too and asks Doris who she is talking to but Doris has no memory of what happened, amazing. Mama Alice keeps using the board and not saying goodbye because she doesn’t think it is working but Doris keeps feeling the effects of it. The board says “Hi Friend” to her (classic Ouija) and voices we cannot hear instruct Doris to look through the planchette so she can see who she is talking to (or what).

Once Mama Alice finds out that Doris can do tricks like a puppy it is all about the cash, I mean, helping people… Yeah, right. Alice is keeping Doris out of school so she can be a psychic all day for money (best mom ever). It seems only the older sister, Lina, notices the changes that are happening to little Doris ever since she began her psychic journey. Mama Alice tries to chalk it up to the dads spirit guiding the child but… “If it was dad, if it really was him, why would he change her, why would he ever do anything to change her?” Lina is a hero for her sister and it is amazing. But really, why would a non-malevolent spirit want to change this sweet little girl into anything she is not? Blah blah blah another calmer scene with the mom talking to the school priest, CUT TO DORIS OPEN MOUTH, EYES ROLLED BACK, WATCHING THE TV, GODDANG. Doris does a good job of being a spooky, scary little girl. I know there are effects and makeup but still she creeps me out and I rooted for her in Annabelle: Creation.

We hear a fun story about how the house's previous owner was a nazi doctor who would do experiments on people? Also, why would anyone follow the little girl who’s “fun fact” was how strangulation death feels like? The actual fuck. Anyway Lina’s boyfriend goes into the basement with Doris who is being creepy as hell and he gets possessed and later hangs himself. Yikes. The boy dies and then they find all the bodies in the basement (yikes). The priest tries to get to Doris but he just gets possessed and goes after the ladies with a knife before he regains control long enough for Demon Doris to fling him down the stairs and kill him. She gets mom next and straps her to the operating table (yikes) but Lina got a message from dearly departed Daddy about sewing Doris’ mouth shut so she can’t speak in tongues and possess anymore. Lina does the hard work of sewing her own sister's mouth shut but it works, except that Doris had previously possessed Lina on the steps and Lina stabs their mom to death. Woops! Mama Alice is so good, telling her it isn’t her fault, but poor Lina is left all alone and ends up in an asylum where she lives her life until the events of the first movie.

Does any of this film explain why Lina turns on the kids in the first movie? No it does not. Really hoped it would since that was a really important part of the first movie but okay. Let’s just chalk it up to her having been possessed at least once. Yeah, we will go with that… Even though she doesn’t appear possessed she just seems like a big bitch in Ouija. Whatever.

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Now watching:

Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016, dir. Mike Flanagan)

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Watched Ouija for the first time

I've seen Ouija: Origin of Evil a few times, now, and decided to be a completionist, after all these years, and, yeah.

The sequel's unquestionably better.

And it's not to say that the first movie's actively bad, it's just, a little dull. The scares rely too much on loud sounds, and only really got me once. It's also a bit slow, even for an 89 minute runtime. Thinking about it, I feel like the script would've served better as a book. No other reason than the thought popped into my head, but it certainly drags on as a film.

Easily, the most interesting elements, the house's previous owners, is what the sequel focuses on, so at least we'll always have that.

I think one of the problems, is that Ouija operates in a universe where the board game isn't famous, when I think it would benefit a lot more from people knowing what it is on sight. Have a bit of humor, a bit of dismissiveness, be a little meta, you know? That's another way the sequel benefits; it's really a prequel, taking place in the 60s.

Really, this is just me telling you to watch Ouija: Origin of Evil. It's an excellent period piece-horror movie, done by the modern GOAT, Mike Flanagan.

[flanaganfilm]

howdy!! do you rewatch your own work? if so, how often? im wondering if it has the same "artist just sees faults with what they create" thing, or if youre able to appreciate past projects the way they deserve

I don't, typically... usually, by the time we're finished with post production, I've seen the thing so many times that I'm thrilled to stop watching it. I'm either sick of it, or just feeling like it doesn't belong to me anymore. There are other reasons, too - Hill House was a traumatic production for me, for example, I have a lot of complicated emotions woven into it, so I haven't felt ready to rewatch that one since before it aired. Maybe in a few more years.

Somewhat recently, I've revisited a few of the older movies with my eldest son, who is 13 now. He's basically as old as my career itself. We've watched Oculus, Hush, The Midnight Club (which he LOVED, proving it worked for our target audience) and Ouija: OOE together, and each of those screenings was a really cool experience. His reactions and questions were really fascinating, and I felt like I was able to see those movies anew through his eyes. That's the closest I've come to feeling like I was really seeing them, and that's only because so much time has gone by for those. I watched the Director's Cut of Doctor Sleep a few years back at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park Colorado. It was part of a live NoSleep Podcast event, and that was the first time I'd seen that movie since it was released. It was also the first and only time I'd ever seen the Director's Cut with an audience. That was a really special screening and it meant a lot to me.

I haven't yet had the guts to revisit any of the TV series other than Midnight Club. As my kids get older, I'm sure I'll watch them all with them. The one I'm most excited to see is Midnight Mass, which remains my favorite of the shows. I haven't seen it since before it came out - I remember the last day of post on that show, watching down each episode with final mix and color. That's a series I wish I could actually watch like a viewer at home, and while I'll never truly be able to do that, I look forward to looking at it with some real distance.

There are a few of the older projects I'd be curious to watch now. I wonder how Absentia holds up - I was such a baby when we made that movie, and it's been so long. I imagine I could watch that today and have a really trippy experience. I also haven't revisited Before I Wake in a very long time, and I always really loved that script. The movie was a rough road, and my feelings were mixed by the time it finally found its finish line (Relativity Media really beat that one up), but that could also be a really interesting viewing experience at this stage of my career.

But generally, each of these movies is a journey, and once the journey is over it's tough to ever really go back. There's little point, and moving forward feels like a matter of survival. The "finished product" is only the tip of a large, deep, labyrinthian iceberg for me. It's impossible to only see what's on the surface, no matter how hard I try.

(Interesting side-note: The only exception I've found to this rule is The Life of Chuck. We just finished post production on the movie, and I've watched it dozens and dozens of times now - but I've never grown tired of it, not even a little bit. That movie is something special, and I am eager to watch it again - and again - and again. I don't know that I'll ever want distance from that one; in fact, watching it brings me a sense of joy, comfort, and safety.)

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OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL (2016) Reviews of Mike Flanagan prequel

‘When you talk to the other side, you never know who will be listening.’ Ouija: Origin of Evil is a 2016 supernatural horror film directed by Mike Flanagan (Doctor Sleep; Gerald’s Game; Hush; Before I Wake; Oculus) from a screenplay co-written with Jeff Howard. The movie stars Elizabeth Reaser, Parker Mack, Annalise Basso (Oculus; Ghost Image; Dark House; TV series Bones) Sam Anderson, Kate…

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I have never bothered with the first film, but I hear good things about this one so I may have to give it a shot.

𝔗𝔥𝔦𝔯𝔱𝔶-𝔒𝔫𝔢 𝔇𝔞𝔶𝔰 𝔬𝔣 ℌ𝔬𝔯𝔯𝔬𝔯 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟹

Do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016) dir. Mike Flanagan

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Ouija: Origin of Evil, 2016, dir. Mike Flanagan

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Ouija: Origin of Evil 2016, Mike Flanagan

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IF I DIE YOU BETTER SEXT ME OVER THE OUIJA BOARD 😈💋

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MIKE FLANAGAN PARALLELS

Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016) || The Midnight Club (2022)

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[flanaganfilm]

is that the planchette from ‘OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL’ on Madeline’s bedside table in episode 1 of Usher?

Yep, and if you look closely at the same shot you'll also see the Ouija board itself