#Ouija: Origin of Evil

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My new website! I'll be posting updates on all projects there first, then on my Blue Sky account, which is linked in the header of the new site. (It also includes a real-time feed from my Tumblr, so I think I'm creating a feedback loop by posting this here but that's okay) Hope you enjoy!

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

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🎃 Notable films that were released on October 21st...

A Bucket of Blood (1959).

The Dead Zone (1983).

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988).

The Lair of the White Worm (1988)(US).

Evil Toons (1991)(American Film Market).

The Puppet Masters (1994).

Trailer Park of Terror (2008)(Canada).

Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)(US).

Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)(US).

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Every Film I Watch In 2023:

24. Ouija: Origin Of Evil (2016)

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OUIJA: Origin Of Evil

2016 • 1h 39m • PG-13

Directed By Mike Flanagan

Elizabeth Reaser •Lulu Wilson • Annalise Basso • Henry Thomas • Parker Mack • Doug Jones • Sam Anderson • Kate Siegel • Alexis G. Zall

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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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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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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.

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Scary movie update!

Rewatched Host (2020), one of those Great Quar/Takes Place on Zoom movies. Had forgotten a lot of its plot points so I could enjoy it all over again. It's short and scary and I still recommend it.

In anticipation of The Fall of the House of Usher arriving on Netflix tomorrow, I checked out a movie by Mike Flanagan I otherwise would not have watched (a) because it's a sequel to a movie I haven't seen and (2) because it looks like a PG-13 supernatural movie for babies. BUT! Because Mike Flanagan made this PG-13 prequel to Ouija (2014), Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016) is actually really good! A widow and her teen/preteen daughters make money by staging seances, which although faked, are also ethical? The younger daughter, still at an age where the real and the imaginary often blur together, and who misses her late father, uses a Ouija board in an attempt to contact him, opening a doorway which a no-good spirit steps through.

Some truly horrific imagery here, and Henry Thomas plays the priest/principal of the girls' school, and Kate Siegal has a cameo in the opening scene. Worth a watch, especially if you're looking for a PG-13 horror movie or are a Flanagan fan Fanagan.

Possessed by Horror comes through with the great recs again!

Well, but OTOH, Possessed by Horror also rec'd Eden Lake (2008), but it's not her fault it's just not for me. Michael Fassbender and yet another blonde English actress with short bangs and beauty marks play a young couple who mess with the wrong gang of 12- to 14-year-olds and find themselves in a whole heap of trouble. The opening scene was so similar to that of Vivarium I felt like I had deja vu. And while I agree that there are few things scarier than young teens with bad attitudes, this movie is one of a cycle in the Aughties of "hoodie horror" movies that highlighted/justified middle class fears of working class people in what was then being called (by middle class people) "broken England." And while we don't have the same class issues in the US that exist in the UK, I did feel kind of icky about the whole premise. And once the gory torture started up, I'd about had enough and turned it off. But maybe watching Fassy get tortured is yr thing, I'm not judging, then you might like this one.

I wondered if it was a remake of Them (2006), because several sequences seemed very familiar, but AFAICT, the similarities are coincidental. And I really liked Them, as it is my kind of isolation/home invasion horror. I did not liked Eden Lake as much.

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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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Mike Flanagan’s horror

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