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He makes sure that "O of E" becomes a far cry from other horror movies of this ilk, which possess so little inventiveness in their direction. Mike Flanagan clearly knows how to run the show.

But this movie still works because of its splendid acting - the little girl, Doris (Lulu Wilson), is particularly impressive - and deft direction. That stuff is predictable and somewhat unoriginal. The older sister soon suspects something, the little girl crawls on walls, and a priest shows up to help. Then, as we witness the little girl's behavior grow increasingly strange, our goosebumps grow increasingly prevalent (because creepy little girls are a reliably freaky scary movie trope). Things get more exciting when the mother brings home a Ouija board, not knowing that sinister spirits would soon possess her younger daughter. At risk of losing their old, creepy and possibly haunted (definitely haunted) house, the mother resorts to work as a fake medium to make money, calling on her daughters to contribute to the ruse. The story revolves around a recently widowed mother and her two daughters. With the steady guidance of director Mike Flanagan (Hush, Oculus, Haunting of Hill House), one of the most consistent creators of scary stories in the business, we should expect high quality work.

Perhaps it should not come as a surprise that "O of E" turned out so well. "Ouija: Origin of Evil" however, is a surprisingly competent and thoroughly enjoyable horror movie. If you first "Ouija" film, you might have been inclined to skip this addition (a prequel) to the series. Reviewed by Jared_Andrews 7 / 10 Deft Direction and Stellar Acting Carries the Movie You might be better off watching Flannigan's Hush, Absentia, Gerald's Game, Occulus, or The Haunting of Hill House. I just wish they'd spent a little bit more time with the script. Like all of Flannigan's films, it's wonderfully well cast and beautifully put together. 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. 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. 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 rare to find a sequel that surpasses the first these days, but Ouija: Origin of Evil manages to just that. Reviewed by benjaminryder-45940 6 / 10 Better Than The First