Ouija: Origin of Evil Reviews
July 11, 2020
As a viewing option for the Halloween season you could do worse, but you could also do better.
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| Original Score: B-
August 30, 2018
Sadly, whilst Ouija: Origin of Evil has a couple of interesting moments, overall it's a messy disappointment.
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| Original Score: 2/5
August 8, 2018
I'm still a little confused about the Ouija board's motivation.
August 3, 2017
Tedious supernatural thriller based on the Hasbro game.
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| Original Score: C
December 5, 2016
A lack of memorable moments or original components makes Ouija: Origin Of Evil feel completely forgettable
November 2, 2016
There is clearly a great deal of love and craftsmanship put into Ouija: Origin Of Evil, and that's what makes its flatness so frustrating.
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| Original Score: 5/10
October 24, 2016
[It's] a largely silly, disjointed construction of run-of-the-mill scares and awkward priest jokes, but at least director Mike Flanagan gives it his best shot, which is more than we can say of his predecessor.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
October 24, 2016
The unsavory plot permutations of the final reel undercut the promise of the earlier ones....Though a cut above the usual horror fare, this is a step down from Flanagan's previous film, 'Oculus.'
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| Original Score: C+
October 21, 2016
A sappy subplot involving teenage daughter Paulina and her prom date is just a clich too far in a movie that makes rather too much of its references to The Exorcist, Poltergeist and Carrie.
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| Original Score: 2/5
October 21, 2016
If you're determined to head to the theater for a fright this Halloween, Origin of Evil will provide a scare or two. But you'd be a lot better off watching one of the real classics at home.
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| Original Score: 1.5/4
October 21, 2016
You don't have to ask a Ouija board about the quality of this failed attempt at horror. If you did, it would spell out S T I N K E R.
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| Original Score: 0/4
October 21, 2016
All attempts to make the film look like it was made shortly before The Exorcist - the non-period period clothing, the 1960s Universal logo - play as kitsch, not clever.
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| Original Score: 2/5
October 20, 2016
With so much going on, it is little wonder that the film seems so sprawling and unfocused.
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| Original Score: 2/5
October 20, 2016
Ouija: Origin of Evil is an interesting exercise in watching filmmakers try to mint a franchise out of basically nothing.
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| Original Score: C
October 20, 2016
Ouija: Origin of Evil is sadly derivative, totally stupid, routinely cheeseball and ultimately disappointing.
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| Original Score: 1.5/5
October 20, 2016
It is the necessities of making a PG-13 (and excessively formulaic) horror movie that constantly undercuts the movie's intriguing ideas.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
October 20, 2016
It's all stuff we've seen before, especially in Japanese ghost fare.
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| Original Score: 2/4
October 20, 2016
Ouija: Origin of Evil pales in comparison to some studio-scale horror we've seen this year, but for what it's worth, it is an improvement on the 2014 Ouija movie.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
October 20, 2016
The movie never envelops us or the characters in palpable paranoia or edge-of-your-seat suspense. A series of well-timed, PG-13-rated shocks compensates.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
October 20, 2016
You wait, hoping for a good, classic horror film. It begins to deliver, big. Then it disappoints a little. Then it comes back again, strong. Then it fails you again.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4