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By Katie Rife (451) for AV Club (2,778) on 19 Oct 2016

Flanagan has a couple of solid genre films on his résumé already; at this point in his career, it would have been surprising if Origin Of…

Review of Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)

By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 19 Oct 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…

Review of Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)

By Blake Crane (142) for Film Racket (579) on 19 Oct 2016

Stands out thanks to the assured direction of Mike Flanagan and performances that sell the drama along with the dread…

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By Jane Horwitz (44) for Washington Post (9,851) on 19 Oct 2016

Ouija: Origin of Evil is, somewhat unexpectedly, not that bad…

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By Kristy Puchko (422) for CBR (174) on 18 Oct 2016

Ouija: Origin of Evil delivers one of the scariest sequences since The Exorcist…

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By Chris Stuckmann (217) for ChrisStuckmann.com (205) on 18 Oct 2016

Ouija: Origin of Evil is one of the best horror sequels ever made, a film crafted with extreme care and precision…

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By Dustin Putman (2,479) for TheFrightFile.com (124) on 18 Oct 2016

In just about every conceivable way, classily orchestrated prequel Ouija: Original of Evil is a marked improvement over its predecessor, ratcheting…

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By Randall Colburn (93) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 18 Oct 2016

Flanagan’s scares are so precise, so exquisitely timed, that they’re able to imprint the mind as much as quicken the pulse…

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By Frank Scheck (1,741) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 18 Oct 2016

Infused with psychological complexity and nuanced characterizations, Ouija: Origin of Evil falters only in the final section…

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By Katherine Mclaughlin (276) for The List (2,018) on 18 Oct 2016

The attention to detail is impressive and the strong cast deliver on the emotional side of the story…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 18 Oct 2016

Reaser, Thomas, Basso and especially the demonically playful Miss Wilson play the Mike Flanagan, Jeff Howard script like a fiddle…

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By Aaron Yap (100) for Flicks.co.nz (982) on 17 Oct 2016

Witty, inventively rigged scares, alongside the cast's solid performances, raise this one above the average cash-grab…

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By Anthony O'connor (88) for FILMINK (Australia) (1,405) on 17 Oct 2016

an exercise in pedestrian storytelling with minimal tension…

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By Kim Newman (791) for Screen International (2,241) on 17 Oct 2016

Origin of Evil doesn’t stretch the conventions of teen-appeal spookiness too far, but is solidly put together, mounted with a pleasant conviction…

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By Scott Mendelson (400) for Forbes (586) on 17 Oct 2016

A huge improvement over the middling original…

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By Edward Douglas (1,395) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 17 Oct 2016

Ouija: Origin of Evil offers some easy scares and cheesy fun, but if nothing else, it gets points for not losing sight of its characters amidst…

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By Matt Donato (975) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 17 Oct 2016

Ouija: Origin Of Evil would have been better than Ouija with even a quarter of the screams evoked, which makes the tremendous jump in quality…

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By Ed Gonzalez (1,102) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 17 Oct 2016

The film complements its goose-pimply frights with an unabashedly naked emotional gravitas…

Review of Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)

By Mike Mccahill (552) for Guardian (4,584) on 17 Oct 2016

It’s still no scarier than any branded content, and perhaps only the most lukewarm slumber party would truly need it…

Review of Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)

By Geoff Berkshire (602) for Variety (12,700) on 17 Oct 2016

After an hour or so spent establishing characters worth caring about, the narrative starts to devolve, and the more the film circles back to…

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