The movies starts off really well. The acting is good and the story line is initially captivating. Half way through the movie it's seems like everything goes downhill, the story gets more and more far fetched, the acting starts to get hokie, it's like the director got to a point where he rushed to the end as fast as possible without regards to the viewer. It could have been done so much better.

Far superior to the previous film, it's unfortunately let down by the nature of being a prequel; we know where the pieces are all going to end up which takes away much of the tension.

I most certainly enjoyed this one. Terrifying as it is beautiful. Top notch!!

We have Mike Flanagan as the director here. Unlike his later films and TV shows (which are amazing), "Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016) was not that original and unique, but still - the story was well told; good jump scares and camera movement. The biggest Kudos goes to Lulu Wilson who makes one of the greatest child performances in the movie history. 1 star + here only because of her. Every scene she is in just kills it. Hope a bright future there will be for this actress. As for the rest of the cast - they are all familiar from the Flanagan's other movies and TV shows and they all do a good job :)) The movie can be scary at times, but the ending I didn't like which is a big minus + the story again - it was nothing original; just well told and paced. Final Score: 6/10.

There were a lot of surprisingly good things written and said about this prequel, especially given the harsh words for its predecessor. The late 1960's setting of "Ouija: Origin of Evil" helped to establish a feeling of disconnectedness for the characters that you just can't get from stories set in the present, given all the smartphones, tablets, computers, etc. that keep us constantly wired into things these days. The director played a few tricks that made the movie appear to be a relic from the same decade as well, but he seemed to forget about sustaining that feeling throughout. The family was certainly likable and the relationship between the widowed mother of the girls and a priest from their Catholic school was cute and treated respectfully. There are only a couple of jump scares even though there were many times I anticipated them to be coming. The only real scares came when a character would peer through the glass eye of the planchette. But thinking about it, the dark ending is pretty creepy and came as a real surprise given modern audiences and their distaste for any conclusions not tied up with a happy bow.