Ouija: Origin of Evil

Synopsis: In 1967 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her daughters add a new stunt to bolster their seance scam business, inviting an evil presence into their home.
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Director(s): Mike Flanagan
Production: Universal Pictures
  2 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Metacritic:
65
Rotten Tomatoes:
83%
PG-13
Year:
2016
99 min
$34,904,885
Website
2,211 Views


Let's begin.

Very good.

What was your wife's name?

- Mary.

- Mary, alright.

He seeks the spirit

of Mary Browning.

Mary, we invite you

into our circle.

Mary Browning,

we invite you into our circle.

- We seek you in love and light.

- Dad, don't give this woman our money.

Mary.

Mary, if that's you,

give us a sign.

Blow out the candles.

Welcome, Mary.

You may ask three questions.

Why just three?

Mary, we ask that you let

the candle burn if the answer is "Yes".

Blow it out

if the answer is "No".

Ask your question, sir.

Marry.

Are you in pain,

anymore?

She's not

The pain she felt

before she passed,

she's saying it was an illness.

- Cancer?

- Yeah.

She's restored.

She's...

She's young again, beautiful.

Beautiful forever now.

Mary, I...

Can you forgive me?

For all the things.

She says yes.

She forgives you.

And she ask for

your forgiveness in return.

Okay, I don't know

how are you doing...

Do not break the circle.

Anyone can shake a table

with their knee.

She won't be here much longer.

Ask your last question.

I...

I have to ask you about Jenny.

She's seeing this young man, Don,

and

- they want a lot of money for me.

- Don't.

I have to mortgage the house.

It's suppose to be a terrific investment

and he says he'll marry her

if it turns out right.

Okay.

I don't know how she's doing this

but this is a scam, Dad.

Oh.

I'm so sorry.

The spirit world is unpredictable.

She sounded angry,

so angry.

It's hard to explain.

Well, uh.

- Thank you for your time.

- Oh, no, no, no.

No, I can't

Just remember what

she came to say.

She's at peace and she loves you.

That's all to take away from today.

The rest is the business of the living.

Uh, yeah.

Yeah, thank you.

What was that?

You almost gave that poor man

a heart attack.

Paulina Zander, get in here.

She deserved it, Mom.

She was just trying to steal her dad's money.

That isn't what we do here.

It's our job to comfort them

not judge them.

It's your job

to stand at the curtains,

and not attack the clients.

- And you, young lady.

- I heard screaming, I got scared.

I didn't mean

to knock things down.

This is unacceptable.

That lady was unacceptable.

She's a real b*tch.

Witch.

I'm not sorry.

It caused us $5.

Let me see that.

He is so much weight on the table,

it was hard for me to latch on.

What's a scam?

The lady said we were a scam.

Doris, listen to me.

Scam is a lie.

We don't lie

We help people.

We give them closure.

We give them peace.

We...

We heal their hearts.

And that's not something that can happen

without some showmanship.

We tell them the true.

We just need to help them believe it.

Oh.

Okay.

Well, we're going to need to

spice that showmanship up a little

because it's getting kind of stale.

And if we aren't here to judge them

why did you blow out the last candle?

Well, none of us is perfect, Lina.

She really was a b*tch, wasn't she?

You are Miss Lizzy Borden,

I presume.

I must say you are

not exactly what I expected.

I'm not Miss. Lizzy.

I'm Emma.

Oh, the sister.

Mm.

Well, let's see, it's been a year

since your mother and father were...

Oh, Mom.

10 more minutes.

Oh.

I'm sorry, sweetie, it's a school night.

My sister was acquitted.

And we never talk about it.

Of course you don't.

But the public is interested, you know.

Now, I represent the

Sacramento Record.

- You're one of those reporters?

- That's right.

I'm saying good night now

because I'm tired

and I didn't have

a very good day at school.

Because Terry is still

picking on my skirt.

So, please send us the money

to buy a new skirt.

Oh, and

Lina got in trouble again.

I was good though.

I love you

and I missed you everyday.

Good night, Daddy.

Amen.

Why don't you pray anymore, Mommy?

Who says I don't pray?

You used to pray everyday

with Daddy and me.

But, since he's gone,

you never do.

You're still praying to daddy?

Remember what Father Tom says.

You're suppose to pray to god.

I rather talk to Daddy,

but he never answers.

The people we helped.

Their mommies and daddies

in heaven talked to them.

Why doesn't Daddy talk to us?

Just because you can't hear him

doesn't mean he isn't there.

What is it?

Just saying good night.

Good night.

Took you long enough.

Hey, Zander.

Lina, Lina, bambino,

pour her a coffee cup.

It's a little late for caffeine.

My mom left her keys out.

Groovy.

When is she going to be back?

From her bridge game?

Usually after midnight

smelling a lot like coffee

if you get me.

You want some?

(PAST DUE)

I don't think so.

I mean, why not?

We see the moon everyday.

Why can't one of us just

go on it.

There's so many things

that prevent us.

I'm with Betty on it.

- Yeah.

- I don't see why not.

Yeah, they just put the big...

the helmets on.

My mom just got that.

She and her bridge club friends

play it sometimes.

Is that the board

you talk to ghost?

Uh, then.

No, thanks.

I get enough of that at home.

It's actually really scary.

You guys want to play?

We could just make conversation.

The rules.

Never play alone.

Never play in a graveyard.

Always say good bye.

Circle once for each player.

Come on.

Come on.

As friends we've gathered,

hearts are true,

spirits near,

we call to you.

Is there a spirit here?

Oh my god.

Relax, Betty.

Are you in the room with us?

Oh my god.

- Ellie, are you-are you doing that?

- No, I swear.

Ask your questions.

What's it like

on the other side.

COLD:

Oh my god.

Okay.

Here's how it works, alright?

We all have our hands on it

so we can't tell who moves it.

We react to the slightest pull

by helping it moves subconsciously.

Okay.

I mean, this game was designed

to make us scare ourselves.

- Yeah.

- There's nothing on the other side, believe me.

- Okay.

- You're no fun.

Okay. Well, if we're just

talking to ourselves then.

Uh, Spirit.

Will Lina come to

homecoming with me?

- Stop it, Ellie.

- It's the spirit.

Guys, this is really starting

to freak me out.

- There's no spirit, Betty.

- Okay.

Spirit, prove to us

that you're here.

Give us a sign.

Yeah, you're right.

See.

Yeah, there's no spirit.

There's no spirit.

Ellie!

- Mom, I'm sorry.

- Get in.

Why do you do these things?

If you're going to ground me

just do it already.

Because it worked so well

the last time.

- We were just playing a stupid game.

- I can smell your breath.

I know how hard it's been for you

and I understand how you feel.

But I need you

to help me, Lina.

For all of us.

I'm asking, honey.

I'll try.

Really, a Ouija board?

It's actually pretty fun.

You should consider

adding one to the act.

The soil was brought back

to the Earth.

Eight guest scientists

will join fourteen others

at the Ames Research Center

near San Francisco,

to analyze it for

evidence of life.

Honey, please sit with us.

Just once I want to have

a normal family breakfast.

Actually I'm going to be late this morning

so I'm going to walk.

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