{"id":186361,"date":"2025-08-12T08:35:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T08:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/12\/netflix-is-losing-one-of-the-best-horror-prequels-ever-and-weapons-fans-will-love-it\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T08:35:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T08:35:41","slug":"netflix-is-losing-one-of-the-best-horror-prequels-ever-and-weapons-fans-will-love-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/12\/netflix-is-losing-one-of-the-best-horror-prequels-ever-and-weapons-fans-will-love-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Is Losing One of the Best Horror Prequels Ever \u2014 and Weapons Fans Will Love It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Over a decade ago, Hasbro and Blumhouse teamed up for a movie based on the <em>Ouija<\/em> board game. It was a pretty profitable hit in 2014, and a prequel, <em>Ouija: Origin of Evil<\/em>, followed two years later.<\/p>\n<p>Both of those films are currently on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/media-network\/netflix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Netflix<\/a>, but <em>Ouija: Origin of Evil<\/em> is the one you really need to see.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike its predecessor, <em>Origin of Evil<\/em> is a horror movie that transcends its board game origins, and it deserves to find a larger audience.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/watch-with-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch With Us<\/a> has put together three reasons to watch <em>Ouija: Origin of Evil<\/em> before it leaves Netflix on August 15.<\/p>\n<h3>\u2018Ouija: Origin of Evil\u2019 Completely Outshines the Original Movie<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ouija: Origin of Evil Movie CLIP - Strangled (2016) - Lulu Wilson Movie\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7nTQEMZIpuE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the most surprising thing about <em>Ouija: Origin of Evil<\/em> is how little it needs the movie that spawned it. The story that unfolds in this film expands upon the events teased by the first <em>Ouija<\/em>. However, the prequel is a lot more enjoyable if you haven\u2019t seen the original movie at all. If you don\u2019t know the twists, then some of them are actually surprising.<\/p>\n<p>Setting the film in 1967 also gave <em>Origin of Evil<\/em> an appealing throwback style. Committing to the fashion and design from that era went a long way towards achieving that look. But the real reason people go to horror movies is to experience the scares. <em>Origin of Evil<\/em>\u2018s scary moments aren\u2019t as intense as some of the other modern horror flicks, but it works remarkably well as an adaptation of a popular board game.<\/p>\n<h3>The Cast and Direction Are Excellent<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ouija: Origin of Evil - Official Trailer (HD)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MJIcZGEjjwo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/mike-flanagans-tv-horror-universe-fall-of-the-house-of-usher-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Mike Flanagan<\/strong><\/a> cowrote and directed <em>Ouija: Origin of Evil<\/em>, and he deserves the majority of the credit for this upgrade over the original. Netflix fans may recall that Flanagan was also the showrunner for <em>Midnight Mass<\/em>, <em>The Haunting of Hill House<\/em> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/netflixs-spooky-show-the-fall-of-the-house-of-usher-what-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Fall of the House of Usher<\/em><\/a>. <em>Origin of Evil<\/em> predates all of those shows, but Flanagan knows the genre well, and his expertise was put to good use.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/like-until-dawn-then-watch-these-3-scary-netflix-horror-movies-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"00\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/like-until-dawn-then-watch-these-3-scary-netflix-horror-movies-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"00\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Like &#8216;Until Dawn&#8217;? Then Watch These 3 Scary Netflix Horror Movies Now<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tThe horror film Until Dawn has arrived on Netflix after debuting in theaters earlier this year. Until Dawn was inspired by the PlayStation 4 game of the same name, with some liberties taken for the big screen. But it\u2019s a fun story with some interesting twists. Netflix has a very wide selection of films that [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The primary cast also deserves praise, especially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/elizabeth-reaser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Elizabeth Reaser<\/strong><\/a> as a fake medium, Alice Zander, with <strong>Annalise Basso<\/strong> and <strong>Lulu Wilson<\/strong> as her daughters, Lina and Doris. At the start of the film, Alice and her girls rely on trickery to fool their desperate clients who want to speak to their deceased loved ones. When Doris displays a natural gift for channeling spirits with a Ouija board, Alice treats it like the best thing that has ever happened to the family.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4067400\" style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.714285714286%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4067400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ouija-prequel.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Henry Thomas in Ouija: Origin of Evil\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ouija-prequel.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ouija-prequel.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ouija-prequel.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ouija-prequel.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ouija-prequel.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ouija-prequel.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ouija-prequel.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ouija-prequel.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ouija-prequel.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ouija-prequel.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ouija-prequel.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ouija-prequel.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ouija-prequel.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ouija-prequel.jpg?w=1800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ouija-prequel.jpg?w=1920&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Henry Thomas in Ouija: Origin of Evil<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Justin M. Lubin\/\u00a9 Universal Pictures \/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wilson\u2019s performance is in the tradition of a long line of creepy young girls in horror, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/see-the-exorcists-linda-blair-nearly-40-years-later-20122710\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Linda Blair<\/strong>\u2018s turn in <em>The Exorcist<\/em><\/a>. Wilson goes from adorable to menacing with remarkable speed. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/e-t-haunting-of-hill-house-star-henry-thomas-arrested-for-dui\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Henry Thomas<\/strong><\/a> also has a great low-key performance as Father Tom Hogan, the principal of the sisters\u2019 school and a potential love interest for Alice. The dinner scene between Father Tom and Alice is one of the film\u2019s highlights, and it doesn\u2019t need ghosts. Just two veteran performers demonstrating some understated chemistry with each other.<\/p>\n<h3>The Film Doesn\u2019t Shy Away From Going Dark<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016) - We&#039;ll Take All of You Scene (7\/10) | Movieclips\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cn35LhT9zBg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>As noted above, <em>Origin of Evil<\/em> works best when you don\u2019t know how the Zander family factors into the first <em>Ouija<\/em> movie. Otherwise, the reveals late in this film aren\u2019t really that surprising. Yet as a standalone experience, <em>Origin of Evil<\/em> bucks the horror tradition of letting its main characters emerge largely unscathed from what they\u2019ve been through.<\/p>\n<p>The Ouija board does come into play at certain parts of the movie, but it\u2019s amusing that the Zander family doesn\u2019t realize they broke all three of the rules for playing the game until it\u2019s far too late. That may not be the best selling point for Hasbro\u2019s board game, but this is likely the best movie that anyone will ever make based on that franchise.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ouija: Origin of Evil<\/em> is streaming on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/80106763\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Netflix<\/a> until August 15.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/netflix-is-losing-one-of-the-best-horror-prequels-ever-and-weapons-fans-will-love-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over a decade ago, Hasbro and Blumhouse teamed up for a movie based on the Ouija board game. It was a pretty profitable hit in 2014, and a prequel, Ouija: Origin of Evil, followed two years later. Both of those films are currently on Netflix, but Ouija: Origin of Evil is the one you really [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":186365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-186361","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}