Movie review
October 20, 2016 · 99 min · PG-13
Woke Score
Lower is better
Review
In 1967 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her two daughters run a séance scam to survive after the father's death, only to unleash a real demonic spirit that possesses the youngest girl when they add a Ouija board to their act. The story follows the family's desperate fight against the entity tied to the house's gruesome history. The narrative centers on grief, family bonds, and occult consequences in a period setting with no audience-visible identity politics, activist dialogue, or modern cultural critiques.
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Ouija: Origin of Evil.
Woke representation / casting
All-white family cast fits 1967 suburban Los Angeles setting with zero visible diversity emphasis, race/gender swaps, or signaling.
Woke political dialogue
Entirely absent; dialogue serves grief, scam mechanics, and supernatural conflict only.
Identity-driven story themes
Pure focus on family loss, maternal struggle, and possession horror without race, gender, or identity arcs.
Western institutional / cultural critique
Supportive Catholic priest aids the family and Nazi atrocities serve only as period horror backstory; no modern activist framing of religion, patriarchy, or Western institutions.
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant; prequel expands 2014 Ouija house lore without ideological alterations to characters or history.
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
Zero documented backlash claiming activist messaging, propaganda, or identity politics; reception was uniformly non-political.
Creator track record context
No relevant prior work by director, writers, or producers cited for this 2016 title.
Production
