Almost nothing worked this summer, but the most reliable genre was perhaps horror. While blockbusters left and right were flopping, low-budget chillers like “Don’t Breathe” and “Lights Out” were kicking ass, and even “The Conjuring 2” defied the trend of sequels underperforming and did blockbuster business (albeit slightly down on its predecessor).
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Which should give some confidence to the makers of upcoming horror sequel/prequel thing “Ouija: Origin Of Evil.” 2014’s “Ouija,” based on the popular sleepover favorite board, wasn’t a huge blockbuster, but it did take $100 million worldwide off a $5 million budget, which must have made producers Michael Bay and Jason Blum very happy. So, we get this follow-up, which just dropped a new full-length trailer.
In the true tradition of horror sequels, not even the survivors of the previous film are returning: instead, this is a new story giving a sort of “Mad Men” spin to the genre, seeing a widowed mother (the excellent) Elizabeth Reaser, a scamming medium, and her two children haunted by an evil spirit.
The promising Mike Flanagan, who made “Hush” and “Oculus,” is writing and directing, so that hopefully means it’ll be a step up from the original, and the trailer certainly seems to suggest some competent score and decent production value. The movie opens October 21st — watch the trailer below.
