Weekly Film Review: Ouija 2 (2016)

Ouija 2 is a supernatural horror film and the themes that run throughout this film are family, love, conflict, sacrifices and death.  The film's plot focuses on a Mother (who lost her husband and therefore left to look after her two children) daughters, she buys an Ouija board as part of their scamming business, but unknowingly unleash a spirit, which later possesses the body of her youngest daughter. The film was released on October 21st, 2016 by Universal Studios, grossing over $64 million, and directed by Mike Flanagan, produced by Michael Bay, Bradley Fuller, etc.

This film starred Elizabeth Reaser, Annalise Basso and Lulu Wilson. The daughter is known as the protagonist as she is being stopped from reaching her family due to the antagonist (the spirit) which is trying to take over her body.
The scene that caught my eye was when the dolly's mouth mysteriously got sewed together, the ghost of the father did it, and the daughter saw, but nobody believed her. Towards the end of the film, the only way to stop the spirit from taking over the whole family's lives, was by sewing the mouth of the spirit to stop it from emerging to other bodies. The scene of the dolly tied the story together and made it more eye opening to the audience - and also a lot more sense.

Mis- en- scene was used highly throughout the film, as the film was based on the 'origins of evil', so the characters was dressed very old fashioned, almost traditional and the house settings looked very traditional as well, which made the audience feel as if it was set back in the 1960s (and by research the film was actually to be set in 1967). Performance as well played a massive impact on the genre of the horror to this film, to ensure it was really scary and jumpy, to keep the audience's attention and engaged to the story line. The use of the young girl is typically used in every horror film, but could explain why they use children as they're innocent and by possessing them contrasted their behaviour making it more frightening, eerie and creepy.