Here's the ending and post-credit scene of prequel Ouija: Origin Of Evil explained. Blumhouse has really come to dominate the modern-day horror scene, following the shock success of no-budget found footage movie Paranormal Activity. This spawned a series of sequels, in addition to establishing Blumhouse's high concept, low-budget production model. Later Blumhouse hits included the Insidious and Purge franchises, in addition to the acclaimed Get Out and Whiplash.
Of course, not everything the company produces has been showered in praise. They've made plenty of duds too, including 2020's Fantasy Island, Truth Or Dare and The Gallows. Since many of their films are produced on such modest budgets, it's hard for them to truly lose money, so even films considered to have underperformed like Upgrade still made back their budgets. Upcoming projects from Blumhouse include Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends, which will close a trilogy started by 2018's Halloween.
Mike Flanagan has also emerged as one of the horror genre's best modern-day filmmakers, having directed a run of great movies and TV shows like The Haunting Of Hill House, Gerald's Game and Doctor Sleep. He was chosen to helm 2016's Ouija: Origin Of Evil, a prequel to Blumhouse's Ouija. While the original was a robust hit it was also (rightfully) critically panned, but Flanagan was given creative free reign to make it as he wished. The first film focused on a group of friends who are chased by a demonic spirit after messing around with an Ouija board and Origin Of Evil is set over 40 years earlier, exploring how the demon came to be.
Ouija: Origin Of Evil focuses on a fake psychic named Alice Zander and her two daughters; Lina and Doris. They start to bring an Ouija board into their act, but Doris - who actually does have psychic abilities - becomes possessed after reading it on her own. With the aid of a local priest named Tom, the family realise Doris has been taken over by the vengeful spirit of an immigrant who was captured and experimented on by a German scientist in the house's basement years before. They try to save her by burning the board, but the possessed Doris kills Tom and Lina realizes she has to sew her sister's mouth shut to stop the spirit being able to speak.
Lina manages to sew Doris' mouth closed but this ends up killing her, and Lina herself is later possessed and stabs her mother Alice to death too. Ouija: Origin Of Evil ends with Lina in a psychiatric hospital, who makes her own Ouija using her blood to write letters and symbols. A doctor later observes her through a window, unaware the evil spirit of Doris is silently running across the ceiling towards him. The prequel is littered with small connections to the original, with the most clear link being the post-credits scene. This modern-day scene reveals Lina is Paulina (Lin Shaye) from the first Ouija, who is still in the hospital and is told by staff someone claiming to be her niece has come to visit, which is really Olivia Cooke's character from the original film.