First OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL Trailer Here is the first OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL trailer! The film, written and directed by Mike Flanagan (Oculus, Before I Wake), stars Elizabeth Reaser, Henry Thomas, Kate Siegel, Annalise Basso, Doug Jones, and Lin Shaye. OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL will be released in theaters on October 21. In 1967 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her two daughters add a new stunt to bolster their seance scam business and unwittingly invite authentic evil into their home. When the youngest daughter is overtaken by a merciless spirit, the family confronts unthinkable fears to save her and send her possessor back to the other side.