- And You Thought It Would Fail: When the film was announced, people were expecting it to bomb critically like the first. Quite the contrary; reviews were positive, agreeing the film was a vast improvement from the first one.
- Creepy Cute: Doris is as much a Moe when she's being a Creepy Child as she was before (except when she does Nightmare Faces).
- Surprisingly Improved Sequel: Or prequel in this case; it was received far better than the previous film. Case in point, on Rotten Tomatoes, the first movie got 5%; the second got 84%. It might hold the world record for biggest improvement in critical reception between two related (consecutive) movies.RT Consensus: Ouija: Origin of Evil swerves its franchise's planchette unexpectedly to YES with a surprisingly scary and dramatically satisfying follow-up to its lackluster predecessor.
