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Inspired by Los Angeles Times writer Leslie Gornstein's article 'A Jinx In A Box,' this horror film from director Ole Bornedal (NIGHTWATCH) tells the tale of a broken family that comes under attack from a malevolent supernatural entity of Jewish folklore.Product Identifiers
ProducerSam Raimi, Robert Tapert
EAN5060223769004
eBay Product ID (ePID)110791667
Product Key Features
ActorKyra Sedgwick, Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Film/TV TitleThe Possession
DirectorOle Bornedal
LanguageEnglish
Release Year2013
FeaturesUncut Edition\Audio Commentaries
GenreHorror/Occult, General
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate15
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
ReviewsThe New York Times - Even if you resist the film's claims of being based on one family's actual experiences, THE POSSESSION is eerily enjoyable pulp. Perched somewhere between THE EXORCIST and THE AMITYVILLE HORROR - and with a dash of THE UNBORN - the story benefits from an unusually restrained sound design and special effects that enhance but never obliterate its troubled-family center., Salon.com - Danish director Ole Bornedal's THE POSSESSION is a nifty end-of-summer gift for horror buffs., Chicago Sun-Times - Like THE EXORCIST, the best film in the genre, it is inspired by some degree of religious scholarship and creates believable characters in a real world. That religions take demonic possessions seriously makes them more fun for us, the unpossessed.
Additional InformationInspired by Los Angeles Times writer Leslie Gornstein's article 'A Jinx In A Box,' this horror film from director Ole Bornedal (NIGHTWATCH) tells the tale of a broken family that comes under attack from a malevolent supernatural entity of Jewish folklore. Shortly after her parents (Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Kyra Sedgwick) divorce, a young girl purchases an ornate antique box at a yard sale. In the weeks that follow, the young girl forms an intense fixation on the box, her behavior growing increasingly bizarre as she falls into the grip of a diabolical apparition. When the girl's father discovers that the relic is in fact a holding cell for the disconnected soul of a deceased person who has been denied entry into the afterlife and needs a human host to inhabit, he fights to rid her of the evil that threatens to consume her body and soul.
ScreenwriterStiles White, Juliet Snowden
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV TitleThe Possession
Consumer AdviceContains strong sustained threat and horror