The possession tells of the story of a vicious spirit that inhabits the insides of an antique box. When a little girl comes into possession of it after buying it at a yard sale, herself and her family must fight in order to protect themselves from the wrath of the evil spirit
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November 25, 2013
Not every film needs to reinvent the wheel, and nothing here is particularly ground-breaking, yet this is one of the more satisfying horror jaunts in quite some time.
September 01, 2012
The first half of The Possession is suitably atmospheric and reasonably creepy.
August 31, 2012
The film is basically a compendium of possessed-child clichés reaching back to The Exorcist.
September 06, 2012
Director Ole Bornedal doesn't add a single idea of his own.
August 31, 2012
Another horror movie about a little girl possessed by a demon? Seriously?
January 25, 2013
"The Possession" offers a few scares here and there. But, mostly it's a retread of spooky films that went before.
December 17, 2012
The movie is well-appointed if not terribly well thought-out.
February 07, 2013
Puppet-master technique and a generally well orchestrated sense of moodiness help this chiller deliver on more than it botches, despite a fumbled third act.
July 13, 2013
...a better-than-expected variation on an exceedingly hoary theme...
November 13, 2012
Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill give mesmerizingly out-there performances as a troubled couple trying to hold it together for their young son.
September 05, 2012
There may be need for an exorcist, but the power of Christ isn't going to compel the Jewish demon wreaking havoc in this competent but shopworn horror film.
August 31, 2012
The script, credited to Juliet Snowden and Stiles White, adheres so closely to formula that it's possible to predict not only which characters will end up dead, but in what order ...
