{Movie}: The Possession

The Possession

Directed by: Ole Bornedal

Starring: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kyra Sedgwick, Natasha Calis

Genre: Horror, Paranormal

Rated: PG- 13

Year: 2012

Thoughts: Beware! Warning! This may contain spoilers!

Wow, I am on a role with movies... never realized how many movies I watch. 

Anyways, The Possession was a decent horror movie. It was kinda your typical "child becomes possessed" movie; there is some event in the family that causes a slight commotion within their relationship, there's an innocent sibling, and the parents refuse to believe anything is wrong until it's too late. 

Also, the scene where the demon is revealed through Em's CAT scan is really cheesy because the CGI or the editing on the scene was poorly done. The scene where the demon exits Clyde's body is also really cheesy because while the demon looks "scary," it moves really weirdly and it looks extremely fake when compared to the background. The jump scare moments in the movie also weren't very scary. It was a good thing they put music in the background for these moments because by themselves there weren't going to cause anyone a jump. I'd say the one moment in the movie that provided a good scare was when Em looks into the mirror and fingers appear to claw its way out of her throat. However, this part wasn't as scary as it could be because it was used in every variation of the film's trailer. 

I do give the film a little creativity points since they attempted to change something of the stereotypical plot. The family featured in the movie was not your typical Christian family, instead the family was Jewish. Not that this difference did much, since instead of a priest there was a rabbi, and there were no flying crosses. 

I know that you aren't supposed to expect much from horror movies, and this one kinda fit that description. I mean the acting was good, and the effects were decent, but the idea was an original one that has been overused lately. The film's end also set up a possibility for a sequel, which means yet another possession movie.

Rating: 4/10

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