Pretty Good

Excellent but underrated film

An Exercise In Nonsense

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

A-Z Horror Movie of the Day..."The Possession" (PG-13 - 2012 - US)Sub-Genre: Paranormal/Possession My Score: 6.7Cast=6 Acting=7 Plot=5 Ending=10 Story=6 Scare=4 Jump=4 F/X=7 Creep=8 Exorcism=10A young girl buys an antique box at a yard sale, unaware that inside the collectible lives a malicious ancient spirit. The girl's father teams with his ex-wife to find a way to end the curse upon their child. "I hate hospitals... people die here." I understand why some people would not like this...it's PG-13 and just doesn't get scary enough. When I watch a possession movie though, the key is the exorcism scene. This movie has one of my favorite exorcism scenes of all time!! I have actually seen the dybbuk box this movie is based on and it is dark...it lends a level of creepiness to this film that I liked a lot. If you are ever possessed, I highly recommend a Jewish exorcism...they are badass!

Admittedly this is the first horror movie I've watched in a while, but I was still expecting a little more than what I was delivered here. Throughout the whole movie I was never really scared; I always knew in my heart that the parents would be able to solve the problem and that everything would get wrapped neatly up in the end. I think the problem here is that whoever made this movie didn't put much effort into putting the viewer into a state of unease. Every thing just kind of logically happened, one after the other.

First off, let me say, this movie is a 7/10. I only rated it 10/10 to even out the unfair grade it currently has (5.9/10).I watch a lot of movies, of all genres and ages. I have watched hundreds of horror films, and generally like possession/haunting ones the most. This movie is far better than average, and decently entertaining. Not super scary; but by-far scarier than a lot of other movies classified as horror.Watch the movie, it's far better than what people here are giving it credit for.

The subject material to "The Possession" is your typical, a tad generic, demon possession affair and the scares that litter the film weren't very effective for me but the film didn't prove to be a complete waste of time.Director Ole Bornedal has some very sharp visuals in the film and, even though it makes for predictable scares, it looks good along the way. Additionally, the entire cast is very, very good—with special mention to Jeffrey Dean Morgan as the father Clyde and Natasha Calis as the possessed daughter Em. The entire cast was great but those two were incredible! Finally, the film's final sequence where they attempt to exorcise the demon from the little girl is incredibly put together and meshes sound, light and shadow very well to make a very intense scene.The film does suffer from being soaked in generic horror film territory, some plot issues, and scares that just didn't do anything for me but the story works for what it is and the points I mentioned previously made the film watchable and fairly decent. It's not great or memorable but it never really bored me.