Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

MoPoshy Absolutely brilliant

Catangro After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

lorcan-61881 During 2010-2012, a period of exorcism and possesion films came out including The Rite, Exorcismus, The Devil Inside, The Last Exorcism and of course, The Possession which came out in the Autumn of 2012 and was reportidly the last one to arrive before the trend ended. The film follows a young girl who takes in a box from a yard sale which will not open but one night, she then does and releases all kinds of malevolant evil..including the ones who want to take over her. So, one thing..this film is a possession film, so it's pure boredom, simple as. There is not any exorcism film that is actually very entertaining, the only one that sort of succeeded on that was The Exorcist. So ya, just a short review for you guys about this film, The Possession, it's good, it's not very creative but it does creative things with the story but it is VERY boring which is why everyone does not like it.

re-animatresse i was interested in this film mainly for its Jewish take on possession horror, a subgenre overly saturated with Christian motifs. my knowledge of Jewish theology and lore is virtually nonexistent, though, so i couldn't tell you how accurate the story is in that regard the film has its own unique style, with some odd camera angles, uneven pacing and a meandering piano-driven score that recalls memories of banging randomly on the low-octave end of my grandmother's piano as a child. all of these elements combine to create a near-constant sense of disorientation. i've never been affected in this way by a film beforeNatasha Calis, who would have been 12 or 13 at the time of production, is excellent in the role of possessee. the story and effects never stray far from the typical Hollywood possession horror, and most of the suspense is generated through the score, via increasing volume and repetition, à la Carpenter's Halloween despite the strict adherence to formula of the plot, i rather enjoyed this movie and expect it will leave a lasting impression. go ahead and give it a chance if the trailer looks intriguing

MaximumMadness It occurs to me that there is something arguably far worse than a film falling short or turning out objectively bad. It may seem slightly strange, but even bad films have their value. They make you feel something. And while it may not be particularly pleasant, in making you feel something- even something bad, they have given you at least a bit of a fulfilling emotional experience. But what could be worse than a bad experience with a movie? A wholly empty and forgettable one. That's what.Perhaps most notable as one of the few horror movies to approach its story from the perspective of Jewish mythology and faith, "The Possession" is a 2012 horror film inspired by the alleged true story of the haunted Dybbuk Box- a container used to capture and hold a malevolent and highly malicious spirit. The story behind it is quite the fascinating one, with just enough odd coincidences and dark turns to make you question whether or not it actually be true. And perhaps the most tragic thing about this film is that despite a fairly stellar cast, a good production team and a handful of great moments, it cannot even begin to compare to the story that served as its main inspiration. Instead, it trades the mysterious circumstances of what allegedly occurred for run-of-the-mill jumps and a second-act tonal shift that leads into a prolonged and half-baked redux of old-school exorcism films. The result is a sadly disappointing and wholly forgettable experience in recycled scares and scenes we've seen done far better many a time before.Jeffrey Dean Morgan stars as newly-divorced father Clyde Brenek, who is trying to maintain a healthy and positive relationship with his children despite his marriage ending. When he buys his daughter Emily (Natasha Calis) a mysterious box at a yard sale, strange phenomena begin to plague he and his children. It seems that the box has a dark and depraved history and that the malevolent spirits attached to it are trying to take over Emily's body for their own devious reasons. And so, Clyde must seek the help of the Hasidic community (including the character Tzadok, portrayed by musician Matisyahu) in order to save Emily's soul.To be fair, there are a handful of strong elements at play. Morgan and Calis make for a very enjoyable set of lead characters, and their chemistry as father and daughter is generally believable. It helps keep just enough interest for you to want to see how it all plays out. Matisyahu is also quite good in his role, and gives us a nice new take on the classic image of an exorcist. Competent visual direction by Ole Bornedal is nicely complimented with an adequately moody score by Anton Sanko. And one deliciously creepy scene involving tooth decay will make any horror fan's skin crawl. It's the one stand out scare-sequence in the entire film and it's likely the only thing that will stick with you long after you've easily forgotten everything else about it.Unfortunately, these elements are at the service of an otherwise completely and utterly unremarkable and unmemorable mish-mash of bland, undeveloped characters and plot lines. It's such a disappointment when a film tries to take a new look at familiar territory by creating new perspectives to explore... only to fall back on the most glaring and obvious of clichés and tropes. Nothing is taken proper advantage of. The idea of exploring a horror film through Jewish mythology is a lot of fun... but it's little more than an afterthought here. The demon possession angle can be fun and affords a lot of creative motifs and sequences... but we just get ho-hum retreads of sequences that we saw back in the 70's. Having a strong male character in a single father is a nice change-up to the standard use of a single-mom in similar movies... but the characters are so basic, it amounts to nothing.The fact of the matter is, the only reason I saw the film to begin with is because it was crudely shoved into a boxed-set of other much-more entertaining films I purchased (including the subversive black comedy "Cabin in the Woods" and chilling creepfest "Sinister"), and I get the feeling that was the only way the studio could move copies of it on home video. It's such a bland retread, that chances are, you won't remember it a day after you see it. And to me, that's one of the ultimate sins a movie can make.I'm giving "The Possession" a sub-par 4 out of 10. It's not offensive in any way, nor is it remarkable in any way. It's merely amongst the most forgettable horror films I've seen in recent years, and it's a real shame as there was high potential for a startling and original tale. It just failed to meet even a sliver of this potential.

hairofthedog-22195 I'm surfing TV channels. Get to MUCH TV and a movie starts right away. Had it not been for the announcement "THE FOLLOWING IS BASED ON A TRUE STORY", I'd have never wasted my time watching this crap. But I am glad I did! It was quite a revelation to witness a sign of the times. The movie is made, and passed off as a true story, for no other purpose than to further strengthen religion, i.e., superstition, by the dent of Hollywood across the world, in general, and in an already religious-ridden country, that is, the USA, in particular. It is made by the same hands that, for example, for the eight years during the rein of George W. Bush, the American Dark Ages, put a ban on stem cell research, the future hope of medical science and therefore humanity,(an executive order Obama had to cancel within ours of coming into the White House)just to gain the votes of the religious right; the same hands that are bringing religion back in a myriad of ways and putting it smack in the middle of our educational, scientific, judicial, etc., institutions; by the same hands that are passing "freedom of religion" ("freedom", as true as this story,indeed!)bills in state after state; by the same hands that are robbing us of our secular system of government, i.e., the separation of church and state; by the same hands that, in nut shell, are bent on, and, unfortunately, succeeding in, dragging the world to the brink of barbarism and eventual destruction. With globalization no more classical world-wars are possible. But religion, hand in glove with barbarism throughout history,is even a more efficacious weapon to do just that. Within the said context, "THE FOLLOWING IS BASED ON A TRUE STORY", indeed!