I’ve already discussed The Possession and now Lionsgate has released a featurette talking to Jewish mysticism experts and director Ole Bornedal about the idea of possession.
If you’re interested in the story that inspired the film click here, but for the short of it, the film centers on a family that purchases an antique wooden box at a yard sale only to find it contained a demon spirit that eventually possesses the young girl in the family. The film stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Watchmen), Kyra Sedgwick (“The Closer”), Natasha Calis (“The Firm”) and Matisyahu.
I don’t know if The Possession will actually be any good. Most often films like this turn out to be rather disappointing, not trying hard enough to convince us any of this could actually happen and relying more on jump scares. It’s one thing to creep us out because we are convinced such evil exists and is so close, it’s another to simply play a loud noise and scare us for only the briefest of moments. To say one is more fulfilling is an understatement.
The film hits theaters on August 31. Check out the three-minute featurette directly below.
