The Possession

20122012
PG-13PG-13
1h 32min

The Possession (2012)

A 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.

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A 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... Read allA 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.A 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.

Director
- Ole Bornedal
Writers
- Juliet Snowden
- Stiles White
- Leslie Gornstein(article "Jinx in a Box")
Stars

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Awards
- 6 nominations

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Kyra Sedgwick, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Matisyahu, and Natasha Calis in The Possession (2012)

Jeffrey Dean Morgan in The Possession (2012)

Kyra Sedgwick and Madison Davenport in The Possession (2012)

Matisyahu and Natasha Calis in The Possession (2012)

Natasha Calis in The Possession (2012)

Natasha Calis in The Possession (2012)

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The basketball coach Clyde and his wife Stephanie divorced a couple of months ago and their teenage daughter Hannah and the girl Emily 'Em' live with their mother and spend the weekends with their father. One day, Clyde stops his car in a yard sale and Em buys an antique carved box and becomes obsessed with it. Em finds the hidden lock and releases an evil spirit that possesses her. Soon Clyde discovers that Em has a problem, but his ex-wife and her boyfriend Brett do not pay attention to him and get a restraining order against Clyde. Clyde seeks out Professor McMannis and when he sees the box, he explains that it is the Dibbuk Box, where a fiend is trapped inside. He also explains that the box should not be open; otherwise the person will be possessed by the spirit. Now Clyde travels to a Jewish community in New York and the rabbi's son Tzadok returns with him expecting to exorcise Em to save the girl. —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Taglines
- Fear the Demon that doesn't fear God.
Genres
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material involving violence and disturbing sequences
Parents guide

Trivia
The demon in the box speaks Polish.

Goofs
When Clyde is shown lying on his couch throwing a basketball up in the air, a band-aid is seen on the back of his hand, before his hand gets stabbed.

Quotes
Tzadok: I hate hospitals... people die here.

Connections
Featured in Cinemassacre's Monster Madness: Insidious (2014)

Soundtracks
You're a Heavenly Thing
Written by Jack Little (as Little Jack Little) and Joe Young
Performed by Mel Tormé
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Under license from EMI Film & Television Music

Top review

8/10

Well worth the watching

Hello readers. This is my first review of a movie on here and I was inspired to do it after reading petit76 negative view on the film. I am also an avid horror fan pretty much seen them all and I thought this film was excellent! Acting was very good and the storyline is as good as you will get with horror films nowadays which is such hard genre to be original with.

Thats the problem with IMDb nowadays almost every film gets a negative review. This was a most enjoyable horror with some nice fright scenes and I would recommend it to anyone with a spare 90 Min's. A solid 8/10 from me folks enjoy!!

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Jan 5, 2013

Budget
- $14,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $49,130,154
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $17,732,480
- Sep 2, 2012
Gross worldwide
- $85,446,075

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Runtime
- 1h 32min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1

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