By Connor Nystrom
Contributing Writer
Jewish demons, thousands of moths, and 100-year-old teeth sure make for an interesting storyline in the recent horror film “The Possession.” On a cloudy Saturday afternoon, a friend and I decided to head over to Movies 12 to catch this new release. As a horror-film fanatic, I was rather excited to see this one. With recent horror movies such as “The Devil Inside” and “Paranormal Activity 3” not making the top of my list, I had high hopes for “The Possession.”
Based on a true story, the movie follows a young girl named Em and her family: her father Clyde, mother Stephanie, and older sister Hannah. Set during the winter in upstate New York, the cold, cloudy weather and depressing storyline really sets the tone throughout the movie. With her parents recently divorced, Em and Hannah stay with their mother throughout the weekdays and with their father on the weekends.
Contributing Writer
Jewish demons, thousands of moths, and 100-year-old teeth sure make for an interesting storyline in the recent horror film “The Possession.” On a cloudy Saturday afternoon, a friend and I decided to head over to Movies 12 to catch this new release. As a horror-film fanatic, I was rather excited to see this one. With recent horror movies such as “The Devil Inside” and “Paranormal Activity 3” not making the top of my list, I had high hopes for “The Possession.”
Based on a true story, the movie follows a young girl named Em and her family: her father Clyde, mother Stephanie, and older sister Hannah. Set during the winter in upstate New York, the cold, cloudy weather and depressing storyline really sets the tone throughout the movie. With her parents recently divorced, Em and Hannah stay with their mother throughout the weekdays and with their father on the weekends.
After picking up his daughters for the weekend, Clyde takes the girls to his newly-built house for a “fun” weekend of unpacking boxes. Em wanders around and eventually finds an old-looking box with strange carvings all over it. Difficult to get open, Em stops at nothing to find the mysterious way to open the box. After finally opening the box, Clyde and Hannah notice strange behavior from Em.
After multiple violent occasions all relating back to “the box,” Clyde takes it upon himself to find out what is happening to his daughter. He goes directly to a religion and history professor who tells him that the box was created hundreds of years ago to “enslave” a Jewish demon that was tormenting a tribe in Israel. Fast forward to the present day, Clyde is told that he must find a genuine male of Israeli and Jewish decent to see what he can do for Em. After driving to Brooklyn to find someone to help him, he is told that the only way to get rid of the demon is to order it to leave Em.
After a grim series of events, the movie concludes in a rather ubiquitous manner. But, to see the movie for its full effect of horrific glory, you must see it in theatres or rent it on DVD when it is released within the next few months.
Overall, I would say that “The Possession” is definitely one to check out. It may not cause you to lose sleep at night, but will leave you with chills at some points.
But please, if you find an old mysterious-looking box in the future, keep walking.
After multiple violent occasions all relating back to “the box,” Clyde takes it upon himself to find out what is happening to his daughter. He goes directly to a religion and history professor who tells him that the box was created hundreds of years ago to “enslave” a Jewish demon that was tormenting a tribe in Israel. Fast forward to the present day, Clyde is told that he must find a genuine male of Israeli and Jewish decent to see what he can do for Em. After driving to Brooklyn to find someone to help him, he is told that the only way to get rid of the demon is to order it to leave Em.
After a grim series of events, the movie concludes in a rather ubiquitous manner. But, to see the movie for its full effect of horrific glory, you must see it in theatres or rent it on DVD when it is released within the next few months.
Overall, I would say that “The Possession” is definitely one to check out. It may not cause you to lose sleep at night, but will leave you with chills at some points.
But please, if you find an old mysterious-looking box in the future, keep walking.