The Possession

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Type:
Movie
Rating:
5.90 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 32 Minutes
Release Year:
2012
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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Producing Country:
Filming Locations:
USA
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The Possession (2012) - Trailer

Release Date:

31 Aug 2012

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
PG-13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned

Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Parents are urged to be cautious. Some material may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers.

Director:

Ole Bornedal

Writer:

Juliet Snowden, Stiles White, Leslie Gornstein (article)

Main Actors:

Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kyra Sedgwick, Natasha Calis, Madison Davenport

Plot:

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 annoying 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 a 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.

Awards:

6 nominations.

Gross profit:

$49,100,000

Production:

Lionsgate Films

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
5.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
39%
Metacritic:
45%