The episode of Best Horror Movie You Never Saw covering The Possession was Written by Andrew Hatfield, Narrated by Jason Hewlett, Edited by Paul Bookstaber, Produced by John Fallon and Tyler Nichols, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.
While every decade has movies that fly under the radar, the addition of multiple streaming services in the 2010s gives us quite the list to work off of. While everyone’s favorite decade for horror is usually the ’80s or ’90s, there are far more hidden gems to find now than ever before. How a movie with a great cast, good production value, and the vaunted “based on a true story angle” was somehow successful at the box office and entirely forgotten just a little over a decade after release is just bizarre. It’s one of the more interesting demon takeover movies we’ve seen and definitely earns its title of...
While every decade has movies that fly under the radar, the addition of multiple streaming services in the 2010s gives us quite the list to work off of. While everyone’s favorite decade for horror is usually the ’80s or ’90s, there are far more hidden gems to find now than ever before. How a movie with a great cast, good production value, and the vaunted “based on a true story angle” was somehow successful at the box office and entirely forgotten just a little over a decade after release is just bizarre. It’s one of the more interesting demon takeover movies we’ve seen and definitely earns its title of...
- 7/13/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
This week’s Paranormal Lockdown episode at Scutt Mansion sees Nick Groff and Katrina Weidman incite spirits using haunted artifacts including a dybbuk box. But what is a dybbuk box? Also spelled “dibbuk”, it is the name given to a box or cabinet said to be haunted by a dybbuk, a malicious spirit which comes from the soul of a dead person — and can possess the living. Dybbuk boxes first came into the public sphere when one was advertised on eBay, complete with its own horror story. Owner Kevin Mannis had bought the box in 2003 from a family and was...read more...
- 2/24/2017
- by David Inglis
- Monsters and Critics
Chicago – In the last days of August 2012, three generically titled ghost pictures had the misfortune of opening at more or less the exact same time. None of them were particularly memorable, yet only one managed to produce any semblance of genuine chills. There are enough eerie moments in “The Possession,” the demonic thriller from gifted Danish director Ole Bornedal, that one wishes that it pushed past the boundaries of its tame PG-13 rating.
The script by Juliet Snowden and Stiles White is a Judaic variation on “The Exorcist,” complete with a hasidic scholar barking out chants just like Max Von Sydow. The success of this formula succeeds or fails largely on the strength of its central performance from the possessed victim, which often takes the form of a young girl. “Exorcist” star Linda Blair set a spectacularly high bar that no imitator has been able to equal, and “The Possession”’s pint-sized leading lady,...
The script by Juliet Snowden and Stiles White is a Judaic variation on “The Exorcist,” complete with a hasidic scholar barking out chants just like Max Von Sydow. The success of this formula succeeds or fails largely on the strength of its central performance from the possessed victim, which often takes the form of a young girl. “Exorcist” star Linda Blair set a spectacularly high bar that no imitator has been able to equal, and “The Possession”’s pint-sized leading lady,...
- 1/30/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The Possession explores terrifying real-life tale of the Dibbuk Box, new posters and stills released
Back in 2001, writer Kevin Mannis bought an antique wine cabinet at an estate sale in Portland, Oregon.
Described as the Dibbuk Box, it had belonged to a Holocaust survivor who acquired it in Spain and later brought it to the USA.
Mannis sold the box on eBay in 2004, claiming in the auction listing that a number of unfortunate, bizarre or terrifying incidents had befallen everyone who came into contact with it. Subsequent owners have made similar claims of supernatural activity surrounding the box.
The item is now believed by many to be haunted by a dibbuk (or dybbuk), a spirit of Jewish folklore.
Filmmaker Sam Raimi and producing partner Nathan Kahane became aware of the stories through a newspaper article, with Kahane suggesting it would make a great idea for a movie.
The end result is supernatural chiller The Possession, released in cinemas by Lionsgate today, August 31. The trailer, a scary clip,...
Described as the Dibbuk Box, it had belonged to a Holocaust survivor who acquired it in Spain and later brought it to the USA.
Mannis sold the box on eBay in 2004, claiming in the auction listing that a number of unfortunate, bizarre or terrifying incidents had befallen everyone who came into contact with it. Subsequent owners have made similar claims of supernatural activity surrounding the box.
The item is now believed by many to be haunted by a dibbuk (or dybbuk), a spirit of Jewish folklore.
Filmmaker Sam Raimi and producing partner Nathan Kahane became aware of the stories through a newspaper article, with Kahane suggesting it would make a great idea for a movie.
The end result is supernatural chiller The Possession, released in cinemas by Lionsgate today, August 31. The trailer, a scary clip,...
- 9/2/2012
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
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