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The Possession of Michael King

Name: The Possession of Michael King
Genre: Horror
Released: 2014
Duration: 83 min
Cast: Shane Johnson, Dale Dickey, Julie McNiven, Tomas Arana, Ella Anderson

Taste attributes: horrorrobots/ai/spacemonster/alien/supernaturalslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginarysimplegrittyemotive & stirringall consuming questfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalinjustice/tragedy/vengeancerescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphs

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"If you invite it in, it will never let you go."

Boxlist takeExpect an otherworldly, serious horror film, dark rather than wholesome. Best if you like depth over escapism.

Taste details

Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: balanced · Look: gritty · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

6.0 /10

TMDB · 272 votes

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Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it

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Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism

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Synopsis

The film tells the story of documentary filmmaker Michael King (Shane Johnson), who doesn’t believe in God or the Devil. Following the sudden death of his wife, Michael decides to make his next film about the search for the existence of the supernatural, making himself the center of the experiment – allowing demonologists, necromancers, and various practitioners of the occult to try the deepest and darkest spells and rituals they can find on him – in the hopes that when they fail, he’ll once and for all have proof that religion, spiritualism, and the paranormal are nothing more than myth. But something does happen. An evil and horrifying force has taken over Michael King. And it will not let him go.

Synopsis: TMDB