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The Possession is a american film of genre Drama directed by Ole Bornedal released in USA on 31 august 2012 with Natasha Calis
The Possession (2012)
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Add to a movie listThe Possession is a 2012 supernatural horror film directed by Ole Bornedal and produced by Sam Raimi. It was released in the US on August 31, 2012, with the film premiering at the Film4 FrightFest.
The story is based on the allegedly haunted dybbuk box. Bornedal cited films like The Exorcist as an inspiration, praising their subtlety.
Synopsis
A newly separated couple Clyde (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and Stephanie Brenek (Kyra Sedgwick) live in different homes. After Clyde picks up their two children, Emily "Em" (Natasha Calis) and Hannah (Madison Davenport), for the weekend, they stop at a yard sale where Em becomes intrigued by an old wooden box that has Hebrew letters engraved on it. Clyde buys the box for Em, and they later find that there seems no way to open it. That night, Em hears whispering coming from the box. She is able to open it, and finds a tooth, a dead moth, a wooden figurine, and a ring, which she begins to wear. Em becomes solitary, and her behavior becomes increasingly sinister; she stabs her father in the hand with a fork. The house becomes infested with moths.Actors
Natasha Calis
(Emily "Em" Brenek)
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
(Clyde Brenek)
Kyra Sedgwick
(Stephanie Brenek)
Nana Gbewonyo
Rob LaBelle
(Russell)
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