The Possession

Follow @empiremagazine

Forum Home

Register for Free!

Log In

Moderator Tickets

FAQ

Users Online

The Possession

Logged in as: Guest

Printable Version

All Forums >> [Film Forums] >> Film Reviews >> The Possession

Page: [1]

Message

<< Older Topic Newer Topic >>

The Possession - 31/8/2012 6:22:20 PM

Empire Admin

Posts: 26334
Joined: 29/6/2005

Post your comments on this article

Post #: 1

RE: The Possession - 31/8/2012 7:43:39 PM

UTB

Posts: 8983
Joined: 30/9/2005

Does Newman text these reviews in, or something?

(in reply to Empire Admin)

Post #: 2

RE: The Possession - 31/8/2012 8:49:04 PM

Qwerty Norris

Posts: 3152
Joined: 26/10/2005
From: Edinburgh

What do you know? Another mediocre mainstream horror....

It feels like the genre's in big trouble - somebody please help it out!

_____________________________

Qwerty's Top 10 of 2013 (so far)

1. Zero Dark Thirty
2. No
3. In The Fog
4. Good Vibrations
5. McCullin
6. Beyond the Hills
7. The Place Beyond the Pines
8. Wreck-it Ralph
9. Shell
10. In The House

(in reply to UTB)

Post #: 3

Laughably awful. - 31/8/2012 9:03:27 PM

TheMightyBlackout

Posts: 93
Joined: 28/4/2012
From: Oxford, UK

It's based on a true story, alright. The true story of the every other time I saw a film as tedious and predictable as this.
Natasha Calis does a reasonable job at long, unnerving stares, but it's a sad day when the best thing about a film is a kid who's not doing anything.

When the final scene closed and the credits appeared on-screen, a ripple of laughter actually went around the cinema. I kid you not.

_____________________________

More reviews and rambling like that ^^^ at: >>>WorldOfBlackout.co.uk <<<

(in reply to Empire Admin)

Post #: 4

RE: Laughably awful. - 7/9/2012 10:15:40 AM

piginapoke

Posts: 91
Joined: 14/9/2006

SPOILERS
It was OK. Didn't really have much depth to it but the sense of dread with the box was good (despite the comedic look to the box opening, or was that me?) The effects were restrained which worked well.
Was it me or was the moths bits overplayed (moths in the room, moths out of the mouth) given that it didn't help explain the origins of the person/demon in the box. Thinking about it, there was very little back story about the person/demon unless I missed something.

Bit of a cheap ending or are they holding out for a sequel? How did that car end up so badly written off given that we saw the impact?

2/5

_____________________________

Films seen this year

Wreck it Ralph - 3/5
Evil Dead 3/5

(in reply to TheMightyBlackout)

Post #: 5

RE: Laughably awful. - 7/9/2012 10:47:59 AM

DancingClown

Posts: 3587
Joined: 8/1/2006
From: The Lot

Roger Ebert's been raving about this, oddly.

Personally I think the whole 'ghost in a box' thing sounds a little like Joe Hill's 'Heart Shaped Box', which is something I'd much rather see than this.

_____________________________

Astronomic Tune Boy

'The town knew darkness, and darkness was enough.'

"Storm just bleeewwww me away..."

(in reply to piginapoke)

Post #: 6

Re: The Possession - 11/9/2012 2:42:39 PM

tomlyn11

Posts: 1
Joined: 13/7/2006

Well, my son asked me to go and see the film, mainly to gain a free meal! I thought of it as a cross between a Jewish "Exorcist" and "The Ring". I simply found it entertaining, enough psychological tension and special effects nicely done in the right places, admittadly I haven't been to see a horror film for some time at the cinema.

(in reply to Empire Admin)

Post #: 7