Possession fingerprintA , horror movie: , but heartfelt.
Good for friends night · thought-provoking · adults
Inhuman ecstasy fulfilled.
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In the United States, Possession streams on Philo, AMC+, Criterion, Shudder, and Metrograph, and it is free with ads on Kanopy and Hoopla. You can rent or buy it from Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, and Fandango At Home. It also streams in 12 other countries.
Mostly, it's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 74 (IMDb 7.2 and Metacritic 75).
Yes, it's frightening: scares are rated 8 of 10, and some images are gruesome (grotesque 9 of 10).
Probably not: the title analysis rates it 10 of 10 for bleakness and 8 for melancholy, against 0 for hopefulness.
Yes: it cost about $2 million to make and earned $1 million worldwide, 50% of its budget.
TV Tropes lists 92 tropes for it, including Ax-Crazy, Rule of Symbolism, and Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane.
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