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AICN Presents An Exclusive First Image From THE POSSESSION (Produced By Sam Raimi And Directed By Ole Bornedal)!
Beaks here...
The below picture is one of the more compelling illustrations on record as to why one should never open a dybbuk box. What's a dybbuk box? Well, it's an antique case that, according to Jewish folklore, contains a pissed-off evil spirit. In Ole Bornedal's THE POSSESSION, one such spirit takes control of a young girl (Natasha Calis), which leads to all manner of calamity for her already fractured family (the separated parents are played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Kyra Sedgwick). It's produced by Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert, and written by the team of Juliet Snowden and Stiles White (who were recently assigned to the POLTERGEIST remake).
The film is due out on August 31, 2012, and I've heard from a number of trusted sources that it's a very effective horror flick. I was a fan of Bornedal's original NIGHTWATCH, so here's hoping he's brought some of that disquieting style to his first Hollywood film in over a decade.
Tzadok (Matisyahu, bottom), Clyde (Jeffrey Dean Morgan, left), Em (Natasha Calis, center) and Stephanie (Kyra Sedgwick, right) in THE POSSESSION. Photo credit: Diyah Pera
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wtf is going on?!?!?!
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sounds more intriguing then this movie.
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July 30, 2012, 1:32 p.m. CST
these supernatural movie are so cut and paste these days...
by Raptor Jesus
We've seen them all so many times.
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Totally ripe for a caption contest.
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Don't take any shit from that dybbuk!
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I said, "More ham."
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July 30, 2012, 1:41 p.m. CST
The second I saw the pic I thought, 'good lord, the talkback will have a perverse hayday with this'...
by 3774
...the first post got the ball rolling. Let's see what happens.
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Manifestations of cousin It
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Well I'll be damned. For real.
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The story behind the dybbuk box, nothing like the movie based on it, is pretty darn creepy. I would have liked to have seen a movie closer to the "true" story, not one with a little girl in danger. Check it out in this week's EW.
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... in the fuck would you EVER remake Poltergeist???? Except for greed, that is...
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Look at the picture - its self-explanatory.
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if you've seen 1 flick about possession, you've seen them all. Do something new with it or fuck off.
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...pissing on that guy? Shouldn't this be called 'The Piss-ition'?
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same old lazy bullshit.
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July 30, 2012, 3:01 p.m. CST
Is it me, or are we now in the era of one exorcism film per year?
by Kamaji
At the rate their going, the 'horror' of exorcism is going to reach a rate of screams-to-laughter not seen since 'Repossessed.'
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Is Repossessed a haunted car movie? If so, I'm in!
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...no one else cared about another exorcist
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July 30, 2012, 3:17 p.m. CST
harp121 - You're killin' me here! You've never heard of 'Repossessed!?'
by Kamaji
It was a Leslie Nielsen-starring parody also featuring Linda Blair, who becomes 're-possessed.' A new priest wants to help her, but also, I believe some religious program wants to air the exorcism on live television.
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...that they untie your shoelaces so you'll trip over and graze your knee.
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I've never heard of this!!! I watch fucking everything and this is new to me! Like my idea with the car, though... LOL
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...leaves tons of room for a prequel. By never being made.
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Anyone else see the pics of Larry/Lana? I mean, Seriously? OK, I get the reassignment, but what is up with those pink dreadlocks? And, how much helium does (s)he inhale to sound like that? Oh yeah, and this pic for The Posession looks like they're in the middle of a Heavy Metal Air Guitar Jam Session. Just sayin.....
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The only two movies that got the mood and atmosphere right were Raiders of the Lost Ark and the first 10-15 minutes of The Exorcist. Raiders gives you the chills every time the fucking wind blows. It sounds like fucking spirits are traveling on the wind, something common in Hebrew folklore. God is not Morgan Freeman, he is an "it," a fucking angry and terrifying force you don't fuck with and you don't even fucking look at even if you're a good guy. This is why Raiders is so kickass. You don't go digging up relics of an angry God and not expect your fucking face to melt off. The Exorcist, the demon Puzuzu, Captain Howdy, is an ancient Sumerian demon that seems to be more akin to something Lovecraft would have conceived. The whole first few minutes of the movie is what the fuck. The weird scene where the priest is almost rundown by the grinning "thing" in black riding in the carriage is probably where the movie Jacob's Ladder got its inspiration. Fucking clocks stop ticking, the Priest is constantly sick and nauseous, and when he goes to the big Captain Howdy statue, it's giving off such a powerful negative force that dogs are fucking fighting. So, if Raimi wants to make a movie about a demon out of jewish folklore, he needs to do it right... however, I fear he's just going to do his usual slapstick comedy over the top horror.
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July 30, 2012, 4:02 p.m. CST
not....gonna....watch....the.....devil's.....wind(s)
by Cursum Perficio
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A young girl discovers a mysterious box containing a strange toy that sends her and her family on a journey of hair-raising adventure and intense self-discovery.
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July 30, 2012, 4:40 p.m. CST
The original archived story from the eBay posting is pretty damn creepy if anyone wants to read it.
by kidicarus
http://web.archive.org/web/20051105000557/www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/rubyc/eBay_dibbuk.htm
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Yeah funny schmunny remarks etc If you've seen any of Bjornedal's recent films (foreign language ones.... you know) you have plenty reason to be excited about this one (if you haven't, check out 'just another love story'. Long time since Hollywood produced such a good thriller)
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If even half of that story is true, it's creepy stuff!
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Possession...Riding you hard Possession...Riding onto you.
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and a superhero who fights demons.
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I thought it was the deleted ending from "A Serbian Film."
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It's not like evil isn't worse than ever before. Hello drones ! Hello Obama ! Hello The Dark Knight Rises !
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July 30, 2012, 10:41 p.m. CST
killer_instinct, he became a major hollywood director and produces younger film maker's work that he likes (mainly low budget horror)
by Talkbacker with no name
What else do you need to know?
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July 31, 2012, 1:37 a.m. CST
They're all tripping balls after swigging from the giant bottle of urine, sitting in the background.
by Happyfat73
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After viewing the sickly-sweet, "Oz: The Great And Powerful" trailer...Really, Sam? looks more akin to Burton's latest over-stylised shenanigans on "Alice". Produced a load of third-rate horror flicks, "Boogeyman": Load of old uninspired twaddle. Let's get back to the, "Drag Me To Hell", "Evil Dead" way of things; you are better than that. Hell - I'd even settle for a "DARKMAN II",(a proper one that is). Not the straight-to-video, Arnold Vosloo tripe. Still, as always: There is money to be made at Disney, so why not?
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He made 'Army of Shit-tastic Darkness', that's what.
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Damn, they need me in Hollywood to name this shite.
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