The Possession of Michael King

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The Possession of Michael King

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Released Aug 22, 2014

1h 23m

Horror

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An evil force takes control of a grieving filmmaker (Shane Johnson) who has vowed to disprove the existence of the paranormal.

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Justin Chang

Variety

Nowhere near as rigorous as the "Paranormal Activity" movies it superficially resembles, writer-director David Jung's increasingly unpleasant, rarely frightening debut feature won't possess screens for long.

Aug 23, 2014

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Martin Tsai

Los Angeles Times

Why would a possessed Michael continue to operate the camera or even turn on night vision? You simply can't capitalize on a filmmaking fad by shortchanging the audience.

Aug 22, 2014

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Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

Jung's film goes through all the machinations of a found footage possession film with about as much creative spark as an apathetic teen checking off a list in a film class that he hates.

Rated: 1/4

Aug 22, 2014

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Abbie Bernstein

Assignment X

The Possession of Michael King is unlikely to terrify genre fans, but it's got a consistent sense of tension, strong atmosphere and a lead actor who really makes you fear for his character. It's not brilliant, but for what it aims to do, it's good.

Rated: B

Jan 11, 2019

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Nguyên Lê

The Script Lab

If it isn't the love child of Paranormal Activity and The Last Exorcism! On paper it's interesting, but the end result is anything but.

Oct 10, 2018

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Pablo Villaça

Cinema em Cena

Se o Diabo existisse, ele seria o responsvel por este filme.

Rated: 1/5

Sep 30, 2015

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Jeffrey P

Surprisingly effective "found footage" possession horror. Kept my attention throughout, but the ending could have been better.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/12/23

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Sean D

Exceeded my expectations!! I'm a big horror fan , but started avoiding films starting with "the possession of" . As most of them are so generic and pointless. Well I'm glad this one caught my attention and I tried it. It's fun, surprisingly creepy, and gets quite intense towards the end

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/08/23

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rosie m

I liked it, I am an horror fans and, thought no perfect, the movie is original, creepy and intense. I like horrors which have interesting build up instead than the classic "things were OK but then..." where much of the time is spent in characters building in order for the audience to "care about them" and give context, I found that this movie build with an original and captivating narrative, The slow but inevitable descent into the horror he unleashs creeps up as much for the character as for the audience, you know what's coming is bad and nothing can now stop it.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/06/22

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E B

Best found footage movie of all time IMO

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/03/22

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Liam D

While I do like the elements of Psychological and depression plus the main character is a filmmaker the way that the movie is found footage is brought into question

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

06/01/22

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Audience Member

This is a fantastic scary movie. This guy is so dumb he not only doesn't believe in possessions he tries to become possessed. He visits people trying to have them put a demon inside him and boy does he regret it lol. I actually think this is a scary movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Synopsis

An evil force takes control of a grieving filmmaker (Shane Johnson) who has vowed to disprove the existence of the paranormal.

Director: David Jung
Producer: Paul Brooks, David Jung
Screenwriter: David Jung
Distributor: Anchor Bay, Freestyle Releasing
Production Co: IM Global, Quickfire Films
Rating: R (Language|Disturbing Violent Content|Sexual Material|Some Drug Use)
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 22, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 2, 2016
Runtime: 1h 23m

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