In 1973, it was a girl’s relationship with a Ouija board in The Exorcism. Today, it was a girl’s relationship with a box in The Possession. The topic of possession is a common horror film subject. It is like the disease or virus common in many modern day Horror-Sci-Fi blends.  Possession is a sickness that once caught is dangerous to the individual and everyone nearby. It is even possibly contagious. Yet, with a horror-film virus like zombie-ism, or possession, characters are skeptical of the affected person, because it cannot possibly be something foreign that is ailing the individual and causing disruptive mood swings. It must be something more quantifiable; crumbling relationships, a mood disorder, or maybe even simple adolescence? Yet, we all know, as shown in every modern day horror movie regarding possession, that evil is at the core and this evil can only be defeated with God. Now, many of you are not religious and I am always very careful when I speak of religion as I respect everyone’s belief, whether they believe in religion, or just God, or do not believe in either. This blog post is about the film The Possession, the purported true events around the film, and the overall belief of possession. Continue reading “The Possession” »