The Possession of Michael King
The film tells the story of documentary filmmaker Michael King (Shane Johnson), who doesn’t believe in God or the Devil. Following the sudden death of his wife, Michael decides to make his next film about the search for the existence of the supernatural, making himself the center of the experiment – allowing demonologists, necromancers, and various practitioners of the occult to try the deepest and darkest spells and rituals they can find on him – in the hopes that when they fail, he’ll once and for all have proof that religion, spiritualism, and the paranormal are nothing more than myth. But something does happen. An evil and horrifying force has taken over Michael King. And it will not let him go.
A found-footage dive into self-imposed possession that probes faith, grief, and the darkness we invite when challenging the supernatural.
- Michael King’s descent is a rare twist: possession as experiment, not accident, adding philosophical weight to familiar devil horror.
- Shane Johnson’s committed lead anchors the film’s tension, selling both skepticism and terror with quiet intensity.
- Practical effects and occult rituals build a grim atmosphere that leans into dread over cheap scares—though jump scares do punctuate the ride.
- For fans of possession tales who want a meta angle and a slow-burn unraveling of faith and madness, this one’s a thoughtful if uneven entry.
