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The Possession of Michael King

2014 ·1h 23m · ★ 6.1 (433)

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.

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Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
14
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
83
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
100
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
80
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
0
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
50
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
33
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
43
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
0
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Setting

Cemetery

Content Warnings

Body HorrorDehumanization
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TMDB Keywords

absurdbaffledcamerademonic possessiondemonologistfaux documentaryloss of wifenecromancerouija boardparanormal phenomenapseudo-documentarysatanic ritualself destructiveness

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