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The Possession of Joel Delaney

1972 ·1h 45m · ★ 5.6 (36)

An upper-class Manhattan divorcee comes to believe that her brother is possessed by the spirit of a serial killer who beheaded young women in Spanish Harlem.

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Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
0
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
100
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
86
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
100
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
0
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
17
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
17
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
100
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
0
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Content Warnings

Dehumanization
Phobia triggers

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TMDB Keywords

based on novel or bookbrother sister relationshipclass differencesmanhattan, new york citymental illnessnew york citysatanismsocial classsocialitespiritualism

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