Possession
1981
Inhuman ecstasy fulfilled.
Directed by Andrzej Żuławski
User Rating
Intensity
A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he suspects that a man is involved. But gradually, he finds out more and more strange behaviors and bizarre incidents that indicate something more than a possessed love affair.
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- Director
- Andrzej Żuławski
- Written by
- Andrzej Żuławski
- Produced by
- Marie-Laure Reyre
- Composer
- Andrzej Korzyński
- Cinematographer
- Bruno Nuytten
- Origin country
- France
- Production countries
- France, Germany
- Runtime
- 2h 4m
- Language
- en
- Rating
- NR
- Also known as
- The Night the Screaming Stops
- TMDB
- 7.3/10 (1,324 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 87% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 75/100
- IMDb
- 7.2/10 (55,674 votes)
Cast
Isabelle Adjani
Anna / Helen
Sam Neill
Mark
Margit Carstensen
Margit Gluckmeister
Heinz Bennent
Heinrich
Johanna Hofer
Heinrich's Mother
Carl Duering
Private Detective
Shaun Lawton
Zimmermann
Michael Hogben
Bob
Maximilian Rüthlein
Man with Pink Socks
Thomas Frey
Pink Sock's Acolyte
Leslie Malton
Sara
Gerd Neubert
Subway Drunk
Ilse Bahrs
Karin Mumm
Herbert Chwoika
Barbara Stanek
Ilse Trautschold
Harry Riebauer
Man at the Conference
Crew
Keywords
Links
Trailer
Podcasts
The Evolution of Horror — MIND & BODY Pt 9: Possession (1981)
Appears in
BFI: The Ultimate Horror Watchlist
Birthing the Antichrist
House of Psychotic Women
Kim Newman — Nightmare Movies
Mind & Body - The Evolution of Horror Podcast
Rolling Stone: 101 Best Horror Movies of All Time
Slant Magazine: 100 Greatest Horror Films of All Time
The Monstrous Mother
Time Out: 100 Best Horror Films
Transgressive Horror
Variety: 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time
Video Nasties: DPP 72
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User Notes
It doesn't maintain its full intensity over its entire run-time, but it certainly contains some of the most intense individual scenes I have experienced in a horror film (outside of those including real violence or abuse).