CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 2012
The Possession posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE2012 1h 32m USA

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

Movies like
The Possession

Horror
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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME

Keep the feeling.

SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION

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The Taking of Deborah Logan poster 01

Movie / 2014 / Horror / Thriller

The Taking of Deborah Logan

Why this pick

Its intimate mother-daughter caregiving setup gives the escalating possession horror an emotional, familial weight close to The Possession, while the investigation gradually exposes something ancient and malevolent.

The Exorcism of Emily Rose poster 02

Movie / 2005 / Crime / Drama / Horror / Thriller

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

Why this pick

This combines grounded family anguish, religious dread, and a restrained supernatural investigation. Its sober approach to possession echoes the serious, emotionally invested tone of The Possession.

The Autopsy of Jane Doe poster 03

Movie / 2016 / Horror / Thriller

The Autopsy of Jane Doe

Why this pick

A tightly contained supernatural mystery with a parent-child pair under pressure, it shares The Possession’s methodical discovery of an evil object’s history and its escalating sense of inescapable danger.

The Exorcist poster 04

Movie / 1973 / Horror

The Exorcist

Why this pick

The foundational intimate possession drama: a mother watches her daughter become unreachable while medical and spiritual explanations collide. Its realistic family distress is a clear match for The Possession’s strongest element.

The Medium poster 05

Movie / 2021 / Horror / Thriller

The Medium

Why this pick

It turns possession into a painful family crisis rather than a mere scare mechanism, using a documentary-like investigation and mounting ritual dread to create an increasingly harrowing atmosphere.

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

A newly separated couple Clyde Brenek (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and Stephanie (Kyra Sedgwick) live in separate homes. After Clyde picks up their two children, Emily "Em" (Natasha Calis) and Hannah (Madison Davenport), for the weekend, they stop at a yard sale where Em becomes intrigued by an Dybbuk box that has Hebrew letters engraved on it.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Natasha Calis

Em

Madison Davenport

Madison Davenport

Hannah

Kyra Sedgwick

Kyra Sedgwick

Stephanie

Quinn Lord

Quinn Lord

Student

Jay Brazeau

Jay Brazeau

Professor McMannis

Erin Simms

Possessed Italian Girl

Grant Show

Grant Show

Brett

Tim Perez

Officer