The demonic possession of a child gets yet another turn in Ole Bornedal's The Possession based on the 2004 LA Times article by Leslie Gornstein titled A Jinx in a Box. But what makes this one a bit different is the absence of Catholic priest brought in to exorcise the demon from a writhing, contorting youth and instead features an age-old Yiddish legend about the "Dybbuk," a wandering spirit believed to the the dislocated soul of an dead person. OK, only a slight twist on the formula, but a different take nonetheless.
The movie tells the tale of a young girl (Madison Davenport) who begins behaving unnaturally after opening a mysterious wooden box she bought at a yard sale. The girls parents (Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Kyra Sedgwick) are then forced to extreme measures with hopes of exorcising the demons.
Aside from Sam Raimi's involvement - via his Ghost House Pictures - we're not really treated to anything promising in the trailer for The Possession. And the fact that the film's rating was changed from an R down to a PG-13 isn't very promising either. We'll reserve final judgment for August 31st when the film hits theaters, but it's not looking too good at this point.
Check out the trailer below or head over to Yahoo! movies to watch it in high definition.
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