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urgeok 11-17-2004 07:13 AM

Urgeok's Recomendations 2 - Possession (1981)
 
This one is a mixed bag. I'll get flamed by 1/2 the people who may have seen or will see this film because it's extremely over the top.
You'll either hate it or love it .. there's no in between.

It stars Sam Neil who's a kind of corporate spy who comes back from an assignement to find his wife (Isabelle Adjani) on the verge of leaving him. He suspects she has a lover ... And he's right - (and then some) - and sets out trying to get his family back together.

Its a French/German coproduction but it has the feel of an italian surrealist horror film.
For one thing .. the people are acting their brains out .. way over the top. No emotion is anything but uber-amplified ...
This will turn off 80 - 90% of the viewers - i guarentee it.
There is one actor - Heinz Bennent - who has to be seen to be believed ... funny as hell .. strange as anything.

The horror elements are a long time coming so you have to have patience .. its a long build up - you have to deal with a lot of emotional relationship ending drama at the beginning and you'll wonder if its a horror film at all.

Then it starts getting creepier and creepier .. to a very unsettling climax.

I'll be frank - it's an art-house horror. Dont even think about looking for it unless you can deal with that kind of thing.
Its pretentious, tiring, overblown ... but it has something that hooked me.

There is a chopped down 80 minute version of this. I finally found and watched the full 127 minute version. If you're still interested .. try to find the full version.

ShankS 11-17-2004 08:41 AM

I think I've seen this, or bits of it a long while ago.

your synopsis rings a bell

newb 11-17-2004 08:55 AM

NUDITY REPORT
Isabelle Adjani is seen topless in three different scenes.


Perhaps you should include a nudity report in your reviews..........not for me...um...er.......for the PERVS.

urgeok 11-17-2004 09:00 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by newb
NUDITY REPORT
Isabelle Adjani is seen topless in three different scenes.


Perhaps you should include a nudity report in your reviews..........not for me...um...er.......for the PERVS.

i'll warn you though .. she doesnt look good in the movie .. pretty haggard ..

Elvis_Christ 05-17-2009 11:03 PM

I really should get around to watching this sometime.

neverending 05-17-2009 11:44 PM

Nevermind.....

Angra 05-18-2009 12:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elvis_Christ (Post 807258)
I really should get around to watching this sometime.


Gravedigger...

Ferox13 05-18-2009 02:28 AM

I liked it but i can see why some people don't..

urgeok2 05-18-2009 04:04 AM

wow, old thread - i forgot about these

Elvis_Christ 05-18-2009 05:00 AM

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Originally Posted by urgeok2 (Post 807294)
wow, old thread - i forgot about these

Do some more :)


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