iPossessed

Well they are likable at first. The movie does a good job getting you invested in the characters before....ya know. It also has a few laughs but not too many. There's some heavier topics addressed (not including the ax murdering) that would have derailed the movie with too much "Ha Ha". I would have liked if the lore about the entity and the Creole Man was fleshed out a little more but the length of the movie was definitely spot on. I think the Creole Man might actually be the more interesting character. You will feel a bit of sympathy for sure. Balancing the development of 3 dimensional characters while keeping a tight run time seems to create a bit of a trade off which had me making "head cannon" to fill the gaps but the characters were better for it.

As a fan of Indy horror I've seen lots of great ideas and even more bad ones. IPossessed is a solid entry and does stand out from many of its peers.

Lastly Sebastian sucks (not the actor...sorry). I was very happy with how his story played out.

Returning home from the war, a retired Army veteran decides to hold a housewarming party with his friends and family at a new farmhouse he's purchased, but when his struggles with the war threaten to interfere in the night, a demonic possession proves to be the least of his worries.

This was a fairly fun if somewhat flawed genre effort. When this one works well is due to the main setup involving the means of possession and how the group is caught up in the act. The initial gathering at the house and letting everyone go through their initial introductions showing them trying to bond over the past and what happened to them while they were in the war which starts to affect the rest of the trip gets this one off to a strong start with the whole thing bringing up the possession incredibly well. As the traumatic events in the past get shared and the idea of the possessed figure forcing them into the open to discuss the issues they've long since forgotten about and buried, it causes the film to delve into an uncomfortable series of discussions and revelations about what's going on that include infidelity, accidental pregnancies, and other incidents that are soon revealed leading to plenty of graphic deaths here for a lot to like about it. While these features come together rather well, the whole thing is soon undone by the inability to make the possession a prominent threat at the expense of the trauma porn the rest of the film delves into. After setting up the stages of the possession and whether it's true or not, the individual simply sits soundly doing nothing, letting the others play out their conversations without interference. This drastically reduces the tension and fear of what's going on by going for endless dialogue scenes about their tortured pasts and buried secrets, without getting the kind of supernatural action that was promised when it was initially brought about, that a demonic possession was bringing up. That causes the other issue here in that it focuses so heavily on these aspects of grief and trauma that it's not nearly as interesting or thrilling as it thinks it is going through the mindset as it falls into a series of cliches that are part of the genre inherently through using these tactics, all of which bring this one down.

Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Language and Graphic Violence.

I was pretty curious about this movie which, at the time of my review, reaches an average of 8.9/10.

Curious and also doubtful cause i'm quite a fan of horror movies, and i never heard of it. So i knew something was wrong. Well, this movie is.

The title has no freaking connection with the movie, the acting is not good (not really bad either, just "awh"), yet the photography is ok. The story goes in every direction, piling up stereotype elements of horror without developing them.

It's not awfull, but hell it doesn't deserve more than a 5/10 imo.

About the 10/10 ratings, many of the reviewers have only 1 rating, one more proof that they're fake.

(Pardon my english, i'm french and not used to review, i was just angry with all those bots so i had to notice you)

...sadly this isn't either. The opening sequence itself had me questioning whether I had read the wrong synopsis - what on earth? Some spectacularly cardboard acting from every actor that showed up on screen (aside from the cows - stirling job from them, setting the bar very high in the opening sequence!).

I just couldn't get past the cliches - spooky neighbour although in middle of nowhere? Check. Spliff smoking buddy? Check. Strange noises with logical explanations? Check. Did someone ask Siri or Alexa what the top typical ingredients for a horror were?

Definitely suspicious of the many 10 ratings on here, I know not everyone reviews every film they watch but seems wonderfully coincidental doesn't it.

If you've really got nothing else doing then by all means give it a go, expect the bar to be lower than a champion limbo dancer would attempt and then perhaps you'll be mildly surprised?

I felt the movie had a slow start but it definitely got better. I enjoyed the storyline. It certainly kept your attention and kept you guessing as to what was happening. There were a lot of little things to notice that were very cool. Once you got past the slow start, it got pretty exciting. The big negative for me was the acting - especially in the beginning and especially the main character. It felt like a bad horror film at first. Zoe and Buckley were top notch in their roles but Tad just didn't win me over. His acting felt forced. I really hope they have some success with this film as they have put their heart and soul into it.