The Possession of Michael King

The Possession of Michael King

If you invite it in, it will never let you go.

Directed by David Jung

Produced by Quickfire Films, Gold Circle Films

201483 min6.1 / 10

A found-footage horror film about a skeptical filmmaker who deliberately invites demonic possession to disprove the supernatural, only to have his arrogance catastrophically backfire.

The film tells the story of documentary filmmaker Michael King (Shane Johnson), who doesn’t believe in God or the Devil. Following the sudden death of his wife, Michael decides to make his next film about the search for the existence of the supernatural, making himself the center of the experiment – allowing demonologists, necromancers, and various practitioners of the occult to try the deepest and darkest spells and rituals they can find on him – in the hopes that when they fail, he’ll once and for all have proof that religion, spiritualism, and the paranormal are nothing more than myth. But something does happen. An evil and horrifying force has taken over Michael King. And it will not let him go.

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  • Is The Possession of Michael King scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Is The Possession of Michael King easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Does The Possession of Michael King end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.

  • Is The Possession of Michael King violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

  • Is The Possession of Michael King sad? Yes. More sad than 75% of films.

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