In taking his inspiration from Jimmy Savile, Holness has placed at the centre of his film the sort of bogeyman who could give even Michael Myers nightmares.

| Jan 26, 2019

The film has a striking aesthetic and atmospheric assurance that takes a particular British miserabilism into near-abstract terrain, not unlike Cronenberg's vaguely similar (if more rigorously plotted) "Spider."

| Nov 2, 2018

In the end, there's little payoff for all the repetitive series of evocative visions and mute stares.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 28, 2018

Not an easy film to like by design, but formally impressive nonetheless.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 25, 2018

Holness makes his debut behind the camera in expertly clammy style.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 24, 2018

It is deadly serious, but carries with it an echo or ghost of how this same material could have been played as ironic black comedy.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 24, 2018

A disturbing, curiously beautiful British horror exercise. Recommended, but with a warning: next time you wake up in the middle of the night, you'll find Possum at the end of the bed.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 22, 2018

Even though it's all build-up and little in the way of scary pay-off, the film still works to a certain extent, just not as a traditional horror.

| Jul 11, 2018

Possum ultimately has to stand or fall on its own merits, and at heart is a serious and dark journey into the labyrinths of cruelty and abuse.

| Jul 9, 2018