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The Possession of Michael King

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An evil force takes control of a grieving filmmaker (Shane Johnson) who has vowed to disprove the existence of the paranormal.
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Justin Chang Variety Nowhere near as rigorous as the "Paranormal Activity" movies it superficially resembles, writer-director David Jung's increasingly unpleasant, rarely frightening debut feature won't possess screens for long. Aug 23, 2014 Full Review Martin Tsai Los Angeles Times Why would a possessed Michael continue to operate the camera or even turn on night vision? You simply can't capitalize on a filmmaking fad by shortchanging the audience. Aug 22, 2014 Full Review Brian Tallerico RogerEbert.com Jung's film goes through all the machinations of a found footage possession film with about as much creative spark as an apathetic teen checking off a list in a film class that he hates. Rated: 1/4 Aug 22, 2014 Full Review Abbie Bernstein Assignment X The Possession of Michael King is unlikely to terrify genre fans, but it's got a consistent sense of tension, strong atmosphere and a lead actor who really makes you fear for his character. It's not brilliant, but for what it aims to do, it's good. Rated: B Jan 11, 2019 Full Review Nguyên Lê The Script Lab If it isn't the love child of Paranormal Activity and The Last Exorcism! On paper it's interesting, but the end result is anything but. Oct 10, 2018 Full Review Pablo Villaça Cinema em Cena Se o Diabo existisse, ele seria o responsvel por este filme. Rated: 1/5 Sep 30, 2015 Full Review Read all reviews

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Gabriel T It has good horror scenes but it uses an overused idea (the atheist who proves himself wrong by facing a demon). It relies on religion and it's quite offensive for atheist people. The best scenes are in the middle of the movie not in the climax, so it becomes unbalanced. It also appears to use ideas from "The exorcism of Deborah Logan" and "The conjuring" in many aspects, what's uncreative. Being an atheist myself, not really bad but not good as well Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 04/21/25 Full Review Jun L Story was interesting, and the method of possessions and its affects were interesting as well. but acting wasn't great, came off cringy a lot of the times and even laughable at certain scenes. However, some scenes came off decent, despite being a low-budget film, so it's a more or less ok film, but I wouldn't rewatch it. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 04/15/25 Full Review Rich N Fairly good, edge of your seat style horror. Throw in more blood, murder and maybe an unrated directors cut and this would get better reviews Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/22/25 Full Review Milan B I liked this movie, tho far from perfect it has some true sinister shots and a heavy atmosphere which pulls you down with the descent into madness of Michael King, I also think Michael is likeable, and so all the more gripping when he slowly goes toward what the audience obviously already knows, that Michael is getting possessed. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/24/25 Full Review Justin O A "found footage" horror film, that is better then most in it's sub-genre because of its premise, that being a filmmaker (played by Shane Johnson) making a film aiming to disprove the supernatural because he himself does not. He openly mocks demons while trying to summon multiple demons for his film in an attempt to disprove their existence, which doesn't go his way, at all. Also helping this film are strong acting performances, specifically by the lead Michael. For the directors debut film I was impressed and will look for other titles by Mr. Jung now. He did a great job of making the audio just as creepy as the visuals which was a breath of fresh air. Definitely worth a watch, don't expect it to be the best horror film you've ever seen or even of the year but it's nota waste of time like alot of horror movies can be. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/06/24 Full Review Jeffrey P Surprisingly effective "found footage" possession horror. Kept my attention throughout, but the ending could have been better. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis An evil force takes control of a grieving filmmaker (Shane Johnson) who has vowed to disprove the existence of the paranormal.
Director
David Jung
Producer
Paul Brooks, David Jung
Screenwriter
David Jung
Distributor
Anchor Bay, Freestyle Releasing
Production Co
IM Global, Quickfire Films
Rating
R (Language|Disturbing Violent Content|Sexual Material|Some Drug Use)
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 22, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 2, 2016
Runtime
1h 23m
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