The Possession of Michael King
The Possession of Michael King
R | 22 August 2014 (USA)
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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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Páiric O'Corráin

The Possession of Michael King: Michael King's wife dies in an accident after she follows advice from a psychic. wanting to debunk all psychics and believers Michael (Shane johnson)sets out to prove that neither God nor the Devil exist. Things don't go so smoothly though as he encounters a series of believers in Satan, necromancers and even a mortician who will provide body parts for use in dark ceremonies. At first the attempts seem farcical as police disrupt an attempted summoning in a graveyard. But during one of the rituals something seems to follow Michael back and his increasingly erratic behaviour worries his friends. Michaels sister Ellie (Ella Anderson) is looking after is daughter and is concerned for the child's safety.Nothing particularly new in this competent horror flick directed and written by David Jung (no relation) but it has more than a few scares with convincing effects. The tension gradually builds as Michael's possession occurs more more often and the spirit is more fully able to control him. Starting with dark eyes it leads on to levitation, telekinesis and abnormal strength. A vein of dark humour runs through the film especially helped by the necromancer/mortician (cullen Douglas. 7/10. On Horror Channel.

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borismicov

The jumpscares are pretty scary amd the actor really did a great job love how he makes fun of it in the beginning but then regrets it immediately. Dont let the low rating fools you its a really well done movie

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mariiam-57251

This was by far the only horror movie i found entertaining from the start till the end. the main character's acting was a spot on & he did a really great job!

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Nigel P

This contains a very good central performance from Shane Johnson, playing Michael King, who gets … you guessed it … possessed! After his idyllic life is shattered with the death of his wife, he and his two young daughters try continue with their lives. Michael decides to make a documentary, using himself as guinea-pig, to prove there is life after death, while his daughters' grieving is ignored. After various experiments involving characters of varyingly dubious quality, it would seem that a demon has gained possession of the rapidly degenerating Michael. Understandably, the daughters leave. Less understandably, despite Michael's frighteningly upsetting behaviour, it is a very long time before anyone comes to see what all the noise is about. By this time, the house is a bloody wreck.This is good, quite unsettling story-telling. Events happen at a brisk pace, and we lurch with Michael, from one horrific incident to the next. Johnson is excellent throughout, and it is just as well - you do get the impression the entire film hangs on his acting at times.During one of the hallucinatory sequences that may be a dream, a very curious thing occurs. Scenes from Richard Driscoll's notorious 2008 film 'The Legend of Harrow Woods/Evil Calls: The Raven' are inserted for no reason whatsoever. Featuring characters and events that have absolutely nothing to do with anything – which could arguably said about their context in their original surroundings – the effect is so jarring (probably because I am so familiar with the Driscoll film) that I suspected a possession on behalf of my DVD player! It is a very strange occurrence, and I would love to know why such scenes are included here – mind you, if it provides funds for a further Driscoll project, then all the better.Director David Jung does a good job with the jump scenes, and the more subtle effects are highly successful (an ant crawling out of an eye at an unexpected moment, etc), but one gets the impression that the price paid for such slick pacing is that once King is possessed, there's nowhere for the story to go other than repeatedly perverse stunts for the unfortunate titular character.

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