The Possession of Michael King

The Possession of Michael King

2014 "If you invite it in, it will never let you go."
The Possession of Michael King
The Possession of Michael King

The Possession of Michael King

5.7 | 1h23m | R | en | Horror

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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5.7 | 1h23m | R | en | Horror | More Info
Released: August. 22,2014 | Released Producted By: Quickfire Films , Gold Circle Films Country: Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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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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Cast

Shane Johnson , Ella Anderson , Cara Pifko

Director

Julie Ziah

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Quickfire Films , Gold Circle Films

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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
pete The reason this movie was good is because it reflects reality. It might be exacerbated but if this did actually happen to some one, the news would not tell you about it and if you did hear about it, it would be some type of misdirected twisted rumour. The diagnosis would be mental disability and that would be the end of the story.How ever, unlike reality this movie was more personal and instead of hearing rumours we observed Michael Kings experiences. MK started out as one who does not believe in spirits but as time went on he concentrated on spirits and eventually they became his demise through torment.MK was never actually possessed but what he was doing what is called spirit channeling, an example of that is psychography. Of course the movie actually explains what all this is and it is something that is done in real life. The scientific realm describes it as the ideomotor effect.Some may of heard of a man called Derren Brown? He invites people to do this openly. A lot of the witch craft portrayed in this film goes beyond channeling and most of it actually occurred in real life through out history, time and time again with just about all the modern and ancient cultures. Of course all this is pure hocus pocus unless these events are beyond subjective. I think there is truth in the saying "just because you cant see it, doesn't mean its not there,"
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.
lorraineesimpson So the thing about this film, and the reason I gave it 7 stars, is that I quite liked it despite my misgivings. There are a few good frights in it which manage to create a bit of tension and, to some degree, a bit of suspense. However, there really are no surprises. It's all fairly predictable. From early on in the film you realise where it's going and how it will look when it gets there in the end. It's a good performance from the main character and there are a few nice creepy touches but at the end of the day it is what it is, and I can't help wondering whether the world really need another 'found footage' movie? At the time 'Blair Witch' was a new and fresh take on the horror genre, the first couple of 'Paranormal Activity' films carried it forward nicely, but it's been done to death now. But having said all that it was entertaining enough to keep my attention. Some will love it - I just quite liked it.