The Possession

This topic was created in the Movies forum by lisabethur8 on Tuesday, January 1, 2013 and has 6 replies.

" data-url="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0gBeG31fX40 " target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">http://www.youtube.com/embed/0gBeG31fX40 based off the "Dybbuk box" <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dybbuk_box" data-url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dybbuk_box" rel="nofollow%20noopener">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dybbuk_box </a> Legend and history The term "Dibbuk Box" was first used by Kevin Mannis to describe the box in the item information for an eBay auction to describe it as the subject of an original story (not the story for the film) describing supposedly true events which he considered to be related to the box. Mannis, a writer and creative professional by trade, owned a small antiques and furniture refinishing business in Portland, Oregon at the time.[1][2] According to Mannis' story, he purportedly bought the box at an estate sale in 2003. It had belonged to a Polish Holocaust survivor named Havela, who had escaped to Spain and purchased it there before her immigration to the United States.[3] Havela's granddaughter told Mannis that the box had been bought in Spain after the Holocaust. Upon hearing that the box was a family heirloom, Mannis offered to give the box back to the family but the granddaughter insisted that he take it. "We don't want it." She said. She told him the box had been kept in her grandmother's sewing room and was never opened because a dybbuk was said to live inside it. [3] On opening the box, Mannis found that it contained two 1920s pennies, a lock of blonde hair bound with cord, a lock of black/brown hair bound with cord, a small statue engraved with the Hebrew word "Shalom", a small, golden wine goblet, one dried rose bud, and a single candle holder with four octopus-shaped legs; all items supposedly used in Jewish folklore to exorcise demons.[3]

@lisabethur8

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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/possession-jeffrey-dean-morgan-scary-moments-366705

For Jeffrey Dean Morgan, a nonbeliever of sorts, shooting The Possession provided a few eerie, unscripted instances while the cameras were rolling.
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Lionsgate's horror pic, opening Aug. 31, draws on the true story of an eBay user who purchased a dybbuk (the Judaic version of a possessing spirit) box online and wound up facing —horrifying things,?? says Morgan. —I'm very skeptical,?? he tells The Hollywood Reporter, —but not only would I not want the box around and to tempt fate, but there were enough weird things going on around our set that I've never seen happen on sets before.??
For more on the true story, watch the video above.
Morgan recalls lights exploding midtake and feeling cold bursts of wind on a closed, not-drafty set. —It always happened in the middle of doing key scenes,?? he recalls. —It didn't happen in between takes or doing scenes that didn't have a big story impact.??
The creepiest incident, however, came after filming.
—We had all of our props a couple days after we finished wrapping -- they put everything in storage for if you're gonna do reshoots or anything,?? says Morgan. —It burnt to the ground. It was investigated, and there were no signs of arson, no electrical fire.??
Among the key props destroyed in the fire: the imitation dybbuk box used during filming. (It's also worth noting that one of the most frightening, crucial scenes in the film takes place outside what looks like a storage facility.)

@lisabethur8

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" data-url="http://www.youtube.com/embed/w1nbef-_dF4 " target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">http://www.youtube.com/embed/w1nbef-_dF4 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Possession" data-url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Possession" rel="nofollow%20noopener">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Possession </a> Bornedal cited films like The Exorcist as an inspiration, praising their subtlety.[6] Roger Ebert gave the film 3?_ stars, writing "The Exorcist has influenced a lot of films, and [The Possession] is one of the better ones."[13] Richard Roeper also gave the movie a B+.

@Qbone

21 Years10,000+ PostsVirgo

Stupid,cheap(ish) movie...

save your money and avoid it at all cost.

@Angeleyes17

13 Years500+ Posts

I watched this movie at the cinema on my own. Made me jump a few times from the sudden incidents or the music, an 'omg' came out of me when i saw the woman being thrown around the room but it wasnt scary. Waste of money watching it. The promo sells it well tho. lol

@lisabethur8

14 Years50,000+ Posts

^^ Yeah I believe you guys. I watched "exorcist", that movie is a classic horror. And that made me scared.
I haven't seen this one yet, but was tempted.

@Angeleyes17

13 Years500+ Posts

Posted by lisabethur8
^^ Yeah I believe you guys. I watched "exorcist", that movie is a classic horror. And that made me scared.
I haven't seen this one yet, but was tempted.

Yeh defno exorcist is a classic horror really well made.

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