During the filming of The Possession , a supernatural horror film directed by Ole Bornedal and produced in part by Sam Raimi, some terrifying incidents occurred on set. The movie, parts of which were filmed inside a former mental institution, centers on the demonic possession of Emily Brenek Natasha Calis and how her family—her father Clyde Jeffrey Dean Morgan , her mother Stephanie Kyra Sedgwick , and her sister Hannah Madison Davenport —responds to the crisis. Fluorescent lights would explode mid-take, and cold bursts of wind would suddenly sweep over a closed set. The imitation dybbuk box—which, in the movie, contained the demonic spirit that possessed Emily—was among the items destroyed in the fire. The owners of the real dybbuk box— The Possession is based on a true story—offered to allow its use during filming, but producer Sam Raimi was reportedly too spooked to take the offer, as was Morgan. While cursed films in Hollywood are nothing new, it certainly does give cause to wonder whether supernatural horror and possession movies are continually plagued for good reason, accentuating the scares in front of the camera by events that happened behind it as well. By Jessica Beebe Apr 26,
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Like " The Exorcist ," the best film in the genre, it is inspired by some degree of religious scholarship and creates believable characters in a real world. That religions take demonic possessions seriously makes them more fun for us, the unpossessed. The possession of the title is an actual object, a dark wood box, ingeniously locked shut. It has a carved inscription in Hebrew informing the finder that the box entraps a dybbuk, an evil spirit that will cleave to the soul of anyone unlucky enough to release it. Dybbuks are a familiar element in Jewish folklore.
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Young, and written by Juliet Snowden and Stiles White. The film was shot in early Parts of the film were filmed at a former mental institution, Riverview Hospital in Coquitlam, British Columbia. The story is based on the allegedly haunted dybbuk box. It was released in the US on August 31, , with the film premiering at the Film4 FrightFest and received mixed reviews from film critics. A middle-aged woman stands in her living room looking at an old wooden box with Hebrew writing on it as it whispers and humming a Polish phrase saying "Zjem twoje serce" which means "I will eat your heart" As the box comes from an interwar Poland.
The film centers on Clyde Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Stephanie Brenek Kyra Sedgwick and their youngest daughter Em who has become strangely obsessed with an antique wooden box she purchased at a yard sale. Fast forward and it turns out the box is haunted by an evil spirit and based on the title you know where it goes from there. Blah, blah, blah…. A article over at The Los Angeles Times opens with this:. A small wooden cabinet went up for auction on EBay.
