Review of The Possession

Natasha Calis is one actress to watch, the young lady delivers undoubtedly the most memorable thing about the Possession, her performance. Whether accurate or not there's a back story to the Possession, originally The Dibbuk box. Had it remained closer to that and more low key and atmospheric it may have pulled something off. Despite good production values, performances and casting however the change of the name from the Dibbuk Box to the possession portends the films downfall. Its just a possession movie with a Jewish rather than catholic slant and in the end the scares are just a lot of noise. It really was a bit comical how no one noticed a once sweet 10 year old girl's appearance turned into Goth girl from hell with serious ocular fatigue and a penchant for wearing only mangy grey t-shirts. That relatively cheap dramatic appearance ploy didn't do other elements of the movie justice. However in the end its all been seen before and really didn't manage to pull it off in any new way. Its certainly watchable most notable for Natasha's performance and I wanted this movie to be great, but it falls short of that.