He sets up a high-tech surveillance rig in his home and goes on a dark "shopping trip" of the occult. He invites demonologists, necromancers, and even a couple who perform a ritual involving LSD to do their worst. His arrogance is his undoing; he literally invites the darkness in, and as the old saying goes, if you invite it in, it will never let you go. A Technical Performance to Remember
While critics at the time—including reviewers from The New York Times and RogerEbert.com —were divided on the film's reliance on jump scares and familiar tropes, there was near-universal praise for Shane Johnson's performance. The Possession Of Michael King 2014 1080p BluRa...
The film follows Michael King (), a documentary filmmaker grappling with the sudden, tragic loss of his wife. Consumed by grief and a deep-seated resentment toward the spiritual advisors he blames for her death, Michael decides to make a film disproving the supernatural once and for all. He sets up a high-tech surveillance rig in
Johnson carries nearly the entire film on his shoulders. His descent from a grieving, likable father into a contorted, bug-eating vessel for something unholy is visceral and deeply unsettling. It’s a physical performance that rivals some of the best in the possession genre, often compared to a mix of Jack Torrance and Regan MacNeil. A Technical Performance to Remember While critics at