The Possession of Michael King

the title just gives it all away, doesn't it? the first part of the movie tries to play coy as an "angry white guy who lost his wife now embarks onto a not-as-unique-as-he-thinks docutrip (found footage pretext) to disprove the supernatural, occultists, all that." it's pretty well executed: the setup means that anything cringe-worthy can be intentional on the part of the filmmakers. but then the movie has to deliver. and it does. with a few caveats. first of all, the demonologist helpfully read the description of the demon and this was filmed, so it should have been pretty obvious what the... read more

My quick rating - 5;9/10. I typically don't like these first person cam flix; but this one was well done and had a purpose for the shaky POV. When a skeptical and grieving husband decides to find out what this supernatural mumbo jumbo is about; he invites all kinds of methods of demonic spirits into his life. As expected; instead of deunking the myths; he becomes possessed. For an indie flick; this one has the acting; editing; etc. to hang with any major budget flick. Very impressive for what they had to work with and I recommend it to anyone who thinks like me and are sick of the "Blair read more