‘Quite simply one of the most audaciously unhinged and alarming movies of all time…prepare to be shaken to your very soul’
Mark Kermode
‘One of the most gruelling, powerful and overwhelmingly intense cinematic experiences that you are likely to have in your lifetime… a singular work of art… one of the supreme horror films of its era’
★★★★
Rogerebert.com
‘Genuinely unhinged and utterly unforgettable’
The Guardian
‘The true success is the feeling it creates… the experience is more like a fever dream than that of viewing a movie’
★★★★★
Love Horror
A horror film like no other, Andrzej Żuławski’s seminal Possession is an intense and shocking experience that was originally banned in the UK and placed on the notorious ‘Video Nasties’ list. Now, this hugely controversial film gets a long-awaited and highly anticipated Limited Edition release in a stunning new 4K restoration, from physical media masters Second Sight Films.
Nominated for a Palme d’Or, the pivotal film stars Isabelle Adjani (Subway, La Reine Margot), in a truly formidable performance as a woman spiralling out of control as her marriage breaks down, that saw her win two Best Actress awards, at Cannes Film Festival and the Césars. Sam Neill (Jurassic Park, Omen III – The Final Conflict), gives a powerful turn as the husband, struggling to deal with the devastation of a failing relationship. The film is made even more intense, with awe-inspiring special effects from FX maestro and three-time Oscar® winner Carlo Rambaldi (Alien, E.T).
The film is set to make waves once more with its Limited Dual Edition Box Set release, complete with a slew of special features. The set is presented in a striking rigid slipcase with Basha’s original theatrical artwork and a 220-page hardback book and comes with a slew of compelling features including the North American re-edit: newly restored from an archive print, new audio commentaries, master of horror Guillermo del Toro’s take on Possession and much more. See full list below.
With their marriage in tatters Anna (Adjani) and Mark’s (Neill) tense relationship has become a psychotic descent into screaming matches, violence and self-mutilation. Believing his wife’s only lover is the sinister Heinrich, Mark is unaware of the diabolical, tentacled creature that Anna has embarked on an affair with. The unhinged woman visits her monstrous lover in a deserted Berlin apartment and will stop at nothing to protect him. With its dark subject matter and high gore quotient, Possession will have you firmly in its grip and is not for the faint hearted.
Take Possession of this must own Limited Edition, a screamingly disturbing bonafide classic.
Special Features
● A new 4K restoration presented in HDR with Dolby Vision approved by the Producer
● Dual format three-disc edition including one UHD and two Blu-rays with main feature and
bonus features on both discs
● Includes the North American Re-edit: newly restored from an archive print
● New Audio Commentary by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Alison Taylor
● Audio Commentary by Director Andrzej Żuławski moderated by Daniel Bird
● Audio Commentary by Frederic Tuten moderated by Daniel Bird
● New Audio Commentary by Daniel Bird and Manuela Lazic (The North American Re-edit)
● The Horror of Normality: Guillermo del Toro on Possession
● The Shadow We Carry: Kat Ellinger on Possession
● Repossessed: The Film’s UK and US reception
● Andrzej Żuławski – Director: archive documentary
● A Divided City: The Berlin locations
● The Sounds of Possession: an interview with Composer Andrzej Korzynski
● Our Friend in the West: an interview with Producer Christian Ferry
● Basha: a featurette on poster artist Barbara ‘Basha’ Baranowska
● The Other Side of The Wall: The Making of Possession
● Archive interview with Andrzej Żuławski
● Deleted Scenes
● Theatrical Trailer
Limited Edition Contents
● Rigid slipcase with Basha’s original theatrical artwork
● 220-page hardback book with new essays by Daniel Bird, Elena Lazic and Alison Taylor, ‘The
Creature: Preliminary Sketches’, ‘Filming Possession’, ‘The Poster of Possession’, pressbook
feature, archive articles and interviews and Behind the Scenes gallery
● 211-page original shooting script with notes by Andrzej Żuławski and Frederic Tuten
● Six collectors’ art cards
Title: Possession Limited Edition Dual 4K UHD/Blu-ray
Cat.No.: 2NDBR4271 Run Time: 123 mins
Cert: 18
Region: UHD Free / Blu-ray B
Order here: https://bit.ly/PossessionLtdEd
Title: Possession Standard Edition 4K
Cat.No.: 2NDBR4273 Run Time: 123 mins
Cert: 18
Region: Free
Order here: https://bit.ly/PossessionUHD
Title: Possession Standard Edition Blu-ray
Cat.No.: 2NDBR4272 Run Time: 123 mins
Cert: 18
Region: B
Order here: https://bit.ly/PossessionBlu
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