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Possessed [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

Joan Crawford , Van Heflin , Curtis Bernhardt    DVD
2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Joan Crawford, Van Heflin, Raymond Massey, Geraldine Brooks, Stanley Ridges
  • Directors: Curtis Bernhardt
  • Writers: Ranald MacDougall, Rita Weiman, Silvia Richards
  • Producers: Jack L. Warner, Jerry Wald
  • Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: Unrated (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: 14 Jun 2005
  • Run Time: 108 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0008ENICA
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 119,966 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Spike Owen TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Possessed is directed by Curtis Bernhardt and adapted to screenplay by Silvia Richards and Ranald MacDougall from a story by Rita Weiman. It stars Joan Crawford, Van Heflin, Raynond Massey and Geraldine Brooks. Music is by Franz Waxman and cinematography by Joseph Valentine.

After wandering around the streets of Los Angeles in a daze, Louise Howell (Crawford) collapses in a diner and admitted to hospital. From there, prompted under medication, she begins to reveal a rather sad story...

Film begins with quite a kick, a dazed looking Crawford, stripped of make-up, wanders around a ghostly looking Los Angeles uttering the name David. Once she enters the hospital, we switch to flashback mode and the makers unfurl a noir tale of mental illness, oneirism, hopeless love and death. German director Bernhardt (Conflict/High Wall) and his cinematographer Valentine (Shadow of a Doubt/Sleep, My Love) deal in expressionistic methods to enhance the story. Light and shadows often marry up to Louise's fractured state of mind, motif association flits in and out of the plotting and there's some striking imagery used; such as a body dragged from a lake and Louise framed in a rain speckled window.

The lines of reality are impressively blurred, ensuring the viewers remain in a state of not ever being sure of what is real. There's a deft disorientation about the production, where fatalism looms large and sadness is all too evident in our troubled femme protagonist. Principal cast performances are of a high standard, with Crawford (Academy Award Nominated) leading the way with one of those wide eyed turns that perfectly treads the thin line between fraught and tender. While laid over the top is a score from Waxman that emphasises the key segments of poor Louise's mental disintegration. But what of the story in itself? The rhyme or reason for such murky melodramatics dressed up neatly in noir clobber?

Story is pretty much wrapped around the notion that a romantic obsession sends Louise Howell on the downward spiral. Since we know next to nothing about the relationship between Louise and David Sutton (Heflin), or why Sutton is the sly and antagonistic way he is, it's a big hole in character formation. As is the death of Dean Graham's (Massey) wife, or in fact the sudden shift of Dean Graham becoming husband to one Louise Howell. The film looks terrific on a noir level, and Crawford engrosses greatly from start to finish, but it only seems to exist for these two reasons, all else is on the outer edges of the frame looking in. A shame because there is much to like and be involved with here. 7.5/10
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Spooky cover but that is it 15 Aug 2012
By Jeff B
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Probably the worst horror film I have ever seen in years. Don't get drawn in by the spooky DVD cover as the film contains bad acting, bad plot, poor special effects and continuity - how this made it to release I don't know.
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1.0 out of 5 stars one of the worst films i've ever seen 1 May 2011
By jsnell
Format:DVD
a friend lent this to me after saying it was terrible, and it was worse , it was absolutely awful. Like previous reviews the acting was low budget and awful, the storyline was sporadic and ridiculous and the quality was abysmal. if you're thinking of buying this DON'T. As one of the previous reviews stated it is not worth pennies. It really is one of the worst films i've ever seen.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
1.0 out of 5 stars UTTER RUBBISH!!!!
The worst cheesiest horror ive seen in my life would never recommend it and will never watch it again... :(
Published 1 month ago by Gemma Owens
1.0 out of 5 stars worst movie ever
my brother lent this to me after telling me it was one of the best movies he had ever seen. I very quickly realized he was pulling my pi**er.... Read more
Published 3 months ago by grostique
5.0 out of 5 stars Good
Thanks very good condition and worked perfect the only bad thing I would say was the movie was in my top 10 not worth watching lol I will keep it in my horror collection but will... Read more
Published 4 months ago by chewtoy
1.0 out of 5 stars The biggest steaming heap ever
IIt's like someone got a camcorder and got some friends who couldn't act and followed them about for a bit. I'd have been better off with a pound shop remake of something. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Jen
1.0 out of 5 stars umm
I wasn't imperssed by the film, it is cheap but i wish i never bought it to be honest, i dont encourage anyone to buy this.
Published 20 months ago by RosieeMae
1.0 out of 5 stars Total Utter Rubbish
Ms. Norman has said previously that it's not worth pennies, I can't even give it away. This dvd has gone straight in the bin. Read more
Published on 18 Mar 2011 by D. Watkins
1.0 out of 5 stars terrible...
This film is awful. i only bought it because of the one good review. im half an hour in and im only still watching because i paid for it. Read more
Published on 6 Jan 2010 by Ms. A. R. Norman
4.0 out of 5 stars An ok film
I am into horror but this wasn't really scary. Very gory and sad. It wasn't scary but it was actually a good film. It was very unusal not many horrors I know are about suicide. Read more
Published on 15 Oct 2009 by Ms. D. L. Robinson
2.0 out of 5 stars Geraldine & Joan on fire.
Joan plays the clinging girlfriend from hell and Heflin plays the inconsiderate, arrogant boyfriend from hell who does not like anyone except himself. Read more
Published on 15 Aug 2009 by Mr Viewer
5.0 out of 5 stars What a great film!
The director Curtis Bernhardt together with Robert Siodmak (The Killers 1946, Criss Cross 1949), Max Ophuls (Letter From an Unknown Woman 1948, The Reckless Moment 1949, Caught... Read more
Published on 17 Dec 2008 by Cinephilo
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