The Possession of Michael King

Movie • 2014 • Horror  

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The film tells the story of documentary filmmaker Michael King (Shane Johnson), who doesn’t believe in God or the Devil. Following the sudden death of his wife, Michael decides to make his next film about the search for the existence of the supernatural, making himself the center of the experiment – allowing demonologists, necromancers, and various practitioners of the occult to try the deepest and darkest spells and rituals they can find on him – in the hopes that when they fail, he’ll once and for all have proof that religion, spiritualism, and the paranormal are nothing more than myth. But something does happen. An evil and horrifying force has taken over Michael King. And it will not let him go.
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Does the dog die?
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Skip from 52:20 to 5:35.
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Does a pet die?
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is there bestiality?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Is an animal sad?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Is someone stalked?
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A woman is followed at night to her car
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is a child abused?
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Not traditionally, but a child is put in scary and dangerous situations
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Towards the end of the film, after Michael has watched the video of Sam telling him she loves him, he attempts suicide several times, one of which is him swallowing multiple bottles of pills.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Animal
Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
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Some frogs, a dog and birds
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Are animals abused?
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Some frogs are open alive
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A dissected frog is shown, speared frogs, a dead dove, a dog corpse.
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Does a cat die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there snakes?
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Are there bugs?
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Once Michael is possessed, there will always be a large ant on or near him. They're shown a few times in groups/swarms.
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Assault
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A woman is touched while she's sleeping, the scene is very short
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Bodily Harm
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After Ellie and Beth leave the house, Michael goes through a series of desperate attempts to cure himself. He carves into his own chest with a kitchen knife.
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There is choking
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Is there cannibalism?
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Someone catches on fire but I think only their clothes get burnt
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there amputation?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there a hanging?
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Does someone break a bone?
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28mins in
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Teeth are taken from a corpse and sewed onto someone's stomach.
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Graphic self harm including fingers. 58mins in
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Is someone tortured?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Children
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There are fakeouts but no
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Family
Does a parent die?
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Does someone cheat?
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Fear
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This movie is FULL of SO MANY jumpscares. If it's a big no for you, please do not watch this film.
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Is there a shower scene?
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Are there clowns?
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Is someone possessed?
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18mins in, not super visually graphic but might wanna mute for a couple seconds (during the montage)
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Very graphic needle scene 58mins in. Between the sewing and the bugs.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Does someone have cancer?
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55mins in, 58mins in, 1 hour 7 mins in
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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There are MULTIPLE suicide attempts made that could be jarring because of how many there are in succession.
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The majority of the film is "found footage"
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A lot of flashing lights throughout the movie, especially during a scene around 0:33:00
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Pregnancy
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there fat jokes?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Is there hate speech?
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Sex
Are there incestuous relationships?
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There is a story about one early. Nothing is shown and it’s not graphically discussed. But it’s there.

And the main character fondles his sister in her sleep.
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Sex briefly seen in a montage, 18mins in
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Does a car crash?
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Does a plane crash?
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There's a tire screech sound in the opening scene, then we see the visuals in the closing scene
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Is there gun violence?
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