Synopsis

In this eminently creepy horror show, college student Hee-jin returns home in the wake of her younger sister's disappearance, only to find her mother a fanatical religious convert and the family's neighbors offing themselves in increasingly bizarre and grotesque ways. Together with detective Tae-hwan, Hee-jin must unravel the tangled web of connections between the victims that will lead back to the missing girl.

Official Review

POSSESSED is a little confusing right from the moment you read the title, as the literal translation of the Korean title BOOL-SIN-JI-OK actually means something else. If you go in anticipating an exorcist-style demonic possession film, you’ve already assumed too much and are off course with where POSSESSED is headed. The Korean title’s literal translation amounts to: Disbelief in God = Hell, and once you grasp that, you’re on your way to understanding what will otherwise be lost in translation. …Read More