Possession (Blu-ray Review)

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No need to have this predictable thriller in your possession.

Behold this year’s early leading contender for most deceptive cover art! See the white, half-rotted
face, with those sunken black pits for eyes—could this be the ubiquitous longhaired and vengeful
female ghost that pops up in every one of these movies to wreak her revenge on the living? Ponder
the “Fear Never Dies” tagline—it’s scary and morbid—and notice that Possession is
brought to you by “The Executive Producers of The Ring and The Grudge.” All the
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Video

Originally slated to head straight-to-video in May 2009, the film ended up getting limited theatrical
releases in Portugal and Israel—of all places—and has now been quietly put to pasture on Blu-ray by
20th Century Fox. For what it’s worth, the film’s 1080p/AVC-encoded transfer isn’t half bad. Since
Possession is a “horror” movie, the image is somewhat drab, with dark, detail-obscuring
blacks and an intentionally dreary color palette, but clarity is surprisingly strong throughout—...

Audio

Similarly, Possession’s DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround track isn’t going to tax your
speakers and rattle your walls, but it does show that more thought went into the sound design for
the film than for its flimsy plot. The fact that it’s raining quite often in the story gives the rear
speakers a reason to pump out outdoorsy ambience, and you’ll sometimes hear a non-obtrusive
cross-channel effect, like a car passing from the left to right. The big accident on the bridge is an
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Supplements

Featurette (SD, 3:34)
"The one thing about this movie," says Sarah Michele Geller, "is that it's exactly what you don't
expect." Oh, really? Plus, you know a featurette is short and substance-free when it's simply
titled
"Featurette."

Deleted and Alternate Scenes (SD, 32:58)
Includes four extremely short deleted scenes plus a 30-minute alternate ending that's even less
climactic and surprising than the one they went with.

Theatrical Traile...