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Unsettling and absorbing in equal measure, Possum presents a dark character study rich with rewards for fans of chilling genre fare.
All Critics (33) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (29) | Rotten (4)
Holness firmly captures the feel of '70s British horror -- the oppressively close atmosphere is so powerful, you can almost smell the damp. Nov 2, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Holness firmly captures the feel of '70s British horror -- the oppressively close atmosphere is so powerful, you can almost smell the damp.
Olly Richards
The film has a striking aesthetic and atmospheric assurance that takes a particular British miserabilism into near-abstract terrain, not unlike Cronenberg's vaguely similar (if more rigorously plotted) "Spider." Nov 2, 2018 | Full Review…
The film has a striking aesthetic and atmospheric assurance that takes a particular British miserabilism into near-abstract terrain, not unlike Cronenberg's vaguely similar (if more rigorously plotted) "Spider."
Dennis Harvey
Not an easy film to like by design, but formally impressive nonetheless. Oct 25, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Not an easy film to like by design, but formally impressive nonetheless.
David Jenkins
It is deadly serious, but carries with it an echo or ghost of how this same material could have been played as ironic black comedy. Oct 24, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
It is deadly serious, but carries with it an echo or ghost of how this same material could have been played as ironic black comedy.
Peter Bradshaw
Possum ultimately has to stand or fall on its own merits, and at heart is a serious and dark journey into the labyrinths of cruelty and abuse. Jul 9, 2018 | Full Review…
Possum ultimately has to stand or fall on its own merits, and at heart is a serious and dark journey into the labyrinths of cruelty and abuse.
Neil Young
An ambitiously unpleasant and gorgeously stark film shot on 35mm. Apr 15, 2019 | Full Review…
An ambitiously unpleasant and gorgeously stark film shot on 35mm.
Meredith Borders
Chilling genre fare that crawls its way beneath your skin like dirt under badly-bitten fingernails. Apr 14, 2019 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Chilling genre fare that crawls its way beneath your skin like dirt under badly-bitten fingernails.
David N. Butterworth
Possum is not particularly scary, but its portrait of a ruined life and horror of psychological trauma will haunt viewers well after the cut to black. Mar 5, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Possum is not particularly scary, but its portrait of a ruined life and horror of psychological trauma will haunt viewers well after the cut to black.
Carmen Paddock
The monster here is all too real, and Possumexpertly works through it, leaving behind a ghostly memory of a tragic story beautifully told. Mar 4, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
The monster here is all too real, and Possumexpertly works through it, leaving behind a ghostly memory of a tragic story beautifully told.
Robert W. Monk
It's almost too creepy and unnerving for its own good. Feb 11, 2019 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
It's almost too creepy and unnerving for its own good.
Christian Toto
In taking his inspiration from Jimmy Savile, Holness has placed at the centre of his film the sort of bogeyman who could give even Michael Myers nightmares. Jan 25, 2019 | Full Review…
In taking his inspiration from Jimmy Savile, Holness has placed at the centre of his film the sort of bogeyman who could give even Michael Myers nightmares.
Ryan Gilbey
Unsettling niche British horror film. Dec 11, 2018 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
Unsettling niche British horror film.
Dennis Schwartz
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