From the visionary mind of writer/director Brandon Cronenberg (yes, son of David and, as Film School Rejects quipped, “a bloodied and bruised chip of flesh off the ol’ body horror block”), Possessor is about an elite corporate assassin (Andrea Riseborough) who uses brain-implant technology to take over other people’s bodies in order to execute high-profile targets. Her latest assignment becomes her most dangerous one yet, though, when she becomes trapped inside a mind that threatens to obliterate her. Called by the Guardian “an ultra-violent sci-fi-horror freak-out that will probably have you hiding your face in your hands,” you won’t want to miss this impressive thriller when it plays at IU Cinema this Friday!
“While there is nothing wrong with being compared to a master of body horror, Possessor removes Cronenberg from his father’s shadow to show an original, provocative, and ambitious auteur in one of the 2020s best horror films.” — David Gonzalez, Reel Talk Inc.
Possessor will be screened at IU Cinema on January 27 at 10 pm as part of this semester’s Not-Quite Midnights series.