ABOUT THIS EPISODE
It’s officially spooky season, and Cinephomaniacs is starting it with a bang! Peyton and Andrew review Andrzej Żuławski’s 1981 cult classic ‘Possession’.
Sam Neill (RIP) and Isabelle Adjani play Mark and Anna, a couple living in West Berlin whose marriage is rapidly falling apart. When Anna asks for a divorce and begins exhibiting increasingly strange behavior, Mark suspects she’s seeing another man, but the reality is something beyond his wildest nightmares.
‘Possession’ premiered at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival, where Adjani won the award for Best Actress. Żuławski wrote the film during his own painful divorce. The result is a bizarre mix of drama, horror, action, and sci-fi.
The film was banned and censored for years, but you can now watch it from the comfort of your living room. ‘Possession’ is available on Shudder and for free with a public library card on Hoopla and Kanopy.
This episode also features discussion of ‘Masters of the Universe’ (2026) and Curry Barker’s ‘Obsession’ followup, ‘Anything but Ghosts’ (2027).
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