Possessor (2020)

Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America

Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction

Rhombus Media, Rook Films, Particular Crowd, Téléfilm Canada, Arclight Films, Ingenious Media, Ontario Creates, Crave

Andrea Riseborough, Christopher Abbott, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sean Bean, Tuppence Middleton, Rossif Sutherland

Brandon Cronenberg

Brandon Cronenberg

Taglines: No body is safe.

mind control, gun, dystopia, hallucination, gore, murder, sanity, brutality, machine, tech noir, corporation, assassination attempt, brain implant, body horror, mind parasite, graphic violence

Tasya Vos, an elite corporate assassin, uses brain-implant technology to take control of other people’s bodies to terminate high profile targets. As she sinks deeper into her latest assignment, Vos becomes trapped inside a mind that threatens to obliterate her.

Reviews:

Author: repojack
I just wrote a review about how mainstream critics don't "get" horror, elevating attempts at filmmaking "art" over the basics that horror fans love. "Possessor" is an exception where critics (72 Metacritic Score) and users (7.6 Metacritic Score) agree that it's a pretty damn good flick. The acting is excellent. Andrea Riseborough from "Mandy" is creepy odd (again) as a mind-possessing assassin, and Christopher Abbott from "It Comes at Night" is a depressed AND possessed soul for the next assassination. There are too many adjectives to list to give the film justice, so here's just a few: disturbing, violent, bloody, mind-bending, visual, provocative, While Brandon Cronenberg may have a similar interest in melding technology and horror as his father David Cronenberg, he is introducing his own style and originality. Very much like like Joe Hill has done with father Stephen King. All of which is nothing but a bonus for horror fans.