POSSESSOR (18)

WHO’S IN IT?

Andrea Riseborough (The Death of Stalin), Christopher Abbott (Piercing), Rossif Sutherland (Dead Before Dawn), Tuppence Middleton (Fisherman’s Friends), Sean Bean (GoldenEye), Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight), Kaniehtiio Horn (On the Road), Raoul Bhaneja (Cold Creek Manor), Gage Graham-Arbuthnot (Octavio Is Dead!), Gabrielle Graham (On the Basis of Sex)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Brandon Cronenberg (Antiviral), director, writer; Fraser Ash (Closet Monster), Niv Fichman (Enemy), Kevin Krikst (Disappearance at Clifton Hill) and Andrew Starke (Kill List), producers; Jim Williams (Raw), composer; Karim Hussain (The Beautiful Beast), cinematographer; Matthew Hannam (Vox Lux), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Tasya Vos (Riseborough) is a corporate agent who works for a company that has developed technology which can implant her subconscious into other people’s minds, allowing her to carry out high-profile assassinations without leaving any trace back to her or the firm. When she is given a new assignment to kill business mogul John Parse (Bean), Vos has her subconscious put into the mind of Colin (Abbott), the boyfriend of Parse’s daughter Ava (Middleton) – but Vos soon finds herself losing control of the mission when Colin’s remaining subconscious begins to fight back…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Brandon Cronenberg lives up to his namesake – he’s the son of genre director David Cronenberg – with this disturbing and freaky sci-fi horror that takes full advantage of its intriguing and eerily plausible premise.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 27TH NOVEMBER 2020 (AVAILABLE ON DEMAND)

 

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