The Possessed

You won't find a better paranormal Documentary, not for the faint of heart.
The Possessed The Possessed, A paranormal documentary by the Booth Brothers (Spooked, Children Of The Grave as seen on Sci Fi Channel. Brothers Grimm told fairy tales and it scared kids. The Brothers Booth tell real ghost stories and it scares everybody.You won't find a better paranormal documentary. I have a large collection and some of them are very good. However, the filmmakers seem to have a personal touch, they are passionate about their films and it shows in the finished product. A great addition to your collection. Based on true events, it contains disturbing images of real possessions, not for the faint of heart.

Sad interpretation of the word "documentary"
I was lured into watching this because of the positive reviews and I cannot disagree more with them. The "documentary" was about the first possession story in history but throughout the episode, the main storyline is interpreted with testimonials of other possessed victims which have no apparent correlation to the Watseka Wonder. And they are not even well made testimonials - cuts of random images with unnecessary scary music to create mood, all just first person witness with no hard evidence to pack up their stories. The shots were low resolution like it is all made low budget with a handheld camera. All in all, unprofessionally shot, sloppy edits and looks like they don't have enough good material about the Watseka Wonder to fill up a full episode. What a total snooze.

Surprisingly different ; Very Creepy
I usually will buy a DVD like this and just be bored to tears with it.

Many times these type things tend to be just a repackaged rehash of readily available information. Often you have seen most of it before.

This DVD presents the Lurancy Vennum story in a nice change of pace documentary style. It doesn't leave you with the feeling that you just got duped. The film makers have added in the contributing stories of other people, notably all very young, who have had thier own encounters with the supernatural. This just seems to support the overall credibility of the Lurancy Vennum story.

If you have an interest in this kind of phenomena you cannot go wrong having this in your DVD library.

It can add considerably to your knowledge base and also make you think hard about your current beliefs on the afterlife. Some of the EVP's featured in this program, if genuine, are genuinely creepy and disturbing.

Recommended.

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