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The story begins with a deceptively simple premise: Mark (played by Sam Neill ), a spy returning to West Berlin from a mysterious mission, discovers his wife Anna (played by Isabelle Adjani) wants a divorce. What starts as a domestic drama quickly spirals into a surreal nightmare of infidelity, doppelgängers, and Lovecraftian body horror.

As Mark follows Anna through the divided city, the film dissolves into a waking nightmare. Their arguments are not arguments but exorcisms. The apartment walls sweat. The camera spins like a trapped animal. And then... there is the apartment Anna keeps renting on the other side of town. Inside, she is harboring a grotesque, tentacled, unnamed thing .

Sam Neill, fresh off Jurassic Park fame, has called it the most difficult role of his career. He and Adjani reportedly hated each other on set, which only fuels the film’s volcanic energy.

Possession is not for everyone. If you go in expecting jump scares or a tidy plot, you will be frustrated. Here’s how to approach it: