In Theaters August 31, 2012 We have your access to see THE POSSESSION in Sacramento. We have your access to the special advance screening on Tuesday, August 28th at 7:00pm. THE POSSESSION is a 2012 horror film directed by Ole Bornedal and co-produced by Sam Raimi . It is scheduled to be released on August 31, 2012, with the film premiering at the Film4 FrightFest. The story is based on the allegedly haunted Dybbuk box. Bornedal cited films like The Exorcist as an inspiration, praising their subtlety After purchasing an old box at a yard sale, a young girl, Em ( Natasha Calis ), is obsessed with opening it, although her father says it appears to have been designed not to open. Em begins to exhibit bizarre and violent behavior. Since her parents recently divorced, her initial actions go without much notice, but Em's behavior soon becomes more and more extreme. Fearing for their daughter, Clyde ( Jeffrey Dean Morgan ) and Stephanie Brenek ( Kyra Sedgwick ) make various attem