The Possessed 中邪 China, 2016, colour, 16:9, 110 mins. Director: Ma Kai 马凯. Rating: 3/10. Low-budget horror, shot in fake-documentary style, about two student film-makers and a possessed woman in a remote Shandong village. STORY A town in Shandong province, near Ji’nan city, northern China, Nov 2015. Ding Xin (Dong Tianwen) and his kind-of girlfriend … Continue reading Review: The Possessed (2016) →
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