After you watch what is almost a full six minutes of opening credits interspersed with scenes of the most HORRIFIC acting I have ever seen, you are then subjected to another almost two hours of that same blond whiny girl with the flat voice and obviously phony crying and her bedroom. That is, if you're like me and feel like every movie you watch you must watch all the way through....I gotta quit doing that.
Plot summary
The story follows Rebecca Clarkson, suffering from demonic attacks after playing with an Ouija board one night. Fearful people will think she's crazy, or lying, she documents her experiences in a video blog on her webcam over the course of a week. In a series of escalating events, shadowing figures appearing and disappearing, the creepy factor grows. Soon the supernatural activity becomes violent, and Rebecca is repeatedly attacked by the demonic forces until finally, evil takes possession of her body. Will Rebecca be able to beat the Devil and protect her soul, or will she die, and lose her soul to hell fire?
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The devil is killing off all the bad actresses of the world. Rebecca (Katherine Munroe) is making a video diary of her issues. She tells us she is not an actress. Want to see my shocked face? The Ouija Board is the gateway drug to demonic possession, although we never see anyone use it, and you can't use one by yourself as the film implies. Keep the fast forward button in standby.
Guide: F-word. Rape. No nudity.
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My Review Of "The Possession Diaries"
The story is a stereotypical paranormal tale combined with classic demonic possession. Told from a video diary point-of-view, sporadically the film jumps to the more conventional third person. It seems to be at the descretion of the director. More likely an attempt to break up the monotony of the faux found footage moments. I actually liked it, it gave a bit more credence to the horror elements.
As for character development and acting, "The Possession Diaries" misses the mark on both accounts. The lead seems as sterile and devoid of emotion as a robot, both in jester and inflection. The performance came off as a bad audition tape. The other characters were barely visible bit players, save the priest. His character had the potential to really sell this low budget nightmare. Unfortunately it just never happened. All except the last scenes. It was impactful, dark, emotionally chilling and I felt it totally!
Special effects are the typical paranormal activity tricks, screeching spooky sounds, stuff moving and shadowy surroundings. There is some moments it works nicely but a lot of the stuff is pre-2000 gamer CGI stuff. The possession portrayal was mediocre at best, mostly just comical- not in the good way. Everything seen and heard in "The Possession Diaries" is base material already overdone in this subgenre. Overall the film isn't anything to rush to experience, but maybe a free flick on Redbox or Vudu, and a little time to waste.