The Possession

Agam Darshi

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Kyra Sedgwick

Natasha Calis

Madison Davenport

Matisyahu

Grant Show

Rob LaBelle

Nana Gbewonyo

Anna Hagan

Brenda Crichlow

Jay Brazeau

Iris Quinn

Graeme Duffy

David Hovan

Chris Shields

Adam Young

Jim Thorburn

Quinn Lord

Nimet Kanji

James O'Sullivan

Marilyn Norry

Armin Chaim Kornfeld

John Cassini

Josh Whyte

Greg Rogers

Jarett John

Timothy Paul Perez

Cameron Sprague

Jordan Stein

Charles Siegel

Ari Solomon

Alex Bruhanski

Richard Newman

Robert Morrissette

Sol Pavony

Erin Simms

Frank Ferrucci

Sharmaine Yeoh

Antoine Safi

Ned Bellamy

Peter Brown

Kyle Cornell

Amanda Dyar

Steve Saunders

Is this movie based on a true story?

Loosely. It is based on the true story of the Dybbuk Box, a wine cabinet which is said to be haunted by a dybbuk. It had belonged to a Polish Holocaust survivor named Havela, who had escaped to Spain and purchased it there before emigrating to the United States. The Box had been kept in her grandmother's sewing room and was never opened because a dybbuk -- an evil spirit from Jewish folklore -- was said to live inside it. He offered to give the box back to her, but she became upset and refused to take it. The box contained two 1920s pennies, a lock of blonde hair bound with cord, a lock of black/brown hair bound with cord, a small statue engraved with the Hebrew word "Shalom", a small, golden wine goblet, one dried rose bud, and a single candle holder with four octopus-shaped legs. It was sold in an eBay auction by a seller who claimed that strange things had been happening in their household after purchasing it at a flea market. This is the box that inspired them to make the film.

What are the differences between the Theatrical Version and the Unrated Version?

In order to achieve a PG-13 rating several scenes were shortened from the original R-Rated version and altogether approx. 28 differences can be found between boh versions. A detailed comparison between both versions with pictures can be found here.