Possessed
Encyclopedia
Possessed may refer to:
- Possession (disambiguation)Possession (disambiguation)- Law :*Dependent territory, an area of land over which another country exercises sovereignty, but which does not have the full right of participation in that country's governance*Drug possession, a crime*Ownership...
, having some degree of control over something else- Spirit possession, whereby gods, demons, animas, or other disincarnate entities may temporarily take control of a human body
- Demonic possessionDemonic possessionDemonic possession is held by many belief systems to be the control of an individual by a malevolent supernatural being. Descriptions of demonic possessions often include erased memories or personalities, convulsions, “fits” and fainting as if one were dying...
, spirit possession by a malevolent entity
- Demonic possession
- Spirit possession, whereby gods, demons, animas, or other disincarnate entities may temporarily take control of a human body
Literature
- Demons (novel), an 1872 novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky sometimes also called The Possessed.
- The Possessed (play)The Possessed (play)The Possessed is a play written by Albert Camus in 1959. The piece is a theatrical adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel by the same name....
, a 1959 play by Albert Camus, adapted from the novel - The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them, a 2010 book by Elif BatumanElif BatumanElif Batuman is an American author, academic, and journalist.She won a 2010 Whiting Writers' Award.-Life:Born in New York to Turkish parents, she grew up in New Jersey. She graduated from Harvard College, and received her doctorate in comparative literature from Stanford University, where she...
named after the novel
- The Possessed (play)
- Possessed (novel)Possessed (novel)Possessed is a 1939 novel by the Polish writer Witold Gombrowicz, published under the pseudonym Zdisław Niewieski. It is a pastiche of gothic and serial novels in the vein of Horace Walpole and Eugène Sue.-Publication:...
, a 1939 novel by Witold Gombrowicz - "The Possessed" (short story)The Possessed (short story)"The Possessed" is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1953.-Plot summary:The story deals with a kind of parasitic aliens that do not have a physical body, and must colonize the minds of some intelligent beings to enjoy life...
, a 1951 short story by Arthur C. Clarke - The Possessed (comics)The Possessed (comics)The Possessed is a six-issue American comic book limited series published in late 2003 and early 2004 by Wildstorm Productions, an imprint of DC Comics. The series was published under Wildstorm's internal imprint Cliffhanger....
, 2003 - The Puppet MastersThe Puppet MastersThe Puppet Masters is a 1951 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein in which American secret agents battle parasitic invaders from outer space...
by Robert A. Heinlein
Film
- Possessed (1931 film)Possessed (1931 film)Possessed is a Pre-Code 1931 drama film directed by Clarence Brown, starring Joan Crawford and Clark Gable, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film is the story of Marian Martin, a factory worker who rises to the top as the mistress of a wealthy attorney. The screenplay by Lenore J. Coffee...
, a drama starring Clark Gable and Joan Crawford - Possessed (1947 film)Possessed (1947 film)Possessed is a 1947 Warner Bros. film starring Joan Crawford, Van Heflin, and Raymond Massey in a tale about an unstable woman's obsession with her ex-lover. The screenplay by Ranald MacDougall and Silvia Richards was based upon a story by Rita Weiman. The film was directed by Curtis Bernhardt and...
, a film noir starring Joan Crawford - Possessed (1983 film)Possessed (1983 film)Possessed is a 1983 Hong Kong film directed by David Lai. It is followed by Possessed II in 1984.-Plot:An insane man is shot dead by two cops Kung and Hsiao after he refused to listen to them and stabbed a woman dead. After that, the two cops always meet strange things and Hsiao's girl friend is...
, Hong Kong horror film - Possessed IIPossessed IIPossessed II is a 1984 Hong Kong film directed by David Lai. It is preceded by Possessed in 1983.-Plot:A bar waitress lived with her boyfriend and gave birth to a baby boy called Paul. Seven years later, her boyfriend abandoned the family and never returned. Out of rage, the bar waitress...
, Hong Kong horror film - Possessed (2000 film)Possessed (2000 film)Possessed is the name of a 2000 Showtime original movie starring Timothy Dalton, based on events appearing in the book Possessed by Thomas B. Allen, which is inspired by the exorcism case of Robbie Mannheim;...
, a TV-movie starring Timothy Dalton - Junoon (1978 film)Junoon (1978 film)The soundtrack features 4 songs, composed by Vanraj Bhatia, with original lyrics from Yogesh Praveen and other lyrics by Amir Khusro, Jigar Moradabadi and Sant Kabir.#"Khusro rain piya ki jaagi pee ke sang" – Jamil Ahmad...
, aka Possessed, 1978 Indian epic - Possessed (2006 film)Possessed (2006 film)Possessed is a 2006 Malaysian horror film starring Amber Chia and Harisu, and is the second feature film by director Bjarne Wong.- Plot summary :...
, Malaysian, horror film - The Possessed (1977 film), a 1977 American horror film directed by Jerry ThorpeJerry ThorpeRichard Jerome "Jerry" Thorpe is an American TV and film director and producer.He won an Emmy award for his work on an episode of Kung Fu.-External links:...
- The Possessed (1988 film), a 1988 French film
- The Possessed (2009 film)The Possessed (2009 film)The Possessed is a 2009 documentary style horror film which was released to DVD in May 2009 and had its television debut in October that same year on SyFy.-Background:The movie is based upon the events surrounding what became known as the 'Watseka Wonder'...
a 2009 American horror film based on a true story
Music
- Possessed (band)Possessed (band)Possessed is an American death metal band, originally formed in 1983. Noted for their fast style of playing and Jeff Becerra's guttural vocals, they are routinely called the first band in the death metal genre...
, American death metal band - Possessed (Venom album)
- Possessed (Gojira album)Possessed (Gojira album)Possessed is the second demo release by Gojira . It contains some of the band's earliest demos.-Track listing:# "Possessed" − 5:46# "Bleeding" − 3:17# "Brutal Abortion" − 3:40# "End of Time" − 4:28# "Mandragore" − 1:25...
Roller Coasters
- Possessed (roller coaster), a Steel Impulse Coaster at Dorney Park formerly referred to as Voodoo
See also
- RepossessionRepossessionRepossession is generally used to refer to a financial institution taking back an object that was either used as collateral or rented or leased in a transaction. Repossession is a "self-help" type of action in which the party having right of ownership of the property in question takes the property...
, a financial institution taking back property - Repossessed (film), a parody/spoof film from 1991 starring Leslie Nielsen
- The DispossessedThe DispossessedThe Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia is a 1974 utopian science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin, set in the same fictional universe as that of The Left Hand of Darkness . The book won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1974, both the Hugo and Locus Awards in 1975, and received a nomination for...
, a 1974 utopian science fiction novel by Ursula K