The road to making a first film is rarely easy. Since leaving film school (in many cases) you have to go through different stages and jobs until you can convince people with money that your idea is worth fundingor that you are an ideal person for a certain project that is being launched.
There is, of course, the road to independence, but it is far from easy. Budget limitations are going to be an important constraint on how you are going to execute that idea you have in mind, and you are going to have to be very creative to overcome problems and leave a final finish whose amateur character does not cause absolute rejection. Very rarely do you meet incredible feats in the field of independent first filmssuch as the case of ‘Infernal Possession’.
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Sam Raimi created an absolute classic of horror movies and a masterful first film that can be enjoyed streaming through Filmin and HBO Max. Although careful, on the Warner platform It will only be available until October 31. Don’t get lost if you want to have a good Halloween feast with this marvel that mixes possessions, cursed books, terrifying cabins and visual inventiveness in abundance.
The premise is just the one that has become recurrent in the genre, with a group of teenagers who think they are going to spend a fantastic weekend in a secluded cabin in the woods but everything is going to get out of hand soon. Once installed, they discover some strange recordings, with a scientist talking about an unprecedented but terrifying archaeological discovery, and a cursed book made of human flesh that is going to unleash an evil army.
But the story is maybe 1% of what makes ‘The Possession of Hell’ a magnificent experience. Despite being practically an amateur project, it does not look like one at any time. Raimi’s characteristic devilish visual touch shines from minute one, with very dynamic camera movements that give a strong personality to a disembodied diabolical entity that will make life impossible for the protagonists.
‘Infernal possession’: devilishly funny
The macabre sense of humor will also make a notable appearance, though it comes across as a frank and serious effort compared to the unbridled and hilarious humor of its sequel ‘Scaringly Dead’, which benefits from more experience and gives Bruce Campbell more leeway. .
Still, there is twisted funny touches in his way of employing practical special effects, like every time a person turned into a possessed monster appears.
That exquisiteness in the details, in the creation of tangible effects while still feeling otherworldly, and the nervousness used with the camera create an electrifying and very urgent film that does not stop shaking you in its 86 minutes of footage. Raimi created an iconic moviewhich continues to have incredible strength and in which all his keys as a filmmaker reside that continue to beat today in projects like ‘Doctor Strange in the multiverse of madness’.