Possum (2018)

Possum (2018)

Update: 2024-03-21
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Have a fear of the uncanny? Puppets? Surrealism? Possum (2018) contains a combination of all of these elements to create the most upsetting psychological horror film I have seen in years. And I promise, there's not as much Freudian discussion as you might think. 


 


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IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6081670/


Possum Film Information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possum_(film) 


Theory of the Uncanny: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny#Sigmund_Freud 


Abjection: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abjection 


Repetition Compulsion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repetition_compulsion 


Destiny Neurosis: https://www.simplypsychology.org/repetition-compulsion.html#:~:text=Some%20examples%20of%20repetition%20compulsion,of%20violence%20later%20in%20life

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