10 Hidden Gem Body Horror Movies

7. Possession

Possession Octopus Scene
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Andrzej Żuławski's 1981 Possession is an absolutely bonkers film.

To break things down in the most basic of fashions, Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill play Anna and Mark, a disgruntled married couple. Mark is a spy who spends long spells away from home, while Anna has started to descend into madness after suffering a miscarriage.

As Possession gets into its second act, Anna is revealed to have been having several affairs, but most disturbingly she has a second second home where she keeps a bizarre tentacled creature who she will happily kill for. To make this even more bizarre, said creature ends up being revealed as a twisted doppelganger of Anna's husband Mark.

In amongst the sheer insanity of the picture, Isabelle Adjani puts in one of the all-time great 'nuts' performances. So great is Adjani in playing crazy here, she'd go on to spend a large chunk of her career typecast in similar such crazed, erratic and intense roles.

As for Sam Neill, he just about veers on the right side of jumping the shark with his performance as Mark, with him pulling back at just the right times when he seems about to get a little too over-the-top with the craziness.

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