10 Horror Movies Based On True Stories (That Were All Lies)

In Ole Bornedal's body-horror, a young girl called Em purchases an antique box at a yard sale. When Em becomes obsessed with the ornament, her father investigates its origins, only to learn it houses a wicked spirit called a dybbuk.

The Possession draws inspiration from a cursed wine cabinet called The Dybbuk Box, which became a viral sensation when Kevin Mannis sold it on eBay in 2003.

Not only is the film frightening, the production itself was creepy, since the actors, the producer, and the director claimed there were besieged by freak accidents during production, including exploding lights and an entire storage unit being burned to the ground (which included the Dybbuk Box prop).

However, it's unlikely the production was being plagued by evil forces since The Dybbuk Box never existed. In a 2019 interview with Skeptical Inquirer, Kevin Mannis confessed he concocted The Dybbuk Box's sinister backstory. To verify his claim, he said he'd pay anyone $100,000 and tattoo their name on his head if they could find any reference to the Dybbuk Box prior to his eBay post.

Nobody has taken Mannis up on his challenge so it's safe to say the tales surrounding The Dybbuk Box are bogus.