Norwegian horror “Possession” bring the dead alive in a small town

Possession (2022), also known as Forbannelsen in its original language, is a Norwegian horror production spoken in the Norwegian and Saami languages about the dead coming back to life and terrorizing a small town.

While the Spanish flu epidemic is sweeping across the continent, a priest and his son return home to their family in rural Norway from missionary service in Madagascar. The priest has been tasked with deciding the location of a new church for the local mining company, which reveals itself to be on top of an old Sami burial ground. When the priest decides to have the remains dug up and removed, the dead come alive and haunt the settlers.

This is the new movie produced, written, and directed by Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken, a young filmmaker who has achieved many awards with his short film The Devil’s Ballroom (2012) (aka Mannen fra isødet), and has also been behind the movies Late Summer (2016), Cave (2016), An Affair (2018), Project Z (2021), and The Outlaws (2021).

The main cast for Possession (2022) is formed by Jan Sælid, Eva Nergård, Tarjei Sandvik Moe, Anna Filippa Hjarne, Dennis Storhøi, Benjamin Helstad, Nina Ellen Ødegård, Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Alfred Ekker Strande, Ragne Grande, and Øyvind Brandtzæg.

Produced by FilmBros, the movie is distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films for the American market and SF Studios internationally. It is scheduled for a theatrical and digital release in the USA on October 7, 2022.

Watch the official trailer for Possession (2022) here.