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Possessed Band Page, Eduardo Rivadavia, Allmusic
Possessed may refer to: Possession * Possession (other), having some degree of control over something else ** Spirit possession, whereby gods, demons, animas, or other disincarnate entities may temporarily take control of a human body *** Demonic possession, spirit possession by a malevolent entity Film and television * ''Possessed'' (1931 film), a 1931 drama starring Clark Gable and Joan Crawford * ''Possessed'' (1947 film), a 1947 film noir starring Joan Crawford * ''The Possessed'' (1965 film), a 1965 Italian mystery film * ''La Endemoniada'' (''The Possessed'') a 1974 Spanish horror film directed by Amando de Ossorio, a.k.a. ''Demon Witch Child'' * ''The Possessed'' (1977 film), a 1977 American horror film directed by Jerry Thorpe * ''Junoon'' (1978 film), aka ''Possessed'', 1978 Indian epic * ''Possessed'' (1983 film), a 1983 Hong Kong horror film * '' Possessed II'', a 1984 Hong Kong horror film * ''The Possessed'' (1988 film), a 1988 French film * ''P ...
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Possession (other)
Possession may refer to: Law *Dependent territory, an area of land over which another country exercises sovereignty, but which does not have the full right of participation in that country's governance * Drug possession, a crime *Ownership *Personal property, physical possessions belonging to a person *Possession (law), practical control of a thing, in the context of the legal implications of that control *Title (property) Linguistics * Inalienable possession, relationship between two objects that is irreversible * Possession (linguistics), grammatically expressed relationship such as control-of and ownership Supernatural possession * Spirit possession, psychokinetic control of the behavior of a living thing or natural object by a spiritual being. Also psychokinetic control of a person by the Devil or other malevolent spirit. Places * La Possession, French commune on the Indian Ocean island of Réunion * Possession Island (other), various islands including a French ...
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Possessed (TV Series)
''Possessed'' () is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Song Sae-byeok, Go Joon-hee, Yeon Jung-hoon and Jo Han-sun. It aired on OCN's Wednesdays and Thursdays at 23:00 KST from March 6 to April 25, 2019. Synopsis Detective Kang Pil-sung and psychic medium Hong Seo-jung join forces to get rid of the ghost of a murderer who was executed 20 years ago. Cast Main * Song Sae-byeok as Kang Pil-sung :A police detective who was abandoned by his family and is trying to unlock the secrets of his newly found powers of seeing ghosts. * Go Joon-hee as Hong Seo-jung :A woman who can see ghosts, read people's minds, and control people, plus has some knowledge about spirits. She has never met her mother, having been abandoned by her at a young age. * Yeon Jung-hoon as Oh Soo-hyeok :The new body that Hwang Dae-du possesses. He is a wealthy businessman and is the CEO of TF Group. When possessed, he could control a drug that can turn people into a zombie-like creature. * Jo Han-sun ...
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Repossessed (film)
''Repossessed'' is a 1990 American comedy horror film that parodies the 1973 horror film, ''The Exorcist''. It was written and directed by Bob Logan. The film features the original star of ''The Exorcist'', Linda Blair, as well as Leslie Nielsen and Anthony Starke. Many gags parodied events in ''The Exorcist'', such as the green-vomit and head-spinning scenes, and real-life events such as the televangelist scandals of the 1980s. Plot In 1973, Father Jedediah Mayii casts out the devil from the body of young Nancy Aglet. In 1990, Nancy's body is possessed once again, while watching ''The Ernest and Fanny Miracle Hour'', a prosperity gospel broadcast by two hucksters. After a visit to the hospital, and a visit from Father Luke Brophy, Brophy concludes that Nancy is indeed possessed. Mayii, however, refuses to perform the exorcism, claiming he is too weak, and that both he and Nancy barely survived her previous exorcism. Brophy visits the Supreme Council for Exorcism Granting. Ern ...
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Possessed (roller Coaster)
Possessed is an Impulse roller coaster, inverted impulse launched roller coaster located at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Manufactured by Intamin and designed by Werner Stengel, the roller coaster originally debuted at Geauga Lake, Six Flags Ohio amusement park as Superman: Ultimate Escape on May 5, 2000. After Cedar Fair purchased the park and restored its Geauga Lake name in early 2004, the coaster was immediately renamed Steel Venom. The ride closed in 2006 and was moved to Dorney Park. It reopened in 2008 briefly under the name Voodoo, and was renamed Possessed for the 2009 season. The model is identical to five other impulse coaster installations at other amusement parks. A larger version called Wicked Twister was located at Cedar Point until its closure in September 2021. History Geauga Lake era (2000–2006) The ride opened on May 5, 2000 at Six Flags Ohio as Superman: Ultimate Escape. It was based on the DC Comics character Superman. Followin ...
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The Possessed (comics)
''The Possessed'' is a six-issue American comic book limited series published in late 2003 and early 2004 by WildStorm, an imprint of DC Comics. The series was published under WildStorm's internal imprint Cliffhanger. The series followed a fictional team of exorcists sponsored by the Vatican. Each member has a history with demonic possession. It was co-written by Geoff Johns and Kris Grimminger, with artwork provided by Liam Sharp. Characters * Christian Pierce is the team's leader and the son of two wealthy lawyers who was possessed at age ten. He is driven in his need to stop demonic activity and hides a dark secret about his possession. * Holly is Christian's lover. She was possessed at age nine for a total of three months. The experience drove her mother insane. * Walt is Holly's father. The intensity of his daughter's possession caused Walt to run away, abandoning his wife and child. Years later at his wife's funeral he saw Holly and realized his mistake. He joined the tea ...
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Blood On The Silver Screen
''Blood on the Silver Screen'' is the third studio album by the American musician Sasami. A pop record, it follows her 2022 hard rock and industrial metal album '' Squeeze'' and her eponymous 2019 indie rock debut. In 2022, Sasami alternated between writing from her home in rural northern California and recording with the pop producers Jennifer Decilveo and Rostam Batmanglij in Los Angeles; the album was mostly completed by the end of that year. Before writing the album, she used her classical training to study pop as a genre, listening to artists like Britney Spears, Adele, Rihanna, and Lady Gaga. The album is structured around a core protagonist created by Sasami moving between a different film genre or setting in each track. Critics have stated that it covers themes of love, lust, and emotions. The album was released on March 7, 2025, by Domino to generally positive reviews, with critics citing Sasami's songwriting and production. Background and recording After graduating ...
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Possessed (Venom Album)
''Possessed'' is the fourth studio album by English heavy metal band Venom, released in April 1985. It is the band's last studio album to feature guitarist Jeffrey Dunn before his first departure from the band in 1986. At the time of its release, it received mixed reviews, even from critics who had liked Venom's earlier albums; ''Possessed'' was thought to be in another league as compared to the band's earlier works, even though much of the material on ''Possessed'' was written before the release of its predecessor, '' At War with Satan''. It was the first Venom album recorded outside of Impulse Studios. The song "Possessed" is ranked No. 14 on the Parents Music Resource Center The Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) was an American committee formed in 1985 with the stated goal of increasing parental control over the access of children to music deemed to have violent, drug-related, or sexual themes via labeling albums ...'s "Filthy Fifteen", a list of the 15 songs the group ...
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Possessed (Gojira Album)
The discography of Gojira, a French heavy metal band, consists of seven studio albums, three live albums, one film score album (live), four demo albums, one extended play, ten singles, seventeen music videos, and three video albums. Gojira was formed in 1996 under the name Godzilla by guitarist Joe Duplantier, his brother, drummer Mario Duplantier, guitarist Christian Andreu, and bassist Alexandre Cornillon. Jean-Michel Labadie replaced Cornillon in 1998. Godzilla released a series of demos from 1996 to 2000. The band changed their name to Gojira for legal reasons in 2001, and released their first full-length album, ''Terra Incognita'', in March 2001 through Gabriel Editions (themselves). Gojira then signed with Boycott Records for their second studio album, '' The Link'', in April 2003, and their first live DVD, ''The Link Alive'', in 2004, which was also released as a live album. In September 2005, Gojira released their third album, ''From Mars to Sirius'' through Mon Sl ...
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Possessed (band)
Possessed is an American death metal band, originally formed in 1982 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Noted for their fast style of playing and Jeff Becerra's death growl, growled vocals, they are often called the first band in the death metal genre, and paved the way for the 1980s Bay Area thrash metal scene, along with Metallica, Exodus (band), Exodus, Testament (band), Testament and Death Angel. The band is also notable for featuring future Primus (band), Primus member Larry LaLonde, who was the guitarist for Possessed from 1984 to 1987. After breaking up in 1987, and reforming from 1990 to 1993, the band reformed again under original bassist and vocalist Jeff Becerra in 2007. Possessed has released three studio albums − ''Seven Churches (album), Seven Churches'' (1985), ''Beyond the Gates (Possessed album), Beyond the Gates'' (1986) and ''Revelations of Oblivion'' (2019) − as well as one live album, two compilation albums and two EPs. History Formation (1982–1983) Th ...
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Possessed (novel)
''Possessed'' () is a 1939 novel by the Polish writer Witold Gombrowicz, published under the pseudonym Zdzisław Niewieski. It is a pastiche of gothic and serial novels in the vein of Horace Walpole and Eugène Sue. Plot Publication The novel was serialised in the summer 1939 in two Polish daily newspapers, under the pseudonym Zdzisław Niewieski. Only the first two parts were published before the outbreak of World War II. Witold Gombrowicz never claimed authorship of the work until a few days before his death in 1969. It was first published in book form in 1973 and translated from a French translation into English in 1980 by J. A. Underwood. In 1986, the three final parts of the novel were discovered. The full version was published in 1990 and a new English complete translation by Antonia Lloyd-Jones was published in 2023. See also * 1939 in literature * Polish literature Polish literature is the literary tradition of Poland. Most Polish literature has been written in the P ...
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Elif Batuman
Elif Batuman (born 1977) is an American author, academic, and journalist. She is the author of three books: a memoir, ''The Possessed'', the novel ''The Idiot,'' which was a finalist for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and '' Either/Or''. Batuman is a staff writer for ''The New Yorker''. Early life Elif Batuman was born in New York City to Turkish parents, and grew up in New Jersey. She graduated from Harvard College in 1999 and received her doctorate in comparative literature from Stanford University. While attending graduate school, Batuman studied the Uzbek language in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Her dissertation, ''The Windmill and the Giant: Double-Entry Bookkeeping in the Novel,'' is about the process of social research and solitary construction undertaken by novelists. Career In February 2010, Batuman published her first book, ''The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them'', based on material she previously published in ''The New Yorker'', ''H ...
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The Possessed (play)
''The Possessed'' (in French ''Les Possédés'') is a three-part play written by Albert Camus in 1959. The piece is a theatrical adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's 1872 novel '' The Possessed'', later renamed ''Demons''. Camus despised nihilism Nihilism () encompasses various views that reject certain aspects of existence. There have been different nihilist positions, including the views that Existential nihilism, life is meaningless, that Moral nihilism, moral values are baseless, and ... and viewed Dostoyevsky's work as a prophecy about nihilism's devastating effects. He directed a production of the play at the Théâtre Antoine in 1959, the year before he died, which he financed in part with the money he received with his Nobel Prize. It was a critical success as well as an artistic and technical tour de force: 33 actors, 4 hours long, 7 sets, 24 scenes. The walls could move sideways to reduce the size of each location and the whole stage rotated to allow for immediate set t ...
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