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Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping possession movies into the ol’ VCR.

Along with Antichrist movies, the possession genre is seeing a big resurgence in the horrorsphere. 

In fact, I can name 2-3 exorcism/possession movies slated for a 2025 release off the top of my head. One even comes complete with Dan Stevens, so ya girl can’t be mad at it. 

I think this resurgence probably has to do with a lot of the same reasons as Antichrist films, but I’ll save my soapbox for another day. 

Now, this list was actually tricky for me, friends. 

So, I want to give you a look into the method behind my madness. 

There were a lot of movies I thought about including on this list, but I decided to keep it as close to the traditional formula of demons/malevolent entities taking over someone’s person. 

I know Jennifer’s Body, The Faculty, Paranormal Activity, and a slew of others could’ve fit the bill, but they don’t immediately come to mind when I think of possession movies (even though they totally still count). 

Jennifer just essentially shows her true colors. The students of Herrington High are controlled by alien creatures. And, Paranormal Activity is like reading an AITA post written by a douchebag who continues to torment his girlfriend but doesn’t want to rectify his behavior (it did scare the shit out of me the first time I saw it though, NGL). 

So, I decided to make my parameters more along the lines of a full-body takeover by someone who yells that your mother does profane things from the afterlife, makes your head spin, turns you into a violent and uncontrollable being…all that fun stuff. 

Finally, I know it’s probably controversial that I included The Amityville Horror (1979) on here, but I love that movie so much, and I think it totally counts. 

ALRIGHTY, that should do us for disclaimers today. 

Without further ado, here are 10 possession movies that will have you spewing split pea soup with the best of them: 

• Talk to Me
• Puppet Man 
• The Exorcist 
• Suitable Flesh 
• The Conjuring 
• The Last Exorcist
• Ava’s Possessions 
• Courtney Gets Possessed
• The Amityville Horror (1979) 
• The Taking of Deborah Logan