Possessed

Possessed

Possessed may refer to:

* Possession, having some degree of control over something else
**Spirit possession, whereby gods, daemons, demons, animas, or other disincarnate entities may temporarily take control of a human body
***Demonic possession, spirit possession by a malevolent entity

Written works:
* "The Possessed" (novel), 1872 -- Fyodor Dostoevsky
** "The Possessed" (play), 1959 -- adapted Albert Camus
* "The Possessed" (short story), a 1951 short story by Arthur C. Clarke
* "The Possessed" (comics), 2003

English-language-original films
* "Possessed" (1931 film), a drama starring Clark Gable and Joan Crawford
* "Possessed" (1947 film), a film noir staring Joan Crawford
* "Possessed" (2000 film), a TV-movie starring Timothy Dalton
* "The Possessed" (1977 film), American, horror -- James Farentino and Harrison Ford
* "Possessed", aka "Junoon" (film), 1978 Indian epic

Non-English or translated films:
* "The Possessed" (1988 film), French -- Omar Sharif
* Possessed (1999 film), Danish
* "Possessed" (2006 film), Malaysian, horror film

Music:
* "Possessed" (album) -- Venom
* "Possessed" (1997 album) -- The Klezmatics
* "Possessed" (demo), 1998 -- Gojira
* "Possessed 13", a 2003 album -- The Crown

Bands:
* Possessed (band), a 1980's American death metal band

ee also

* Repossession, a financial institution taking back property
* "Repossessed", a parody/spoof film from 1991 starring Leslie Nielsen
* The Dispossessed


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