Possessed

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Possessed may be:

• 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

[edit] Titles of expressive works

Written:

• 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

[edit] Bands

• Possessed (band), American metal -- 1980s and 2000's

[edit] See also:

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