Andrzej Żuławski's "Possession" gets the big-screen treatment it deserves at The Beverly Theater, bringing this notorious 1981 cult classic back to a darkened room where its unhinged intensity can properly wash over an audience. Isabelle Adjani's performance as a woman unraveling amid a crumbling marriage in Cold War Berlin remains one of horror cinema's most talked-about turns—feral, operatic, and genuinely unsettling in ways that still catch first-time viewers off guard decades later. Sam Neill co-stars in this fever dream of a film that blurs body horror, psychological drama, and surrealist nightmare into something that resists easy categorization.
The Beverly Theater's intimate 150-seat main space feels like the right setting for a film this strange and singular—close enough that Adjani's infamous subway breakdown scene lands with full force, the kind of moment that's become legendary among genre film fans. This is one for people who like their cinema a little dangerous, the sort of movie that splits audiences and sparks debate on the walk out. Given the venue's smaller scale and the film's cult status, expect a crowd that already knows what they're walking into, or curious newcomers ready to have their expectations upended.