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56% Critic Match
The Possession of Joel Delaney
“If you believe, no explanation is necessary. If you don't believe, no explanation is possible.”
5.6 / 10• 1972• 1h 45m•R• English
Horror
Storyline
An upper-class Manhattan divorcee comes to believe that her brother is possessed by the spirit of a serial killer who beheaded young women in Spanish Harlem.
Cast & Crew
Shirley MacLaine
Norah Benson
Lead
Perry King
Joel Delaney
Michael Hordern
Justin
DE
David Elliott
Peter Benson
LK
Lisa Kohane
Carrie Benson
Barbara Trentham
Sherry
LP
Lovelady Powell
Erika
Edmundo Rivera Álvarez
Don Pedro
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Waris Hussein's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Possession of Joel Delaney is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
