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Possum (2018)
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Length:
79 minutes
Released:
Mar 21, 2024
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Podcast episode
Description
Have a fear of the uncanny? Puppets? Surrealism? Possum (2018) contains a combination of all of these elements to create the most upsetting psychological horror film I have seen in years. And I promise, there's not as much Freudian discussion as you might think.
SOURCES/INFORMATION
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6081670/
Possum Film Information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possum_(film)
Theory of the Uncanny: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny#Sigmund_Freud
Abjection: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abjection
Repetition Compulsion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repetition_compulsion
Destiny Neurosis: https://www.simplypsychology.org/repetition-compulsion.html#:~:text=Some%20examples%20of%20repetition%20compulsion,of%20violence%20later%20in%20life.
SOURCES/INFORMATION
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6081670/
Possum Film Information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possum_(film)
Theory of the Uncanny: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny#Sigmund_Freud
Abjection: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abjection
Repetition Compulsion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repetition_compulsion
Destiny Neurosis: https://www.simplypsychology.org/repetition-compulsion.html#:~:text=Some%20examples%20of%20repetition%20compulsion,of%20violence%20later%20in%20life.
Released:
Mar 21, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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