The Possessed

The Possessed

The Possessed

Share

The Possessed

1977

1h 16m

5.0(24 votes)

Horror

TV Movie

Fantasy

Overview

A former priest, now an exorcist, battles the satanic forces that are threatening the students at a girls school.

Links & Resources

Social & External

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Television

Cast & Crew

16 members

Acting

James Farentino

Kevin Leahy

James Farentino

Acting

Claudette Nevins

Ellen Sumner

Claudette Nevins

Acting

Eugene Roche

Sgt. Taplinger

Eugene Roche

Acting

Harrison Ford

Paul Winjam

Harrison Ford

Acting

Ann Dusenberry

Weezie Sumner

Ann Dusenberry

Acting

Diana Scarwid

Lane

Diana Scarwid

Acting

Joan Hackett

Louise Gelson

Joan Hackett

Acting

Dinah Manoff

Celia

Dinah Manoff

Acting

Carol Jones

Alex

No Image

Acting

P. J. Soles

Marty

P. J. Soles

Acting

Ethelinn Block

Barry

No Image

Acting

Susan Walden

Student

Susan Walden

Acting

Lawrence Bame

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

James R. Parkes

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Catherine Cunneff

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Stephanie Barton-Farcas

Biology Student (uncredited)

Stephanie Barton-Farcas

Similar Movies

Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer

Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer

Young, ace assistant DA, Shelby Cook, works with driven cop, Mike Holland, to catch Daedalus, a serial killer infamous for luring his victims to their deaths through labyrinth traps. Three innocent men have already taken the fall for Daedalus and when Daedalus strikes again, Shelby finds herself defending the latest man accused, a retired and respected judge--who also happens to be her own father.

Soft Targets

Soft Targets

Stephen Poliakoff's parody of the spy-thriller genre. A Russian diplomat becomes convinced that he is at the centre of a Foreign Office plot.

The Good Mistress

The Good Mistress

A woman's one-night stand turns out to be her friend's husband, and a local political candidate.

Rosemary's Baby

Rosemary's Baby

A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.

The Nun

The Nun

A priest with a dark past and a novice nearing her final vows are sent by the Vatican to Romania to investigate a nun's death and face a demonic force.

Honor Student

Honor Student

At a book signing for his best seller, Nicholas Howarth is confronted by sexy Teresa Smith, who says he stole the story when he was her teacher in a woman's prison. Teresa has killed before and won't be stopped as she sets out to destroy Nicholas's reputation, his marriage and his life in her goal to write the final chapter of Honor Student.

Gargoyles

Gargoyles

After receiving word about a mysterious carcass/skeleton unearthed in the Arizona desert, a father and his daughter decide to remove it from the burial grounds for further study. Once they do so, they, as well as the town, are besieged by a colony of gargoyles living in some nearby caverns.

The Seventh Day

The Seventh Day

A renowned exorcist teams up with a rookie priest for his first day of training. As they plunge deeper into hell on earth, the lines between good and evil blur, and their own demons emerge.

The Brotherhood of Justice

The Brotherhood of Justice

High-school students start a vigilante group in their neighbourhood but, as their power increases, they become more abusive and dangerous.

Mammoth Bone

Mammoth Bone

The vagrants of a 15-year-old school dropout who's torn between jobs that do not suit him, and dreams of having music career.

The Roommate

The Roommate

A powerful bond between two roommates is shattered when a malevolent entity transforms one of the women into a demonic murderess, in order to stop the bloody cycle of death, a terrified roommate must face her greatest fears.

Finders Keepers

Finders Keepers

A haunted doll teaches one little girl why children shouldn't play with undead things.

Kansas

Kansas

When a single mother and high-powered Chicago ad executive returns to her home town in Kansas to care for her ailing father, she rediscovers the joys and hardships of farm life.

Pretty Poison

Pretty Poison

A clueless cheerleader falls for a mysterious young man who tells her he's a secret agent. But the truth is much simpler and darker.

The Exorcism of God

The Exorcism of God

An American priest working in Mexico is considered a saint by many local parishioners. However, due to a botched exorcism, he carries a secret that’s eating him alive until he gets an opportunity to face his demon one final time.

Combat Academy

Combat Academy

"Police Academy"-style comedy set in a military school. Two errant high-school students are ordered by a judge to spend a year at a prestigious military academy, where one of the cadets finds out who is responsible for a spate of midnight thefts. Written by Mark Lennon

American Guinea Pig: The Song of Solomon

American Guinea Pig: The Song of Solomon

A young woman, after driving her father to suicide, is examined by the Catholic Church, who determine that the girl is in fact possessed, and a wave of priests wade in and out of the demonic gore.

George Carlin: You Are All Diseased

George Carlin: You Are All Diseased

Legendary comic Carlin comes back to the Beacon theater to angrily rant about airport security, germs, cigars, angels, children and parents, men, names, religion, god, advertising, Bill Jeff and minorities.

Don't Look at the Demon

Don't Look at the Demon

A spiritual medium leads a paranormal investigative TV crew to a haunted home only to discover that the evil spirit she’s facing holds the key to her troubled past.

Gates of Flesh

Gates of Flesh

A group of friends attempt to escape the city after an outbreak of demon-possessions. The friends seek shelter in an abandoned church, but their plans for escape are ruined when one of them becomes possessed.

Recommended Movies

Nightbreed

Nightbreed

A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of friendly monsters are hiding from humanity. Meanwhile, a sadistic serial killer is looking for a patsy.

The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It

The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It

Cassie, a 13 year old Gothic girl, is trying to fit in at her new school. To entertain herself, she plays a series of pranks on the popular kids and her younger brother, Max. When she goes to a Halloween store looking for new tricks, she finds a little book called "The Evil Thing"

Constantine: City of Demons - The Movie

Constantine: City of Demons - The Movie

A decade after a tragic mistake, family man Chas Chandler and occult detective John Constantine set out to cure his daughter Trish from a mysterious supernatural coma.

American Horror House

American Horror House

On Halloween night, a sorority house is overrun with ghosts, while a vengeful housemother goes on a killing spree.

The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome

The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome

Lord Shiva wakes. A convocation of magicians in the guise of figures from mythology; a masquerade party at which Pan is the prize. The wine of Hecate is poured: Pan's cup is poisoned by Shiva. Kali blesses the assembly as a bacchic rite ensues.

Home Sweet Home: Rebirth

Home Sweet Home: Rebirth

When a city is overrun with a demonically-possessed crowd, a cop must find the source of evil to save his family.

Dreams in the Witch House

Dreams in the Witch House

A college student renting an old room in a boarding house discovers a plot by sinister, otherworldly forces to sacrifice his neighbor's infant.

Basilisk: The Serpent King

Basilisk: The Serpent King

Two millennia ago, a Lybian king has a basilisk (snake-shaped dragon), which petrifies people, subjected to the same fate with a golden scepter during a solar eclipse. Both these and several victims are dug up by modern archaeologist Harrison 'Harry' McColl's expedition. Despite a cryptic warning from tribal locals, everything goes to his Colorado university's museum. It's all exhibited during another eclipse, which leads to the monster reviving. Harry and some of his friends must try to petrify the monster again.

Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II

Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II

When Hamilton High’s Prom Queen of 1957, Mary Lou Maloney, is killed by her jilted boyfriend, she comes back for revenge thirty years later.

The Old Ways

The Old Ways

Cristina, a journalist of Mexican origin, travels to her ancestral home in Veracruz to investigate a story of sorcery and healing. There, she is kidnapped by a group of locals who claim she's the devil incarnated.

A Knight's War

A Knight's War

A fearless knight braves a deadly realm to save the Chosen One’s soul. Facing witches, demons, and brutal foes, he discovers her return could ignite chaos and doom humanity.

A Dark Song

A Dark Song

A determined young woman and a damaged occultist risk their lives and souls to perform a dangerous ritual that will grant them what they want.

Trilogy of Terror

Trilogy of Terror

A horror anthology containing three stories: a female college professor is aggressively pursued by one of her students; a prudish brunette determines that her free-spirited blonde sister is evil; and a woman's night turns upside down after she purchases an ancient Zuni fetish doll.

Witch Hunt

Witch Hunt

In a modern America where witches are real and witchcraft is illegal, a sheltered teenager must face her own demons and prejudices as she helps two young witches avoid law enforcement and cross the southern border to asylum in Mexico.

Night of the Demon

Night of the Demon

American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to discover that the colleague he was supposed to meet was killed in a freak accident the day before. It turns out that the deceased had been investigating a cult lead by Dr. Julian Karswell. Though a skeptic, Holden is suspicious of the devil-worshiping Karswell. Following a trail of mysterious manuscripts, Holden enters a world that makes him question his faith in science.

Pumpkinhead

Pumpkinhead

When a group of teenagers inadvertently kill his only son, Ed Harley seeks the powers of a backwoods witch to bring the child back to life.

Strays

Strays

A young married couple and their daughter are terrorized by a pride of ferocious feral felines.

Wes Craven's New Nightmare

Wes Craven's New Nightmare

A demonic force has chosen Freddy Krueger as its portal to the real world. Can Heather Langenkamp play the part of Nancy one last time and trap the evil trying to enter our world?

Nightbooks

Nightbooks

Alex, a boy obsessed with scary stories, is trapped by a witch in her modern, magical New York City apartment. His original hair-raising tales are the only thing keeping him safe as he desperately tries to find a way out of this twisted place.

The Sentinel

The Sentinel

As a young girl, Alison Parker attempted suicide after being traumatized by her father's sexual exploits. Now an elite fashion model, she moves to a Brooklyn Heights apartment building where she encounters a number of bizarre, eccentric tenants and attempts to uncover the building's sinister secret.