Icky and unsettling, this British horror film crawls under your skin.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
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CineVue by Christopher Machell
Possum’s evocation of wrongness, that unbalancing feeling that something is off – if only you could put your finger on it – lingers long after its overdetermined climax has resolved.
60
If this wrap-up proves less than fully satisfying, Possum still casts an impressive spell.
63
In the end, there's little payoff for all the repetitive series of evocative visions and mute stares.
60
The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw
This film induces a grisly shiver, like a slug dropped down the back of your neck, and there are some amazing images. But I wondered if it was finally unfinished and anticlimactic.