Possession

The Ultimate Picture Palace is screening Possession on Wednesday 28 October, part of their 'Her-steria Horror Classics' season. It's a 1981 psychological horror directed by Andrzej Żuławski, with Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill in the lead roles. The story starts with a husband who suspects his wife is having an affair, but the truth turns out to be far stranger than a simple betrayal.

Shot in France and Germany, Possession was banned on its first UK release, and it's since become a cult classic. Much of that reputation rests on Adjani's unhinged performance, which won her the best actress award at Cannes. It's a surreal, hypnotic film that earns its place in a horror season, and seeing it on the big screen is the way it was meant to be watched.

The screening is part of 'Her-steria Horror Classics', a season at UPP that looks at horror through a female lens. The cinema itself is Oxford's oldest independent, founded in 1911 and community-owned since 2022. It's a single-screen auditorium on the Cowley Road in East Oxford, known for showing independent, international and classic films.

Possession runs for 2 hours and 7 minutes, with the screening starting at 8.30pm on Wednesday 28 October. You can find tickets and more details on the UPP website.