Possessed

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Possessed may refer to:

• Possession, having some degree of control over something else
  • Spirit possession, whereby gods, daemons, demons, animas, or other disincarnate entities may temporarily take control of a human body
    • Demonic possession, spirit possession by a malevolent entity

In literature:

• The Possessed (novel), 1872 -- Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • The Possessed (play), 1959 -- adapted Albert Camus
• "The Possessed" (short story), a 1951 short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• The Possessed (comics), 2003
• The Puppet Masters by Robert A. Heinlein

In film:

• Possessed (1931 film), a drama starring Clark Gable and Joan Crawford
• Possessed (1947 film), a film noir starring Joan Crawford
• Possessed (2000 film), a TV-movie starring Timothy Dalton
• Junoon (film), aka Possessed, 1978 Indian epic
• Possessed (2006 film), Malaysian, horror film

In music:

• Possessed (band), a 1980s American death metal band
• Possessed (album) -- Venom
• Possessed (demo), 1998 -- Gojira
• Possessed 13, a 2003 album -- The Crown

In Roller Coasters:

• Possessed (roller coaster) - a Steel Impulse Coaster at Dorney Park formally referred to as Voodoo.

[edit] See also

• Repossession, a financial institution taking back property
• Repossessed, a parody/spoof film from 1991 starring Leslie Nielsen
• The Dispossessed

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