Possession Of Joel Delaney 1972
Possession Of Joel Delaney 1972
1h 45min | Drama, Horror, Thriller | 24 May 1972 (USA)
Storyline:
Norah Benson, an affluent socialite living in the upper east side of New York, seems to be living the perfect life as a divorced mother of two. After her mothers suicide, she becomes a mother figure in the close relationship she has with her younger brother Joel Delany. However, Joel begins to a act very unusually: he tries to attack a man, has to be restrained to a mental asylum, and begins to loose his usual free-spirited kindness in exchange for a turbulent personality. After witnessing the acts of her brother and finally breaking down the shield of her affluence and naivety, Norah seeks the help of a spiritismo who will attempt to exorcise the spirit of a murderer they believe to be possessing Joel. But before they can attempt to help her, Norah’s brother quickly turns on her, threatening her own life and the lives of her children.
User review:
I first saw this film back in 1972 and it scared the living daylights out of me. Every time I went in the bathroom after that, I half expected to see a head hanging from the showhead… If you like to be scared in an intelligent way, this is a must see!
All of the characters are believeable and the direction is about as good as it gets. Art direction, costumes, and setwork were all very good, especially considering the budget they had to work with. The level of suspense is incredible. And the conclusion will leave you wondering.
Find this movie on Video, get yourself something to hide behind (you might need it), and enjoy!
Director: Waris Hussein
Writers: Matt Robinson (screenplay), Irene Kamp (screenplay) (as Grimes Grice)
Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Perry King, David Elliott
Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 24 May 1972 (USA)
Filming Locations: 154 East 74th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 685 MiB
Duration : 1 h 45 min
Overall bit rate : 909 kb/s
Links: iMDB
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Full HD (cut) version:
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom (isom/iso2/avc1/mp41)
File size : 2.01 GiB
Duration : 1 h 45 min
Overall bit rate : 2 730 kb/s
Download: Nitroflare
Full HD version added, but boy nudity scene is removed.
Very good…:-(
Yep, that’s due to the HD version being the correct, intended screen ratio (1:85 as per IMDB), whereas the other version is an open matte, which means that there is information on the top and bottom of the screen that wasn’t meant to be shown. This used to happen a lot when movies would be released on home video; they’d ”fullscreen” them to fill up the T.V. screen.
Which means that that kid’s penis was never really meant to be in frame (and wasn’t when the film was shown in theatres); which is actually pretty rare in North American films.
The nudity is has not been censored. Because the HD transfer is in the original theatrical aspect ratio, the widescreen matte crops the top and bottom part of the image. When the boy opens the sliding door and throws his clothes out his genitals are visible in the full-frame VHS version but are cropped out here (as it was intended to be when it was screened in theaters). This is the only shot in the film where nudity is affected by cropping; the “rear nudity” that appears in other shots in the scene is unaffected.
Yep. Open matte is also responsible for visible boom mics on occasion, since it’s not the intended screen ratio.