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The Possession of Hannah Grace

also known as “A Possessão de Hanna Grace,” “Cadáver,” “Diabel: Inkarnacja,” “Diavolul în carne şi oase,” “Hanos Greis egzorcizmas,” “L'esorcismo di Hannah Grace,” “L'exorcisme de Hannah Grace,” «Дяволът в теб», «Одержимость Ханны Грэйс»
MPA Rating: R-Rating (MPA) for gruesome images and terror throughout.
Moral Rating: Not Recommended
Moviemaking Quality:
Primary Audience: Adults
Genre: Supernatural-Horror
Length: 1 hr. 25 min.
Year of Release: 2018
USA Release: November 30, 2018 (wide—2,065 theaters)
DVD: February 26, 2019
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Relevant Issues

Drug addiction and recovery from it

Grotesque images and gory violence

Unbiblical, godless view of demons and exorcism, saying that demonic power can be overcome by human willpower and efforts

DEMONS in the Bible

DEMON POSSESSION and Influence—Can Christians be demon possessed? In what ways can Satan and his demons influence believers? Answer

Who is SATAN, the enemy of God and all people? Answer

Is Satan a real person that influences our world today? Is he affecting you? Answer

What is DEATH? and WHY does it exist? Answer in the Bible

What is the FINAL JUDGMENT? and WHAT do you need to know about it? Answer

What is ETERNAL LIFE? Answer

What is ETERNAL DEATH? Answer

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Suffering from panic attacks / PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)

FEAR—What does the Bible say? Answer

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Featuring Stana KaticLisa Roberts / Nurse
Shay Mitchell … Megan Reed
Kirby Johnson … Hannah Grace
Grey Damon … Andrew Kurtz
Louis Herthum … Grainger
Nick Thune … Randy
Jacob Ming-Trent … Ernie
Lexie Roth … AA Member
James A. Watson Jr. … Dr. Henry Lewis
J.P. Valenti … Boston Police Officer
Gijs Scholten van Aschat … Father Marcato
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Director Diederik Van Rooijen
Producer Broken Road Productions
Screen Gems
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Distributor

“Death is only the beginning”

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Here’s what the distributor says about their film: “a former policewoman who encounters the supernatural while working in a morgue

When a cop who is just out of rehab takes the graveyard shift in a city hospital morgue, she faces a series of bizarre, violent events caused by an evil entity in one of the corpses.”

  • Violence: Extreme
  • Profane language: • “G*d-d*mn” (2) • “G*d” (5) • “H*ll”
  • Vulgar/Crude language: • f-word • s-words (2) • “pr*ck” • “d*ck” • “a**hole”
  • Nudity: • Side view of bare female breast • Woman in shower • Woman in underwear
  • Sex: None
  • Occult: Very Heavy

See list of Relevant Issues—questions-and-answers.


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Secular Movie Critics
…frustrating… with nothing to say… cobbled together from a dozen different genre tropes, unable (or unwilling) to find a voice of its own. What begins with a standard Hollywood exorcism quickly downshifts into a cadre of predictable scares… [1/5]
Matthew Monagle, Austin Chronicle
…It’s time to exorcise demonic possession films… hopelessly derivative horror film…
Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter
…manages to feel tedious at times. The dour environment doesn’t help, the humor doesn’t pop, and disappointingly, the scares just don’t land. …
Katie Walsh, Tribune News Service
…Viewers hooked on the spectacle of demonic possession tend to like their satanic tropes served neat. “The Possession of Hannah Grace” serves them sloppy, if not without a certain random soupçon of grisly style. …
Owen Gleiberman, Variety
…It lacks character, it lacks morbidity, it lacks subtext, it lacks suspense. It just kinda lays there like Hannah, but without any of her sinister magic. …
William Bibbiani, The Wrap
…visually inscrutable… more often than not, it’s just plain difficult to see what’s going on, and that murkiness results in an overall feeling of frustration… quick and dirty—and mostly scare-free… [1]
Christy Lemire, Roger Ebert.com