Ava's Possessions starts at the point that an exorcism is already taken place. The fiction of the world we're dropped into gives the viewers the idea that possession is almost an everyday occurrence. The people of that world aren't too keen on interacting with the possessed during or after the possession, but there are support groups, therapy and in our case Ava is even able to get her job back.
Ava begins the process of trying to figure out what she did while she was possessed, who she did while she was possessed and putting her life back together while having moments of demonic influence. People who are possessed are much likelier to be possessed again.
While we're treated to some pretty funny moments, there are also some creepier things taking place when it comes to the interaction with the demon and Ava. Nothing too horrific, we're still casing this as a dark comedy but definitely some mind fucking taking place. Oh the little surprises this demon did while it controlled Ava is pretty wonderful too.
Eventually, Ava joins a support group to work through the post possession trauma and the movie takes off on its own away from following predetermined possession and horror tropes. You have interactions with people who were possessed that are really genuine and also funny.
This is where I think we get this very intentional mirror of true therapy in life. The people who go to therapy make friends, build a support system and go through their own post-demon 12 step. Its pretty cool honestly. They are forced to make amends with the people that they hurt while possessed. They are constantly doing exercises to work on the inner person so they can avoid future possession. They also intentionally reallow the demon into them to try and control it.
As time goes on there are people who want to be repossessed from teh freedom and power that they felt when they were possessed. From there we work our way to realities, revelations and at the end of the film we're given kind of a fake twist. Its really not all that interesting, and I'm not going to take much away from the score of the film because of the end. Its an ending that's required to continue the story or the franchise and honestly I'd like to see more stories from the world that is setup.
The acting is done well, we have some cool cameos from known actors, and some horror tropes with the demon and the possession are done pretty well. I appreciate how they crafted the world in the movie. They give you a chance to see how little it mattered to people about being possessed, but they still had a healthy guard up around people who came at them while possessed.
This is a fun movie, definitely worth the watch. I'd give it 3.5 martinis of blood out of the 0 that get drank in the movie.
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