This movie is one of those Asian horror-gore-LSD type induced cinema carnival rides. You can leave well developed plot hopes at the door - over the top mugging by the cast, fake blood, outlandish special effects, some truly shocking visuals and just insane craziness that will make you laugh out loud. Plus, this has to be one of the few horror possession films that has a cool Hare Krishna dude as the main ghost hunter. The actor looks like if Terry Quinn and Kevin Spacey had a baby and became a Hare Krishna - that's this guy. A revenge scene against a fat bully at school has to be seen to be believed. Don't expect a well made film but if you and your friends like to watch bizarre, trippy stuff from around the globe - then check this out. Wow!
8 Reviews
I've gotta say, I was a tad disappointed.
BA_Harrison19 July 2007
I have a lot of respect for the other three IMDb members who have already left comments on this bonkers Hong Kong horror, but I really think that they have been WAAAY too generous with their scoring on this film. Whilst I agree that Possessed 2 is certainly 'unique' viewing, offering occasionally ridiculous moments that are impossible not to enjoy, the film as a whole is a mess. With awful pacing and editing, dreadful effects, and a story that makes almost no sense whatsoever, I found it hard to understand why everyone else was raving quite so much about it (as I write, the film has an 8.5 average!).
Possessed 2 centres on a dysfunctional married couple (adulterous husband and nagging wife) and their daughter, who move into a flat which is haunted by the spirits of a woman (who committed suicide after being jilted by her lover) and her son (who was killed by his mother). The ghosts cause all kinds of trouble for the new inhabitants, possessing both the mother and child, until the husband (with the help of a group of Hare Krishnas) decides to take action.
Yes, there are some wonderfully silly moments that sound unmissable to those who dig Asian cinematic oddities, but this particular pundit of strange films wished that the weirdness was a little more frequent and taken a couple of steps further: when a little girl turns into a flying demon and attacks a bully, I was hoping we would see him thrown around a bit more (instead, the action freezes on his terrified face); when a jive talking African warrior gets attacked by a werewolf woman, I wanted to see him torn apart (rather than just receive a few nasty scratches); and at the end, when the wife is trapped by the 'high-tech' Hare Krishnas, I would've liked an outrageously gory finalé (the bloodletting level is fairly lowone arm gets ripped off and someone gets shot in the eye).
With so many superb extremely OTT Eastern films out there to see, I cannot find it within myself to recommend Possessed 2 as highly as others have. I suppose, if you've nothing else to watch, it passes the time fairly well, but compared with my favourite 'out-there' HK films (Red to Kill, The Seventh Curse, We're Going To Eat You, the Untold Story), this is really rather tame.
Possessed 2 centres on a dysfunctional married couple (adulterous husband and nagging wife) and their daughter, who move into a flat which is haunted by the spirits of a woman (who committed suicide after being jilted by her lover) and her son (who was killed by his mother). The ghosts cause all kinds of trouble for the new inhabitants, possessing both the mother and child, until the husband (with the help of a group of Hare Krishnas) decides to take action.
Yes, there are some wonderfully silly moments that sound unmissable to those who dig Asian cinematic oddities, but this particular pundit of strange films wished that the weirdness was a little more frequent and taken a couple of steps further: when a little girl turns into a flying demon and attacks a bully, I was hoping we would see him thrown around a bit more (instead, the action freezes on his terrified face); when a jive talking African warrior gets attacked by a werewolf woman, I wanted to see him torn apart (rather than just receive a few nasty scratches); and at the end, when the wife is trapped by the 'high-tech' Hare Krishnas, I would've liked an outrageously gory finalé (the bloodletting level is fairly lowone arm gets ripped off and someone gets shot in the eye).
With so many superb extremely OTT Eastern films out there to see, I cannot find it within myself to recommend Possessed 2 as highly as others have. I suppose, if you've nothing else to watch, it passes the time fairly well, but compared with my favourite 'out-there' HK films (Red to Kill, The Seventh Curse, We're Going To Eat You, the Untold Story), this is really rather tame.
Truly demented
Leofwine_draca11 June 2016
Warning: Spoilers
POSSESSED 2 is a truly demented follow up to the first film, featuring all manner of madcap action horror and scenes blatantly copied from Hollywood. The narrative sees the characters from the first film returning for a new storyline in which they move into an apartment haunted by a vengeful female spirit which soon possesses the wife.
This Hong Kong horror yarn follows a template set up by previous entries in the genre, with a relatively slow and restrained first half giving way to all manner of bizarre antics in the second. And this is a bizarre film indeed: every scene is played out in an over the top way which makes it both unintentionally funny and somehow effective, too.
Certainly this is a film where the calibre of the acting isn't focused on; instead, director David Lai is having too much fun coming up with the latest icky effect. There are scenes derived from the likes of SCANNERS, THE BEYOND, and POLTERGEIST, with corpses melting, veins popping, crazed over the top death scenes, and all manner of weirdness. POSSESSED 2 is a film that offers up ample sex scenes and bizarre antics involving a werewolf woman that seem to have very little relation to the plot. One scene of extreme racial stereotyping in particular has to be seen to be believed.
Things culminate in the expected but nonetheless jaw-dropping 'exorcism' climax which seems to offer the viewer approximately half an hour of one incredible effect shot after another. There are severed limbs, sudden deaths, burning bodies, a Hare Krishna ghostbuster with a master plan, bodies flying through the air, zombies, gore, a ghost kid (a seeming influence on THE GRUDGE) and plenty more besides. It's slapdash, nonsensical, and totally mad - and great fun too.
This Hong Kong horror yarn follows a template set up by previous entries in the genre, with a relatively slow and restrained first half giving way to all manner of bizarre antics in the second. And this is a bizarre film indeed: every scene is played out in an over the top way which makes it both unintentionally funny and somehow effective, too.
Certainly this is a film where the calibre of the acting isn't focused on; instead, director David Lai is having too much fun coming up with the latest icky effect. There are scenes derived from the likes of SCANNERS, THE BEYOND, and POLTERGEIST, with corpses melting, veins popping, crazed over the top death scenes, and all manner of weirdness. POSSESSED 2 is a film that offers up ample sex scenes and bizarre antics involving a werewolf woman that seem to have very little relation to the plot. One scene of extreme racial stereotyping in particular has to be seen to be believed.
Things culminate in the expected but nonetheless jaw-dropping 'exorcism' climax which seems to offer the viewer approximately half an hour of one incredible effect shot after another. There are severed limbs, sudden deaths, burning bodies, a Hare Krishna ghostbuster with a master plan, bodies flying through the air, zombies, gore, a ghost kid (a seeming influence on THE GRUDGE) and plenty more besides. It's slapdash, nonsensical, and totally mad - and great fun too.
Incomprehensible Mess
captain_astronaut2 July 2022
It seems the makers of the first Possessed movie forgot everything about storytelling when they made this amateurish sequel. Or maybe they gave the filmmaking gear to a bunch of middle schoolers and told them to make a horror movie.
Ignore the high rated reviews and just watch the first movie twice.
Ignore the high rated reviews and just watch the first movie twice.
I don't care about the teeth or the hair, she's still a total babe!
ElijahCSkuggs17 January 2009
After witnessing the madness that Possessed 1 was I was one eager little beaver to plop my fancy lil ass down and watch this bad boy.
Possessed numero dos begins with a scene of dead sailors having a party in a run down apartment which seems to be ran by some Asian lady. The lady stops the party and they all disappear into thin air. Reason is because a real estate agent and part of his weekly paycheck comes walking in the door. Unbeknownst to these people, who do eventually buy the place, this is one super-duper cursed place. And just like the first Possessed film, the people end up going through loads of scary and violent sh!t until the credits roll.
What I guess is going on is that the ghost Asian lady is a super vengeful bitch who is out to get her long-lost love who left her when she became pregnant. Or something like that. She commits suicide, her soul is restless, blah blah blah, she wants blood, awesome stuff follows. Now she and her dead child (I think, sorry, me not so good) have possessed our "hero's" (he's not much of a hero) family and he needs all the help he can get.
The thing with these Asian horror flicks is that the amount of creativity and energy they give off is through the f@ckin roof. The ideas they conjure up, the ridiculous make-up effects (which I love), the violence and even some nuditaay, it's just a fantastic blend of what horror is all about. The film isn't perfect obviously and drags a tad when nothing crazy or scary is going down, but honestly this is just a very fun film.
Possessed II keeps the formulas of successful crazy Asian horror intact big-time. The ending is nuts, the situations are ridiculous, the creativity is high and there's a babe who turns into a naked werewolf with the nicest and hairiest tits you'll ever see. Check out Possessed 1 and 2 if you get the chance.
Possessed numero dos begins with a scene of dead sailors having a party in a run down apartment which seems to be ran by some Asian lady. The lady stops the party and they all disappear into thin air. Reason is because a real estate agent and part of his weekly paycheck comes walking in the door. Unbeknownst to these people, who do eventually buy the place, this is one super-duper cursed place. And just like the first Possessed film, the people end up going through loads of scary and violent sh!t until the credits roll.
What I guess is going on is that the ghost Asian lady is a super vengeful bitch who is out to get her long-lost love who left her when she became pregnant. Or something like that. She commits suicide, her soul is restless, blah blah blah, she wants blood, awesome stuff follows. Now she and her dead child (I think, sorry, me not so good) have possessed our "hero's" (he's not much of a hero) family and he needs all the help he can get.
The thing with these Asian horror flicks is that the amount of creativity and energy they give off is through the f@ckin roof. The ideas they conjure up, the ridiculous make-up effects (which I love), the violence and even some nuditaay, it's just a fantastic blend of what horror is all about. The film isn't perfect obviously and drags a tad when nothing crazy or scary is going down, but honestly this is just a very fun film.
Possessed II keeps the formulas of successful crazy Asian horror intact big-time. The ending is nuts, the situations are ridiculous, the creativity is high and there's a babe who turns into a naked werewolf with the nicest and hairiest tits you'll ever see. Check out Possessed 1 and 2 if you get the chance.
Totally crazy and awesome.
HumanoidOfFlesh19 November 2006
Hsiao and his family move into a big apartment which is surprisingly cheap.When they get settled,strange things start to happen.In the 50s,a bar waitress,Lucy lived with her boyfriend Tim in the same apartment.Tim was a US sailor and he had to leave Hong Kong after the holiday.He abandoned Lucy after she was pregnant.Out of rage,Lucy committed suicide and killed her baby boy too.She swore to kill Tim after death.Hsiao's wife and daughter have been possessed by Lucy and her son and Lucy wants to kill Hsiao on his birthday..."Possessed II" is far more bizarre and entertaining than its predecessor.The plot is not easy to follow,but some scenes are utterly crazy and left me rolling on the floor with laughter.The werewolf woman is so funny that she truly has to be seen to be believed.10 out of 10.My highest recommendation.
Wtf cubed
clenchedbrain31 May 2008
Only 15 votes? People need to get themselves a mutli region player and buy this bonkers gem from Yesasia or another region 3 retailer. Potential buyers should not be put off by the crappy sound, average picture, and rubbish subtitles. Did I mention the shoddy direction, acting and script? None of this matters. This begins in the usual plodding fashion. I have seen quite a few Far-Eastern horrors now, but I still can't get used to the seemingly de rigeur dull first half. Clumsy exposition, shallow characters and soap opera style drama make me check how much time has elapsed on the DVD player every time I watch one of these shlockers. Usually, you are repaid in the second half. This time, you get 1000% interest. The film descends into random lunacy; there is the typical exorcism, but this time it's by a hi-tech Hare Krishna, who has a purpose built exorcism chamber handily designed to be carried around on an articulated truck. Why? Who paid for it? Who designed it? Aren't Krishnas peaceful? That's after an initial exorcism attempt by a part time policeman, that has the usual pratfalls, bungling, screaming, and some bowl-of-dog's-blood juggling that would make the Brazilian football team proud. There is a hairy-titted werewolf woman, whose encounter with a jive faux-voodoo African undermines the cheap (and super-dated) stereotyping, by making it utterly ridiculous and hilarious at once. There is the usual crazy synth-based sound effects, backwards flowing gloopy green blood, multi-transforming possession-victim, flying possessed children, mystic exhumations etc. Also, a dismembered arm that unfortunately still has a gun in it's hand is a particular highlight. I can't be bothered to work out where this film stands chronologically in the timeline of the classic western horror canon, but it fits right in somewhere near Evil Dead 2 (although I was also reminded of Poltergeist for some reason) The difference is that there is very little tongue in cheek here. Also, there is very little coherence, reality or sanity. Another reviewer has commented on the lack of a hardcore horror element. That is certainly true - this is no gorefest. I think its minor legendary status stems almost entirely from its lunacy, its hilarity, and its totally unhinged unpredictability. Marvellous.
Ridiculous, entertaining, slime-covered possession classic
fertilecelluloid24 November 2006
Warning: Spoilers
A 500% improvement on the original. Hsiao, the male protagonist from the first installment, moves his wife and daughter into a low rent house filled with ghosts and living memories of an ugly past. This is the set-up for one of the most ridiculous and entertaining possession flicks ever made in Hong Kong. The freaky, bloody, slimy climax recalled aspects of "Seeding of a Ghost" for me, although that is not the only film this references. We get pieces of "The Exorcist", "Exorcist II - The Heretic", "The Thing", "The Entity", and half a dozen others. Highlight include a bloody stairwell miscarriage, which appears to be cut, and a werewolf woman raping and killing a fat man in the back of a meat truck. The pacing is zippy and the non-stop plot surprises keep everything at a very entertaining pitch. An added bonus is the presence of a ghost-chasing Hare Krishna and a melodious Hare Krishna chant which plays during the movie and, in an inspired choice, over the end credits. Don't expect a hardcore horror opus, but do expect ferocious cinematic insanity with an unhealthy dollop of sexuality (there are enough panty crotch shots to make "Uncle Foamy stand up and tapdance," to quote a favorite movie of mine). Recommended highly.
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