The Atticus Institute

The Atticus Institute

2015 · 92 min · EN · NR · 5.7 (295 votes)
Dir. Chris Sparling · Starring William Mapother, Rya Kihlstedt, Sharon Maughan, Anne Betancourt, John Rubinstein, Suzanne Jamieson

The only case of possession confirmed by the U.S. Government.

Horror

In the early 1970s, Dr. Henry West creates an institute to find people with supernatural abilities. When Judith Winstead comes to the facility, she exhibits amazing abilities that the military wants to turn into a weapon.

VIBE

A chillingly plausible descent into paranoia. This found footage horror feels like a classified government experiment gone terribly wrong, slowly revealing a terrifying entity. It’s a slow, dread-filled burn that leaves you questioning reality.

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