For almost 20 years, Andrzej Żuławski’s Possession was almost impossible to find — at least, in its original uncut version. Despite a prestigious premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in 1981, the gonzo psychological horror film was quickly labeled a “video nasty” and banned in the U.K., while only a heavily edited 81-minute version (as opposed to the original 124-minute version) was released in the U.S. For decades it was out of circulation, with the full version only being made available on home video in 2000.
