This one comes to us from Gravitas Ventures and writer/director Sonny Mallhi.  Starring Ryan Simpkins as “Tess”, Anguish is a tale of possession.  This isn’t the standard possession story though.  Tess isn’t taken over by demons and forced to do unspeakable things, but instead has the ability to allow spirits to take over her body.  She has been plagued with what she thought we psychological issues for years, but now that she knows the cause she has to decide whether or not to fight the soul of a recently deceased girl who refuses to leave.

I have to admit that I actually found myself getting closer to the screen during this trailer.  It just looks fantastic and received very positive reviews when it premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival.  If you like a movie with a lot of tension, and a slow build that draws you in the entire time, you are going to want to check out Anguish on December 18th when it hits theaters and VOD.

Plot Synopsis
A new girl in a quiet town, Tess (Ryan Simpkins) tries to manage her psychosis while adjusting to her new life with her mom (Annika Marks). After stumbling upon the shrine of Lucy (Amberley Gridley), a hit and run victim, Tess finds herself overwhelmed by hallucinations of the dead girl and starts to question her sanity again. When the spirit possesses Tess’s mind and soul, mother and daughter are at a loss for where to turn next for salvation: religion or medicine? Both institutions have failed them to date but faith leads them to the house of Sarah (Karina Logue), Lucy’s mother, who has been despondent since the accident. All together with time working against them, Sarah is desperate to believe that Lucy is still alive in Tess but neither parent wants to give up on their daughter. Now that she understands what is happening to her, ultimately Tess must decide whether she wants to keep fighting or succumb to her affliction.

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