The Best Films You've Never Seen: Halloween Edition

The Best Films You've Never Seen: Halloween Edition

  • 29 Oct 2026
  • 06:30pm - 08:45pm
  • $10
  • The Capitol, 113 Swanston Street Melbourne, VIC 3000
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Experience Andrzej Żuławski’s feverish, visceral psychological horror 'POSSESSION' (1981) on the big screen at The Capitol RMIT this Halloween, with a special introduction from an RMIT Cinema Studies academic.

Before he became famous in Jurassic Park, Sam Neill starred alongside Isabelle Adjani in Andrzej Żuławski’s disturbing cult classic Possession (1981). 

Set in a divided Cold War-era Berlin, Possession is a wildly intense exploration of love, jealousy, breakdown and the dissolution of a marriage. Żuławski’s fiercely physical film blurs the boundaries between psychological horror, surrealism and body horror, creating an unforgettable portrait of relationships pushed to the brink. 

The screening will open with a contextual introduction from an RMIT Cinema Studies academic, providing new insights and framing for viewers revisiting Possession or discovering it for the first time. 

Join us this Halloween to experience one of cinema’s most unsettling and darkly mesmerising films, Possession demands to be seen on the big screen at The Capitol. 

Presented by RMIT University and RMIT Cinema Studies.

Country: France / West Germany

Year: 1981

Duration: 124 minutes

Language: English

Rating: R

Format: DCP

Director: Andrzej Żuławski

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