• The Repossession

  • Megan Amram
  • Set Up
  • Comedy
  • Horror
  • 2019
  • Black List
  • Hit List
  • 76.6
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Market: Mon, 16 Dec 2019Sold: Mon, 16 Dec 2019
ManagerCliff Murray (Management 360)
FinancierA24
ProductionBad Robot
Twenty years after a failed exorcism, a meek young woman becomes unlikely friends with the foul-moutheddemon that possessed her as a child.
A weak-willed young woman makes a deal with the demon who has possessed her since childhood in order to finally get what she wants in life.
A shy woman gains confidence through befriending the female demon who possesses her as a child.
After sexist and exploiting coworkers ruin her chances at getting a promotion, an insecure woman strikes a deal with the demon that’s possessed her since she was ten.
Film
Female Protagonist, Comedy, Horror, Supernatural, Buddy, Dark, Demons, Work Related, Broad Comedy, Sex Comedy, Business, Dating, Female, Friends/Friendship, Gory, Mother/Daughter, Racy/Raunchy, Sex, Technology, Transformation, Violence/Violent, Workplace
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R
High
F
Unspecified
31
Average
The Little Hours, Jennifer's Body, Life After Beth
Present, A Few Weeks, Flashbacks to 20 Years Ago
100% in Boston, a footbridge, a picturesque New England street, an affluent suburban house, a rundown apartment, a car interior, a posh apartment, modern tech company headquarters like Google or Apple, a Chili's restaurant and its back alley, an upscale restaurant, a cocktail bar, a forest, a church, a Boston brownstone
KAREN HOWDY (35) escorts FATHER ELIOT (ADULT) to her home, where she hopes he will exorcise the vicious demon LAMASHTU (UNKNOWN) from the body of her young daughter, KENNEDY HOWDY (10). Upon arriving to Kennedy’s room, the gruesome scene of her possessed figure covered in vomit and moving erratically immediately scares the Father away. Karen learns that the only way to suppress the demon is to teach Kennedy to repress her emotions. When Kennedy refrains from feeling anger or fear, Lamashtu stays dormant.

Twenty years later, Kennedy’s (31) lifelong habit of repressing her emotions prevents her from standing up to her roommate MARTA (30s) for not paying rent or stopping STEVIE (ADULT), her coworker at her coding job, from dumping his entire workload on her. When Kennedy gets an opportunity to pitch a project for an open spot on her company’s coveted Dream Team, she spends all night working on a dating app that allows users to convert their phone into a taser when in danger. On the day of the pitch meeting, Stevie steals Kennedy’s idea and presents it as his own. Outraged, Kennedy unintentionally unleashes Lamashtu, who crudely tells off all of the men at Kennedy’s...