New poster released for Sam Raimi-produced horror The Possession

Lionsgate Films has released a new poster for the Sam Raimi-produced horror The Possession. Based on a true story, The Possession is the story of how one family must unite in order to survive the wrath of an unspeakable evil.

In the Lionsgate and Ghost House Pictures film, Clyde (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and Stephanie Brenek (Kyra Sedgwick) see little cause for alarm when their youngest daughter Em becomes oddly obsessed with an antique wooden box she purchased at a yard sale. But as Em’s behavior becomes increasingly erratic, the couple fears the presence of a malevolent force in their midst, only to discover that the box was built to contain a dibbuk, a dislocated spirit that inhabits and ultimately devours its human host.

Starring Watchmen’s Jeffrey Dean Morgan and The Closer’s Kyra Sedgwick, The Possession is directed by Ole Bornedal (Nightwatch), written by Juliet Snowden & Stile. s White, and produced by horror movie icon Sam Raimi, along with Rob Tapert and J.R. Young.

Check out the poster for The Possession, which hits theaters everywhere August 31, 2012, below.