Possession (Sky Atlantic)
Rating: Five stars out of five
Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again…
The first line of Daphne Du Maurier’s Gothic novel, with its ominous hint of subconscious horrors to come, is irresistible.
Possession was channelling Daphne from the opening shot of a decaying mansion on the hill.
The backdrop was Jamaica, not Cornwall, but the atmosphere was unmistakable.
And this five-part drama, originally titled Inheritance, doesn’t disappoint. It pulsates with disturbing imagery, some of it subtly unsettling, some of it as chilling as a bad dream come to life.
It is also a meditation on the island’s violent history and the conflicting
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