Kinks and murder compete for screen attention in 1974's "Help Me…I'm Possessed," which isn't completely committed to a story of the supernatural or monster happenings, preferring to spend more time with bluntly photographed scenes of suffering. It's an odd one from director Charles Nizet, who aims to use weird science as a way into a creature feature of sorts, with the mystery ghoul depicted as a batch of wet licorice strings coming after innocent and not-so-innocent souls. There's entertainment value in that alone, making one wonder why Nizet works so hard to make his ridiculous story seem important. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com

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