A recently divorced father's (Morgan) youngest daughter becomes strangely connected to an antique wooden box she purchased at a yard sale. As his daughter's behavior becomes more erratic, the father senses a dark presence building until he discovers that the box was built to contain a dibbuk -- a dislocated spirit that inhabits and ultimately devours its human host.

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• Originally had an October 28th 2011 then a January 6th 2012 theatrical release.
• Originally rated R for "violence, terror and disturbing images" but they appealed and cut a few scenes to receive a PG-13 rating.
• Alternate synopsis: Revolves around Clyde Breneck and his 10-year-old daughter, Em, who purchases an antique box at a yard sale. With the box, Em accidentally releases an ancient spirit that has one goal: to devour her. Clyde must team work with his ex-wife to put an end to the curse.
• Actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Watchmen, The Losers, The Resident) stars.
• Danish director Ole Bornedal also worked on 2006's The Substitute, which was released on DVD via Ghost House Underground -- Ghost House Pictures distribution label.
• Lionsgate will distribute.
• Originally titled Dibbuk Box.
• Writers Juliet Snowden and Stiles White also worked on Knowing and have more recently been attached to remakes for Poltergeist and The Birds.
• Moira Buffini was once attached as writer after Stephen Susco stepped down.
• Stephen Susco (The Grudge) was originally set to write the first draft, but he has since stepped down and will only serve as producer.
• When this project was first announced in 2005 it was going to be the next film produced by Sam Raimi's Ghost House Pictures.
• This is a fictional retelling of LA Times reporter Leslie Gornstein's story "Jinx in a Box," about an antique wooden box purchased on eBay that contained an evil spirit and was brought to America by a Holocaust survivor after World War II.

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