The lives of the Barretts, a suburban New England family, are torn apart when fourteen-year-old Marjorie begins to display signs of acute schizophrenia. To her parents' despair, the doctors are unable to halt Marjorie's descent into madness. As their stable home devolves into a house of horrors, they reluctantly turn to a local Catholic priest for help, and soon find themselves the unwitting stars of The Possession, a hit reality television show.Fifteen years later, a bestselling writer interviews Marjorie's younger sister, Merry. As she recalls the terrifying events that took place when she was just eight years old, long-buried secrets and painful memories begin to surface-and a mind-bending tale of psychological horror is unleashed.

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"A Head Full of Ghosts scared the living hell out of me, and I'm pretty hard to scare." - Stephen KingSoon to be a feature film from Lionsgate, starring David Harbour, Rebecca Hall and Esmé Creed-Miles. Winner of the 2015 Bram Stoker Award® for Superior Achievement in a Novel.