Ava's Possessions (2016) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

The necklace paradoxically serves as both a symbol of recovery and an invitation for the demon's return. Participants must wear it as part of their emotional resilience training, learning to resist its allure. If they can withstand the temptation without succumbing to the demon's influence, they graduate from the program, proving they have the mental strength to ward off future possession attempts.

• necklace
• demon
• rehabilitation
• possession
• temptation
• graduation

Hazel harbors a deep, unsettling attachment to the demon that possessed her. Unlike Ava, who fears and wants to escape Naphula's influence, Hazel cherishes her past connection with the entity. This obsession complicates Ava's healing process and ultimately leads to the disastrous ritual where Ava attempts to reconnect with Hazel's spirit, resulting in Hazel being institutionalized.

• Hazel
• Naphula
• demon
• obsession
• possession
• ritual

The bloodstained trail intensifies Ava's suspicion that her family is concealing crucial information about her possession and the events of the missing month. This discovery acts as a catalyst, propelling Ava deeper into investigating her family's secrets and the truth behind what happened during her 28 days under demonic control.

• blood
• trail
• home
• secrets
• family
• Ava

The intricately engraved timepiece serves as a crucial clue that directs Ava to Ben. Ben reveals the pocket watch belonged to his father, establishing a connection between Ava's past and Ben's family. This object becomes the foundation for Ava and Ben's fragile relationship as she attempts to piece together the mystery surrounding her possession.

• timepiece
• pocket watch
• Ben
• father
• clue

When Ava attempts a traditional ritual to reconnect with Hazel's spirit following Hazel's institutionalization, the ceremony backfires catastrophically. Hazel ends up permanently confined in a mental institution, while Ava receives a cryptic tattoo on her neck, a mark that Tony recognizes as potentially reigniting the demon's influence, leading to Ava's expulsion from the rehabilitation program.

• ritual
• tattoo
• Hazel
• mental institution
• possession
• expulsion

Ava discovers the shocking truth: Ben's father was not a victim but a hitman hired by Roger, her sister's fiancé. Roger employed the hitman to silence any threats to his criminal operations. This revelation exposes Roger's dark motives and connects the seemingly unrelated subplot about Ben's father to the broader conspiracy surrounding Ava's family.

• Ben
• father
• hitman
• Roger
• killed
• silenced

During the climactic confrontation, Roger attempts to manipulate Ava into wearing the necklace again to resurrect Naphula's power. Instead of succumbing, Ava defies his control and channels the demon's own strength to shatter the necklace, severing the malevolent force's hold over her life and defeating Roger.

• Roger
• necklace
• demon
• confrontation
• defeat
• shatter

While working at the recovery facility, Ava uncovers ancient files documenting others' encounters with the same demonic force that possessed her. The chilling revelation comes when she realizes her mother was deeply involved in similar dark tales, suggesting a sinister legacy intertwined with their family bloodline, a curse that appears to have been passed down through generations.

• family
• legacy
• mother
• cursed
• bloodline
• demon
• files

Troubling memories resurface when Ava recognizes a tattoo on her sister's neck that mirrors her own. This revelation forces Ava to confront the horrifying possibility that her sister deliberately cast the darkness onto her, passing the demonic curse to escape its grip herself, revealing the ultimate family betrayal.

• sister
• tattoo
• curse
• passed
• betrayal
• Whitney
• Ava

Despite Ava's apparent triumph, taking a job as an administrator at the recovery facility, the ending remains ambiguous. Remnants of the demon's presence linger ominously. When Ava inadvertently causes boxes to fall and discovers the ancient files, her primal scream breaks through her office barriers, allowing the demon's shadow to reassert itself, suggesting the threat is far from over.

• demon
• ending
• return
• possession
• shadow
• ambiguous

Desperate to prevent Ava from uncovering their secrets and potentially exposing Roger's criminal dealings, Ava's family attempts to have her committed. This act of betrayal forces Ava to confront the extent of her family's deception and drives her deeper into investigating the truth behind her possession and Roger's involvement.

• family
• commit
• institution
• Roger
• secrets
• betrayal

Ava undergoes a terrifying ordeal while possessed by the malevolent entity Naphula for 28 days. She emerges with no memory of what occurred during that month, only to discover she lost her job, friends, and boyfriend. The consequences of her lost month include potential imprisonment, which her family negotiates through a plea deal requiring her participation in the rehabilitation program.

• possession
• memory
• lost
• 28 days
• Naphula
• consequences