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The Entity
DVD/APPROX. 125 MINS/1981/USA R18+
DVD/APPROX. 125 MINS/1981/USA R18+
A hardworking single mother, Carla Moran (Barbara Hershey), is trying to give her three children the best things in life. If she isn't working hard at
her job, she is going to night school to become a more successful business woman. One night after arriving home from school, she is getting ready
for bed when she suddenly feels a cold chill in the air. Seconds later Carla is slapped across the face, thrown across the room onto the bed,
violently attacked and brutally raped. Her attacker holds her arms down and puts a pillow over her face until he has finished. Scared and
frightened, she begins to scream once the pillow is lifted off her face. Her oldest boy, Billy (David Labiosa), rushes into her bedroom and she
screams at him to check the house and protect his two little sisters, Julie (Natasha Ryan) and Kim (Melanie Gaffin), who come to their mother's
room in tears. Billy searches the entire house but he finds that the doors and windows are all locked from the inside. He believes that his mother
just had a nightmare. After the attack, Carla beings to see furniture sliding and moving on its own and bedroom doors slammed shut. Is there a
poltergeist in the house? The violent attacks also continue and she is repeatedly raped by this mysterious entity. Not knowing if her mind is playing
tricks on her or if a supernatural entity attacking her, she seeks help from a psychologist named Phil Sneiderman (Ron Silver). He does not believe
in supernatural forces and thinks everything is in Carla's mind due to her troubled childhood, when her father would molest her. Night after night,
Carla is violently raped by the entity, so viciously that it leaves teeth marks and bruises on her arms, legs, thighs and ankles - all in places where it
would be impossible for Carla to do herself. The hardworking mother beings to search for help and finds two college students who are
parapsychologists. They are able to photograph the entity late one night in Carla's bedroom and they try to find a way to trap it..
Director Sidney J. Furie brought us this terrifying film, The Entity, in 1981. The film was based on a novel by Frank De Felitta which was published in
1978, just after his other novel Audrey Rose (1977). The Entity was released in the cinemas and drive inn's just around the same time Tobe
Hooper bought us the film Poltergeist (1982). Unfortunately, The Entity wasn't as popular as Poltergeist, which was targeted more as a family
spookfest. The Entity is far more spine-chilling, though, and you will find yourself on the edge of your seat while gripping the couch pillow, looking
nervously behind you every now and again. With Poltergeist, the only thing that freaked me out when I saw it as a kid was that friggin clown
under the bed. The Entity, on the other hand, is based on the shocking true story of Carla Moran. She is currently living in Texas with her children
and the entity itself still haunts her from time to time.
The beautiful Barbara Hershey did a fantastic job in this film. Director Sidney J. Furie couldn't have picked a better actress to play Carla's role. The
rape scenes where she is being thrown from one side of the room to the other, her legs stretched wide, and her frightened facial expressions are
enough to make you want to scream and punch the TV. Hershey definitely made The Entity work with her outstanding performance.
This was my first time watching The Entity. I had always seen it in the video shop but had never had taken the chance of renting it because I
thought it would be another Poltergeist rip-off. Man, was I fucking wrong. The Entity is a film that stands by itself, far away from the films
Poltergeist, The Exorcist and The Antichrist. Twenty years after its debut release, it has definitely grabbed my attention and I was gobsmacked
that I had never seen a film like this before. Trust me guys, those who haven't seen The Entity have to buy this DVD and add it to your collection.
This will be one of those films you will pull out and watch several times over the years, not to mention that my wife was too scared to go to bed
last night after watching this film (laughs).
I highly recommend you buy The Entity on DVD, as it is truly terrifying and shocking material. Make sure you watch this film late at night with your
loved one or even by yourself. Either way, it will put you on your seat's edge!
her job, she is going to night school to become a more successful business woman. One night after arriving home from school, she is getting ready
for bed when she suddenly feels a cold chill in the air. Seconds later Carla is slapped across the face, thrown across the room onto the bed,
violently attacked and brutally raped. Her attacker holds her arms down and puts a pillow over her face until he has finished. Scared and
frightened, she begins to scream once the pillow is lifted off her face. Her oldest boy, Billy (David Labiosa), rushes into her bedroom and she
screams at him to check the house and protect his two little sisters, Julie (Natasha Ryan) and Kim (Melanie Gaffin), who come to their mother's
room in tears. Billy searches the entire house but he finds that the doors and windows are all locked from the inside. He believes that his mother
just had a nightmare. After the attack, Carla beings to see furniture sliding and moving on its own and bedroom doors slammed shut. Is there a
poltergeist in the house? The violent attacks also continue and she is repeatedly raped by this mysterious entity. Not knowing if her mind is playing
tricks on her or if a supernatural entity attacking her, she seeks help from a psychologist named Phil Sneiderman (Ron Silver). He does not believe
in supernatural forces and thinks everything is in Carla's mind due to her troubled childhood, when her father would molest her. Night after night,
Carla is violently raped by the entity, so viciously that it leaves teeth marks and bruises on her arms, legs, thighs and ankles - all in places where it
would be impossible for Carla to do herself. The hardworking mother beings to search for help and finds two college students who are
parapsychologists. They are able to photograph the entity late one night in Carla's bedroom and they try to find a way to trap it..
Director Sidney J. Furie brought us this terrifying film, The Entity, in 1981. The film was based on a novel by Frank De Felitta which was published in
1978, just after his other novel Audrey Rose (1977). The Entity was released in the cinemas and drive inn's just around the same time Tobe
Hooper bought us the film Poltergeist (1982). Unfortunately, The Entity wasn't as popular as Poltergeist, which was targeted more as a family
spookfest. The Entity is far more spine-chilling, though, and you will find yourself on the edge of your seat while gripping the couch pillow, looking
nervously behind you every now and again. With Poltergeist, the only thing that freaked me out when I saw it as a kid was that friggin clown
under the bed. The Entity, on the other hand, is based on the shocking true story of Carla Moran. She is currently living in Texas with her children
and the entity itself still haunts her from time to time.
The beautiful Barbara Hershey did a fantastic job in this film. Director Sidney J. Furie couldn't have picked a better actress to play Carla's role. The
rape scenes where she is being thrown from one side of the room to the other, her legs stretched wide, and her frightened facial expressions are
enough to make you want to scream and punch the TV. Hershey definitely made The Entity work with her outstanding performance.
This was my first time watching The Entity. I had always seen it in the video shop but had never had taken the chance of renting it because I
thought it would be another Poltergeist rip-off. Man, was I fucking wrong. The Entity is a film that stands by itself, far away from the films
Poltergeist, The Exorcist and The Antichrist. Twenty years after its debut release, it has definitely grabbed my attention and I was gobsmacked
that I had never seen a film like this before. Trust me guys, those who haven't seen The Entity have to buy this DVD and add it to your collection.
This will be one of those films you will pull out and watch several times over the years, not to mention that my wife was too scared to go to bed
last night after watching this film (laughs).
I highly recommend you buy The Entity on DVD, as it is truly terrifying and shocking material. Make sure you watch this film late at night with your
loved one or even by yourself. Either way, it will put you on your seat's edge!
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