The Entity
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Movie Reviews of The Entity
Movie Review: A compact and creepy story...
Summary: 4 Stars
This was a disturbing tale about a woman who suffers supernatural attacks. On a deeper level, it is about her finding strength to persevere through sexual assault (albeit from a spirit) and culture's refusal to take her seriously. The feminist undertones are fitting for the period's waning of the initial movement and the attacks the movement saw in the early 80s. And fitting for our current era, as well. As one reviewer pointed out, the camera's refusal to focus on some of the male characters makes the viewer know that we are to dismiss the men's arrogance as easily as they dismissed this woman.
I had no intention of writing a review, but I found some reviews to be disturbing in themselves. The fact that several people mentioned they found the rape scenes to be funny makes a sad comment on our culture. Sure, it was a ghost...sure, it was a chessy special effect... but just sad when people (and I hope not just my male gender) found this funny. Empathy, people!! The scenes are graphic, but the violence and nudity are not grotesque. Barbara Hershey was not 'taken advantage of' as one kid review mentioned (why does Amazon let children comment on R movies? As if they understand mature sexuality- most adults can't deal with it!...if they are 'embarrassed' by nudity, then pipe down!). Instead, it showed pretty amazing strength to film a movie that could have tanked given 1982's social climate. Kudos to the filmmakers and Barbara Hershey.
Movie Review: Bad sound effects, decent movie
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie would've been scarier if they used a better ghost sound effect. I'm guessing that there were way more clever options even back when this was made.
Really scary was the bush on the girl on the bed, I feel bad for the misfortunate bugs that happened to get tangled up in that during filming, talk about feats... Frodo and that spider web had nothing on the lucky bugs that managed to crawl out of that place.
(no disrespect to the actress... BUT IT SERVES YOU RIGHT FOR BEING THAT OPEN WITH THE CAMERA!!)
I read in a review (I think Exorcist) that said that "Exorcist wasn't scary, if you want a really scary movie, check out The Entity." So I was optimistic and believing. This isn't even in the same ballpark by far.
I'm sorry, the ending was good but the movie wasn't as scary as people are saying, I was hoping it would be but...
Still a good movie, I was surprised and kind of embarrassed by all the nudity in it... I didn't expect it even though it was a raping ghost movie, I was hoping that the scenes would imply what we already understood... that wasn't the case, everything was explicitly detailed to the point of my recommendation to watch alone so you won't feel embarassed for watching it with an acquaintance.
Movie Review: truth or not, unnatural forces have power
Summary: 4 Stars
i was first exposed to this film when it aired on television. it intrigued my senses; to think that a person would allow such an unseen force control them at its own will. most people forget who has the real supernatural strength on this plane of existence like in this movie. this is why such movies like these are made. most horror films do have the genre of horror, but not this film. there was nothing about this film horrorfying except for the constant sexual assaults and unforeseen rapes in a moving car and in front of children and her sexual physical interests. for its time, it is taboo and therefore horror. this film is a drama with a story line derived from true events. what takes away from this film is that no one ever dispells the facts that it is a medical challenging explanation for these attacks and that the writer never explains why this particular woman was a target which disables its paranormal categorization. i enjoyed the film because of the cheesy sound effects and musical score and the boldness of this entity and the sex appeal of barbara hershey. i love true stories whether believeable or not, and this is why i loved the film - it allows my imagination to be creative where the actual people responsible failed.Movie Review: TALK ABOUT BEING TRAUMATIZED FOR LIFE!!
Summary: 4 Stars
the entity didn't hold back one bit. this movie being based on true events gave its' audience a dose of the harsh reality this woman lived through. real or not, exaggerrated or not, only the family really knows, but the way this movie was done, is enough to capture your attention and think about these things, these situations, and these ghosts. whether you believe in them or not, this movie was graphic, and very good at telling the story, and giving you a pretty good picture of what went on. the help that was sought, the things that were done to try to capture these entitys, and about the people involved. a haunting such as this is so crazy it's unbelievable. i myself believe in spirits and ghosts and so forth, but to have one do what was done to this woman on a few occasions is pretty heavy. it's hard for some people to believe in ghosts, it'll be even harder for them to swallow this story. the acting was well done, and the bonus features were good as well. a very traumatic episode that i'm sure is hard for us who've only watched it to forget, imagine those who lived it. very real, very creepy, and scary to think that any minute forces unkown can be stronger than you. nicely done, and i do recommend you watch.Movie Review: Underrated Gem!!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
THE ENTITY is easily one of the most unfairly maligned films ever made. Most critics take exception to the frankness in which the "rape" scenes are depicted, deeming them sensationalistic and trashy. Well sorry folks. To drive home the terror that this women is feeling, I think its appropriate to show us in a brutal fashinon exactly what is happening to her. The acting is top notch. Barbara Hershy is fantastic, hands down!The material is treated incredibly seriously and it contains some great music and truly moody cinematography! Granted, the finale is a little out of control, but lets not forget THE EXORCIST. A classic that spends most of its screen time out of control.
I wont rattle on and anilyze it too much. If you havent seen it, give it a go. You will no doubt be want to leave the lights on.....