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The Entity (1982)

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Another "true story" of dubious authenticity, The Entity concerns a libidinous invisible presence. This unseen force repeatedly rapes poor Barbara Hershey, who can't get anyone to believe her stories of sexual assault. Frankly, she doesn't believe them herself until she undergoes therapy conducted by experts in both psychology and the supernatural. The entity, a great, hairy blob, is ultimately tricked into materializing, an act of revelation that proves to be its downfall. The Entity was

May 3, 2005

Anchor Bay Entertainment

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...underwhelming and frequently dull...

October 14, 2010 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Comment
Reel Film Reviews

The A-list cast and very good dialogue by Frank De Felitta helps a great deal.

October 27, 2005 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | Comment
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I asked myself, could this really be good or just weird exploitation? Scorsese likes it. Maybe because the heroine is like a martyr for everyone who only has to live through traumas that can be explained without reference to the spiritual. It's as though she's been chosen for this miserable, unremitting, incurable fate

April 21, 2011
adammahler1

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Okay, so. Barbara Hershey gets raped by a ghost. It's sinister and unnerving and really, really works, between the bizarre industrial soundtrack (which basically sounds like a machine operating very loudly and in two-second bursts) and her appropriately horrified performance. As we learn more about Carla Moran's

January 14, 2011
ceWEBrity

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