THE ENTITY

The life of Carla, a young woman who lives alone with her children, is disrupted by the appearance of mysterious and violent supernatural entities. Thanks to the help of some parapsychologists, the woman will manage to get rid of the "occult presences", at least temporarily… At the beginning of the 1980s, almost contemporary to "Poltergeist", this "Entity" came out, which echoes the themes and settings of the more famous (but attention, subsequent) film by Hooper. The film directed by Fury has a rather slow pace, alternating good moments of suspense (the attacks on the woman by the entity) with others excessively slow and didactic (the long dialogues between Carla and Dr. Sneiderman), ultimately proving not very fluid and rather heavy. Special mention deserves, however, the excellent performance of the lead actress Barbara Hershey. Curiosity: upon its release in theaters, "Entity" was a huge success worldwide: the audience was probably attracted by the fact that the film was based on a true story, albeit opportunely "fictionalized".