# The Entity (1982)

> A battered single mother seeks help from parapsychologists when an invisible supernatural attacker turns her home into a site of escalating terror.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/14640

## Facts

- Runtime: 125 min
- Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Director: Sidney J. Furie
- Cast: Barbara Hershey, Ron Silver, David Labiosa, George Coe, Margaret Blye, Jacqueline Brookes, Richard Brestoff, Michael Alldredge
- TMDB rating: 6.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082334/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: somber, ominous, oppressive, late night horror viewing, 1980s horror marathon

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