The Entity was a 1981 horror film starring Barbara Hershey as Carla Moran, a California woman who was tormented by an unseen entity. See also: 1980 in film 1981 1982 in film 1980s in film years in film film Events January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. ... Barbara Hershey Barbara Hershey is an American actress (b. ... Carla Moran is the name of a real life person or a fictional character, who became famous after the 1981 horror movie, The Entity. There was been wide speculation as to whether a Carla Moran actually existed or not since the movie came out; many who have seen the movie... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Senators Dianne Feinstein (D) Barbara Boxer (D) Official language(s) English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ...

The film is allegedly based on the life of the real Carla Moran (real name Carlotta Moran), who claims to continue to be assaulted by this invisible being, though with lesser frequency and intensity (more recently it is claimed she no longer suffers from physical attacks, but still experiences visual phenomena such as seen in the movie). It opened to major critical panning and was called misogynistic and unneedingly sexually graphic. Despite its critical and commercial failure, it is widely considered to be a horror classic among the same lines as The Exorcist or Poltergeist. A phenomenon (plural: phenomena) is an observable event, especially something special (literally something that can be seen from the Greek word phainomenon = observable). ... Misogyny is an exaggerated pathological aversion towards women. ... The Exorcist is an influential and successful 1973 horror film, adapted by William Peter Blatty from his 1971 novel of the same name. ... A poltergeist (German for noisy ghost) is widely believed to be an invisible ghost that interacts with others by moving and influencing inanimate objects. ...

A remake of the movie is being planned by Japanese director Hideo Nakata. Hideo Nakata (中田秀夫 Nakata Hideo, born July 19, 1961) is a Japanese film director. ...

There is also a novel of the same title, by author Frank De Felitta (first published in 1978), which provides a more detailed account of Carla (or Carlotta) Moran's supposed experiences.

Plot

In the film Carla lives with her children in a home in Los Angeles. One evening she is violently raped by an unseen being, and the molestations and attacks continue. She goes to a local college campus to see counseling from a therapist (played by Ron Silver) because she suspects she is suffering from some sort of mental illness. He concurs, suggesting that she is manifesting hallucinated experiences based on a fear of sex, possibly instilled in her by her unbringing. The City of Los Angeles (from Spanish; Los Ángeles, ) also known simply as L.A., is the second-largest city in the United States in terms of population, as well as one of the worlds most important economic, cultural, and entertainment centers. ... Therapy (in Greek: θεραπεία) or treatment is the attempted remediation of a health problem, usually following a diagnosis. ... Ron Silver Ron Silver (born July 2, 1946 in New York City, New York) is an American movie and television actor. ... The Scream, the famous painting commonly thought of as depicting the experience of mental illness. ...

However, after another rape, she seeks solace at the home of friends who witness paranormal phenomena. Finally assured of the legitimacy of her experiences, Carla seeks help from a paranormal research team. They accompany her to her home to try and help, and it seems that they succeed. Unfortunately when a lover comes to stay the night he leaves the room briefly only to return and find Carla nude and pinned to the bed by an unseen force. Her breasts are pulsating rhythmically, as if being massaged by unseen hands, while she begs him for help. Anomalous phenomena are phenomena which are observed and for which there are no suitable explanations in the context of a specific body of scientific knowledge, e. ...

Eventually the team of parapsycholoists come up with a plan. They set up a home-like location with guns prepared to spray everything with liquid helium. They presume that since the being can manipulate physical things, it must have physical mass, and ergo can be frozen. Unfortunately the being does strike and is so powerful that it takes control of these spray nozzles and attempts to kill Carla with the helium. Ultimately she faces off with it, (though she can't see it) stating that it can kill her, torture her, but it will never rape her again. In an act of fury the being bursts the liquid helium tanks and freezes itself, revealing that it is absolutely gigantic in size. All this is witnessed by Carla's psychiatrist, who until now did not believe she was telling the truth. General Name, Symbol, Number helium, He, 2 Chemical series noble gases Group, Period, Block 18, 1, s Appearance colorless Atomic mass 4. ...

Ultimately Carla returns home only to be confronted by the entity again, and she is simply forced to live with its presence and try to be unafraid.

External links

• The Entity at the Internet Movie Database
• The Entity (2006) at the Internet Movie Database