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The Entity

Genre
Horror
Rating
R
Released
4 February, 1983
The Entity

The Entity is a 1982 American supernatural horror film directed by Sidney J. Furie, and written by Frank De Felitta, who adapted his 1978 novel of the same name. The film stars Barbara Hershey as a single mother in Los Angeles who is raped and tormented by an invisible assailant. Like the novel, the film is based on the 1974 case of Doris Bither, a woman who claimed to have been repeatedly sexually assaulted by an invisible entity, and who was observed by doctoral students at the University of California, Los Angeles. Despite being filmed and planned for a release in 1981, the movie was not released in worldwide theaters until September 1982 and February 1983 in the United States.

Director Sidney J. Furie
Produced by Harold Schneider
Screenplay by Frank De Felitta
Based on The Entity, by Frank De Felitta
Starring Barbara Hershey
Music Charles Bernstein
Cinematography Stephen H. Burum
Edited by Frank J. Urioste
Production, company American Cinema International
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Released September 30, 1982
Running time 125 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $9 million
Box office $13.3 million
Netflix ID 70005254

Acerca de The Entity

An invisible demon torments and sexually assaults a woman. The supernatural film is based on the Frank De Felitta novel of the same name which was based on the 1974 case of Doris Bither, a woman who claimed to have been sexually molested by an invisible entity.

Los logros de The Entity

Sidney J. Furie directed the film from a screenplay by Felitta. Star Barbara Hershey won Best Actress at the Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival Awards.

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Información más reciente sobre The Entity actualizada el 28 de Julio, 2021.