nick king Entity is a British horror movie written and directed by Steve Stone. It's a tight, claustrophobic film that relies on good acting, special effects that are genuinely disturbing and actually help reveal the story, and an ultra-creepy location.The plot is slim and characterisation is kept to a minimum as a small TV crew, consisting of Kate Hansen, played by Charlotte Riley, Matt, played by Rupert Hill and David, played by Oliver Jackson, with guest psychic Ruth Peacock, played by Dervla Kirwan, travel to a remote spot in Siberia in search of a paranormal story promised them by their host, Yuri, Branko Tomovic. They soon find a deserted industrial site, and as they explore the evil within, it begins to explore them. There can only be one winner.In a downbeat ending the ghost-hunters become ghosts and the ghosts become real in a way we've seen before in plenty of horror films yet if there's nothing startlingly original in Entity there is better than average-horror-film acting, especially from Dervla Kirwan and Charlotte Riley, a really eerie atmosphere throughout, and the disturbing reassurance that there's plenty of life left in the world of ghosts.

laymonite-2 From the start, this films promises much. The initial sequence of 'found footage' is very creepy - unfortunately you will discover it's by far the creepiest thing in the film.The initial post-credits opening is also promising - great camera work, well judged soundtrack and characters talking like real people.Unfortunately nothing convincing develops from this and the whole documentary crew theme/psychic woman seems half hearted and a little forced.There ARE some potentially creepy locations used, but despite this, this film commits the cardinal sin - it's just not at all scary.A far superior treatment of a similar theme is Grave Encounters.It's not a bad film at all, it just seemed so close to having much greater potential, based on the great start and good ending twist. Just the middle 70 minutes, the bulk of the film were missing something...

trashgang Subscribed to Fangoria of course this flick was heavily promoted by them because it was a Fangoria release. Thought it would be strong and good even as it was a low budget flick coming from the UK I was rather sadly disappointed.It's one of the thousand found footage flicks but this time it didn't work for me. It has all the typical elements, a forest, a dark house, torches, Russian accents and a history of the past concerning all elements from Russia that were scary back then. But from the first minutes the film is started I knew this wasn't going to be my thing. When the first ghost appears in the forest it was done rather laughable. When we see the execution of prisoners even that wasn't my thing, sure, being shot in the head could look gory but it didn't.Around the 55 minute things go wrong with a lot of bad images and loud sounds but then again that was it. So far the most creepy thing was the prisoner in the opening sequence. I never found it scary at all. This isn't a Blair Witch or even Paranormal Activity. You better go watch the real Entity (1982).Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 2/5 Story 2/5 Comedy 0/5

miffymad Saw this at the LIFF where it deservedly won Best Horror. The acting is really strong. Will be watching Charlotte Riley's future with interest. I hear she has already landed a lead female starring role opposite Tom Cruise. I feel the director has given a masterclass in making a low budget film look anything but. I enjoyed the psychological horror as am not a great fan of gore. Not as many jumps as the Paranormal Activity series. This stuck with me for some time afterwards like The Blair Witch Project did and provoked me to scurry off to google to research into the historical background given as fact in the film and whether it was based on stuff that really happened in The Cold War. For me this adds to the scare factor. The sound was impressively frightening and in the peaks of the film I had my hands over my ears and squinting through my eyes. Win for me.