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2009 · horror · mystery · thriller · supernatural

Paranormal Entity

Directed by Shane van Dyke1h 28m2009
ElsewhereIMDb4.35k
  • heavy
  • extreme
  • bleak
  • cold
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Heavy, steady, extreme horror / mystery, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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Thomas Finley has been arrested for the murder of his nineteen-year old sister, Samantha and fifty-two year old, Edgar Lauren, a Professor and paranormal investigator. Police were called to the scene by Thomas himself in the early hours of the morning, finding him inside with his sister's body cradled in his arms. In his statement given in police custody, Thomas claimed that the victims were attacked by a demonic entity of unknown origin. Days later, he committed suicide. It is the opinion of those closely related to the family that a video found at the scene be shown to the public as a final testament to what actually happened inside the Finley home in those final days.

Our read · Paranormal Entity (2009) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive horror · mystery · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want low-budget found footage demonic possession with a dark family twist.

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Skip it tonightSkip if demonic rape, suicide, or found footage horror will ruin your night.

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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