Supernatural or Supranatural?
I was watching "The Entity," agian last night, which is really a horror film that doesn't get anywhere near enough praise as it deserves (it gets none by the way) and which I think was the inspiration for "The Exorcism of Emily Rose" more than "The Exorcist;" along with Malachi Martin's Hostage to the Devil which is the only book to ever give me the chills and make me paranoid for my soul--and I was raised Unitarian Universalist for Crissakes.
In "The Entity" a single mom, played by the breath-taking Barbra Hershey, with 3 kids (2 young ones with one father and one teenager she had with another guy when she was 16) one day is suddenly attack by something. And is constantly raped by this Entity. She goes to a psychologist, played by Ron Silverman, who thinks this is all some sort of dillusion. Though this film definitely leans more to the Getting Raped by a Ghost Party rather than Schizophrenic Dillusion manifested in Hysteria which gives physical evidence Party--the idea of whether this is supernatural or psychological is definitely there.
This reminded me of one of my sole (thus far) supernatural experiences, I was in Mainline outisde of Philadelphia with a bunch of family, I was checking out Drexel for the first time. We all went to some bar for dinner and were walking back to the house when I looked up in the window of the Catholic School up the street from their house. I saw a girl who was maybe in her teens or so lookign at me, she seemed to be wearing a dress or something maybe a Catholic school uniform; anyway I turn to my Dad's cousin and asked,"Do the kids stay overnight at the school?" She turned to me and said "No." That was a real 'holy shit' moment.
Also: This morning I was watching this new Sci-fi Channel program "Proof Positive" similar to "Sightings" and all those shows this takes supernatural or paranormal experiences and tries to test them to see if they can positively prove their existence. One of their pieces was on a painter in New Mexico who believes he has a an abnormally high ("supernaturally" high) electricalcharge in his body ebcause streetlights turn out whenever he's near them, or can turn on when he's near them--or other types of lights. His wife also spoke about how he'd shock her or their toaster would blow up or something when he touched them or was around them.
To make a long intro make sense--this gave me an idea for a flick. It would be like a Justice League or X-men group but done in a manner like Batman Begins or Unbreakable so entirely in the realm of reality. You'd have this painter, but a little film-magiced up so that he can controll the electricity more, you'd have Bruce willis from Unbreakable in there. And more things that seem like a medical oddity but could be used for crime fighting. Then set it inthe late 80s early 90s so these guys would have to workall the time.
I've come to the conclusion that I need to work on all my movie ideas this summer, since I haveall this dow time when I'm not working. Maybe you might get a link to a new script sometime soon--STAY TUNED!
In "The Entity" a single mom, played by the breath-taking Barbra Hershey, with 3 kids (2 young ones with one father and one teenager she had with another guy when she was 16) one day is suddenly attack by something. And is constantly raped by this Entity. She goes to a psychologist, played by Ron Silverman, who thinks this is all some sort of dillusion. Though this film definitely leans more to the Getting Raped by a Ghost Party rather than Schizophrenic Dillusion manifested in Hysteria which gives physical evidence Party--the idea of whether this is supernatural or psychological is definitely there.
This reminded me of one of my sole (thus far) supernatural experiences, I was in Mainline outisde of Philadelphia with a bunch of family, I was checking out Drexel for the first time. We all went to some bar for dinner and were walking back to the house when I looked up in the window of the Catholic School up the street from their house. I saw a girl who was maybe in her teens or so lookign at me, she seemed to be wearing a dress or something maybe a Catholic school uniform; anyway I turn to my Dad's cousin and asked,"Do the kids stay overnight at the school?" She turned to me and said "No." That was a real 'holy shit' moment.
Also: This morning I was watching this new Sci-fi Channel program "Proof Positive" similar to "Sightings" and all those shows this takes supernatural or paranormal experiences and tries to test them to see if they can positively prove their existence. One of their pieces was on a painter in New Mexico who believes he has a an abnormally high ("supernaturally" high) electricalcharge in his body ebcause streetlights turn out whenever he's near them, or can turn on when he's near them--or other types of lights. His wife also spoke about how he'd shock her or their toaster would blow up or something when he touched them or was around them.
To make a long intro make sense--this gave me an idea for a flick. It would be like a Justice League or X-men group but done in a manner like Batman Begins or Unbreakable so entirely in the realm of reality. You'd have this painter, but a little film-magiced up so that he can controll the electricity more, you'd have Bruce willis from Unbreakable in there. And more things that seem like a medical oddity but could be used for crime fighting. Then set it inthe late 80s early 90s so these guys would have to workall the time.
I've come to the conclusion that I need to work on all my movie ideas this summer, since I haveall this dow time when I'm not working. Maybe you might get a link to a new script sometime soon--STAY TUNED!
posted by ESN-TNS at 2:24 PM
4 Comments:
i love the Entity. titty.
and i say this, not having seen it in about 20 years. but the scene in which IT starts touching her breasteses, leaving imprints on those bad boys, has stayed with me through the decades.
p.s. your father's a bum. you can tell him i said that.
Yo, i saw that shit when i was like 15 and i wa slike, how the hell did they do that?! But in the back of my head i'm like "girl's got it goin' on"
Feck Off, El.
We'll sick the ghosties on ye.
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