FilmPGFound Footage Demonic & Possession Supernatural

Paranormal Entity2009

Name: Paranormal Entity
Genre: Found Footage, Demonic & Possession, Supernatural
Released: 2009-12-22
Rating: 4.5

“Decide the truth for yourself.”

Directed by Shane van Dyke

4.5

Crypt Score

Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 4.3TMDB 5.2

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Year

2009

Runtime

88 min

The premise

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.

Horror Vault's take

Presented as recovered home footage, Paranormal Entity drops viewers into the Finley household as a family attempts to document and survive a terrifying presence they cannot explain. The footage is framed by a grim real-world outcome that is revealed from the very start, ensuring a sense of creeping inevitability hangs over every scene. Low-budget and lean, the film leans hard into darkness, sudden sounds, and the vulnerability of ordinary domestic spaces. Whether the entity is real or something else entirely is a question the film is happy to leave you sitting with.

Content: Jump Scares, Depictions Of Demonic Possession, Disturbing Imagery, References To Suicide, References To Violent Death