October 27th: Entity (2012 Netflix)

Making a horror movie based around a ghost hunter team or paranormal TV show seems to be extremely popular in the 2010s.  It feels like you can't take a piss without it splashing back at you by the pile of movies that new genre makes.


This movie is no different, but it does a really good job of separating itself from the footage and TV show theme better than other movies of its contemporary.  The film is about a British television crew on the search for a supposed mass grave in the woods of Russia.  The crew finds the grave and it quickly becomes more about the ghosts than the crew trying to survive jump scares.


When the film moved on from the mass grave to the final location, it really got great.  The medium that was hired in by the film crew is a real deal medium and actually sees the Russian prisoners' ghosts and even witness the murder of those prisoners at the hands of Russian soldiers.


This movie actually is what I wished Chernobyl Diaries was.  It's all about Russian experimentation on people and what it does to their souls.  And it truly creeps out, unlike others like it.  It lets go of the idea that it's "found footage" pretty quickly, although the characters require their gear to see from time to time.


I highly suggest this film, it's a winner on most accounts and I even want to watch it a second time.