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Good companion piece to the film "The Entity". moreCast
(Credited cast) | Barbara Hershey | ... | Herself |
 | Barry Taff | ... | Himself |
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In this interview / featurette on the Anchor Bay DVD of the 1981 film "The Entity", real-life parapsychologist Dr. Barry Taff discusses the real-life case that inspired a novel and the subsequent film adaptation.
Taff is an engaging subject with plenty of interesting things to say. He talks about his history, and how his own psychic experiences led him to enter the field of parapsychology in university. Other topics include the following of the principle of "Occam's Razor", which means that "all things being equal, the simplest explanation tends to be the correct one", and that when he and his colleagues investigate an occurrence, they work through possible rational explanations first. He mentions working with Dr. Thelma Moss and Dr. Kerry Gaynor; the three of them inspired characters in the film respectively played by Richard Brestoff, Jacqueline Brookes, and Raymond Singer. The majority of his cases (thousands of them!) ultimately wouldn't amount to anything, but there was a small minority of occurrences where things happened that couldn't be easily explained away.
The real-life "Entity" story involved a mother of four named Doris Byther, living in a very run-down house and a heavy drinker. However, consumption of alcohol couldn't adequately explain the phenomena that as many as 25 people were witness to. Taff brings up the fact that balls of light even appeared to take on the form of the head and upper torso of a very large man at one point. Supposedly poltergeist-related activity involved objects moving of their own volition. Taff and his colleagues ultimately lost contact with Byther but the case has still gone on record as one of the most memorable cases that they ever worked on.
This makes for fascinating viewing for anyone with an open mind.
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