Top 9 Films Based on Supernatural True Events
Steve Barton
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The Entity (1982)
As if a paranormal haunting isn’t enough, the haunting spirit in The Entity was sexually attacking its host. Sheesh! Barbara Hershey plays Carla Moran, a character based on real life victim Doris Bither, although neither director Sidney J. Furie, nor Hershey met with Bither at any time before or during the shoot. The movie is based on the book by Frank DeFelitta, which detailed Bither’s experiences. Investigators tried to prove the spectral rape part of Bither’s story but could not get photographic evidence (although they did get some cool light arc pics of Doris). There was also some severe actual abuse that went on in Bither’s life growing up. All this leads to many questions against her story. But why someone would come up with a story of a ghostly rape is a tough one to figure out. The Entity contains some intense imagery, especially for the time it was released, and tells a great tale of haunting.
The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)
The Haunting in Connecticut is a very intriguing tale. It has the element of doubt built right in. Much like the validity of Doris Bither’s claims tended to be doubted in The Entity because of the possibility of mental illness and questionable living conditions, The Haunting in Connecticut purposely puts doubt into the viewer’s mind to help drive home the point of how scary a real haunting is during the later parts of the movie. This film is somewhat based on the story of Carmen Reed Snedeker and her family. Snedeker moved closer to the University of Connecticut (Go Huskies!) Health Center, where her son was being treated for cancer. Apparently some of the medications used in the treatment could have had hallucinatory side effects. So was it real? Let’s ask the experts as the Snedeker home was also investigated by Ed and Lorraine Warren, who indeed verified some serious paranormal activity. Lorraine claims the house was cleared after an exorcism was performed in 1988.
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