The combination of light and sound create an intrusional blitz, much like a mosquito being caught in a bug zapper. The parallel is terrifying, evoking the realisation that Barbara Hershey is the mosquito, and her entry to the house is a type of death. As an extension of the original film, The Entity, it is the death of her sanity. Moreover, for Tscherkassky’s material permeation of the plot, it is the death of narrative, convention, linearity, and the parameters of the cinematic screen.
Tara Judah
November 28, 2013