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Despite being asked many questions about his slow - walking brute , Mitchell has shown minuscule interest in excuse " it " . Even so , he has said , conceptually , that it represents something along the line of human mortality and how thing like passion and gender can keep death away temporarily , but finally decease comes for everyone . But what is " it " , precisely ?

The Entity stems from an unknown curse that is leave shadowy in the film . The curse is always passed through intimate sexual relation and , once someone is afflicted , the Entity will watch over them until they ’re get and killed . This could take days , weeks , months , or longer . Once someone is killed by the Entity , it goes down the air in guild , starting with the person who infected the most recent victim , and so on . How long the occupation is remains unknown , as the descent of the nemesis could be recent or very previous ; the moving-picture show never explains this in much particular , preferring to focus on the more late affected and the connections between them .

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Typically , raw victims are inform of their fortune . It seems like it would be in the good interest of the person who passed the curse forward to give the young victim a heads up regarding their situation so they can seek to fend off it for as long as potential ; there is no sign when the expletive has been shift backward , so even once it has been pass on , all victim must continue to be cognizant in case it ’s their act to be followed again . Only those who are affected by the curse , or have been affect at any clip can physically see the Entity . alike , the Entity can take any form is seemingly unbounded as to what form it can take or how many it can take on . The Entity does have a corporeal shape , and can be touched . It can also feign any human corporal social function ; it is not aghost or sprightliness . No matter what , it always seems to move at a normal , walking pace and does not eat , nap , or tyre . Presumably , it can not be pop and is live to wrong but may   take time to convalesce . The Entity is also supernaturally stiff and can easily mangle and break bones and contort bodies , as is proven by the gruesome way it pull up stakes its victims after they are killed .

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