๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฎ๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ, ๐๐ข๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ โ๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐จ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐กโ ๐๐ฃ๐ โ๐๐ซ๐๐กโ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฎ๐จ ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ง, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ข ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ง๐ค๐ค๐ข ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ.
๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐จ ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ก๐ฅ ๐๐๐ข.
๐ฑ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐, ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐.
๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐. ๐ป๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐. ๐ฉ๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ๐ต๐!โ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐๐!โ
๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ค ๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐ค๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ช๐ฅ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐, ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ก๐. ๐พ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐ฃ๐๐ฌ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ง๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ค๐ฃ. ๐ผ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐ง๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ข๐๐จ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ข, ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐๐ข.
๐ฟ๐ช๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ. ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ค ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ข๐ข๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ง๐ค๐จ๐จ๐๐จ.
๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ, ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐ช๐ง๐๐๐ง๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐จ๐ฉ. ๐๐จ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐, ๐ข๐ช๐ง๐๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ก ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ.
Eric wasnโt truly possessed.
He developed a genuine hatred for religion solely based on the abuse he received under the name of one.
During his psychotic break, Eric killed roughly around 4/5 people, before fleeing.
The next time he was caught by another priest who attempted another exorcism on him. He is visibly fuming. Not because he had a demon inside him but because he wanted to be left ALONE. All Eric does as the priest spews prayers in his face is set the cross on fire with his mind.
Believing that this child was truly possessed by an evil entity, and was a threat to the town. The priest conspires with the parents of his own nephews, and older brother to lure him to the tidelands and leave him there for the incoming flood.
Eric drowns in that flood, his body later found and taken to the basement of the very church he worked at and buried in a crypt.- The church later being relocated and a library being built over it.
( It being revealed that Helmaโs grandfather took over as head priest after Eric had murdered the pedophiliac priest, and upon realizing his own possible fate, as well as guilt set the church ablaze then took his own life. )
His death, and the circumstances that lead to this childโs mental breakdown since then are hidden, and lied about to anyone whom may ask.
It isnโt until his nephew Phillip, returns to his childhood town and resurrects Eric from beyond the grave, to return as the Gonger a vengeful poltergeist who takes his anger out on those who betrayed his trust in life and murdered him.
Eric embarks on a mission to murder everyone responsible for his murder, his nephews, and brother. While he is also livid that he has been painted with this horrible name also through his telepathic abilities shows Phillip in a series of agonizingly painful flashbacks the truth about his life and what actually happened to him.
Phillip feels genuinely horrible for how this child was treated, and even says โHe was still just a child.โ Upon learning exactly what the priests had said about the boy in a notebook including photographs of what he had done. As they declared him pure evil, the cursed child.
That being the only true thing stated.- Eric had cursed himself to forever walk the earth as the Gonger for his own sins of murder. The mark of which is seen on his hand, appearing very much like a birthmark. That most likely steadily began to appear after the last person was killed at his hand.
I feel the Gonger movies, and the character Eric Hansen are simply far too underrated, unrecognized, and simply just not as well known for being such a heartbreaking, powerful story of a child who was gifted with these abilities that werenโt understood in the time period, alongside mental illness which this boy most likely definitely also suffered with after years of neglect, and abuse. Both simply seen as a demonic possession that could be driven out via exorcism.
This was the story of Eric Hansen.
