Putting a Survivor into the Dying State with your Basic Attack blocks their Aura from being revealed to any Survivor, who is farther than 32/24/16 metres away from them.

For the next 15 seconds, the following effects apply to the dying Survivor:

Reduces their Field of View and causes them to be deafened.
Suffers from the Blindness Status Effect.
Reduces the Crawling speed by -50 percent.
Reduces the Recovery speed by -25 percent.

While carrying a Survivor you benefit from the following effects:

Decreases Wiggle effects, which cause you to strafe sideways, by 75 percent.
Increases Wiggle duration by 4/8/12 percent.

After hooking a Survivor, THWACK! activates:

The next time you break a Breakable Wall or a Pallet, all Survivors within 28/30/32 meters of your location will scream and reveal their Aura for 4 seconds.

Each time a Survivor is hooked for the first time, you gain a token.  Upon reaching 4 tokens Grim Embrace activates.

The Entity blocks all generators for 40 seconds.  The Obsessions aura is revealed to you for 5 seconds.