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The true story of one man's terrifying journey into the unknown.
A novelist's wife and son see him changed by an apparent encounter with aliens in the mountains.
Communion
1989 Directed by Philippe Mora
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Christopher Walken Lindsay Crouse Frances Sternhagen Andreas Katsulas Terri Hanauer Joel Carlson John Dennis Johnston Dee Dee Rescher Aileen Fitzpatrick R.J. Miller Holly Fields Paula Shaw Joshua John Miller Basil Hoffman Johnny Dark Sally Kemp Ingrid Vold Irene Cagen Juliet Sorci Tifni Twitchell Kate Stern Jonathan Fromdahl Andrew Magarian Paul Clemens Maggie Egan Vince McKewin
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Η Επαφή: Μια Αληθινή Ιστορία
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Surreal Alien encounters are some of my favorite scenes in any movie—pure dreamy nightmare projections shrouded in fog and sensuality.
That slow zoom toward the piece of furniture and what we see is so fucking creepy—if I saw this as a kid I’m pretty sure it would have scarred me for life. Walken really shines in this as well... balancing his signature quirks quite nicely and his dancing with wirey yet smooth aliens and interactions with the little hooded guys are priceless.
The true story behind this is super interesting, others here on lb have documented it far better than I ever could.
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I haven't read Whitley Strieber's book, I'm sure it's remarkably different from Walken's interpretation. Even before the anal probing, he's nut. From his first breath, he's out of his mind. His approach appears to be mostly ad-libbing. It's a combination of the Jeff Goldblum cadence with a touch of William Shatner's Shakespearean stagger. It works here.
Mora nailed the dream-like atmosphere and simplicity of the aliens. There are moments that are truly terrifying. Allowing Walken to be free was a bold choice and created a fascinating if not epileptic character study. Perhaps he didn't take it as seriously as he could, but the end result is better than if he had. His behavior on the space ship was a bit…
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"you expect answers so quickly, but we don't even know the questions yet"
faces of god, masks of god, some of the best interiors in all cinema & one of the only movies that "gets it" 🚪👽
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🌞Daily Horror Hunt #24 – June 2020🌞
16. A film featuring Christopher Walken.Yeah, when Christopher Walken tells you he's been abducted by aliens... you better believe it!
This is Walken doing his best Walken impression, so fucking crazy, and if you can dig that vibe you're in for a time, I love it! There's just so many great scenes, and great lines spit out of his mouth that I can't even jumble my thoughts together. This has to be experienced to be understood. Like c'mon, he dances with aliens!... HE DANCES WITH ALIENS!! From the very first horrific, unexplainable abduction, all the way up to the laughing fit filled finale. Communion is a beautiful voyage through the bizarre, the absurd, and the odd — And I'm not talkin' bout the aliens!
What a strange, strange movie...
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"THE TRUE STORY OF ONE MAN'S TERRIFYING JOURNEY INTO THE UNKNOWN!"
Love that intro sequence with the above shots of NY at night and the squeeling 80s guitar! That's how you start your dang movie! Which really sets the unique vibe of this moody little sci-fi creepfest. I'm pretty sure I saw this on TV back in the day as it felt vaguely familiar. Almost like a childhood dream. It just has that indefinable nostalgic coziness.
A family experiences bizarre phenomena when visiting their isolated cabin. Bright flashing lights and a strange dream shared by everyone. The Dad (Christopher Walken) questions his sanity when he starts experiencing strange visions of other worldly beings and experimental procedures. But was it his…
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Those who claim to have been abducted by alien beings often describe what can be called “high strangeness,” not just during the abduction but before it. High strangeness is what is sounds like, some very weird and trippy shit. It’s what we experience when we are dreaming—nothing makes sense and things just happen. If I remember correctly, Betty and Barney Hill (the first documented case of alien abduction) saw men wearing Nazi uniforms before they were taken aboard the spaceship. If abductions are real, they seem to be either very simply psychologically challenging, with the mind trying to grasp what’s going on, or they seem to put the abductee in some dreamlike state; perhaps they even connect them to the…
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This movie is kinda slightly bonkers and I love it. I had wanted to see it for awhile and Letterboxd here let me know it's on Tubi. Also says Shout Factory TV so maybe SF gonna release a Blu of it?? Also directed by the same director as Howling 2!!
So Whitely Strieber is a struggling writer and him and his family take some friends to their remote cabin only to encounter some Alien Abduction shenanigans! Bright lights and little fat blue aliens Whit's son nicknames "little blue doctors" but then you got the orange aliens with the big black eyes and when they were taking off their face towards the end letting Whit know he would never see their… -
This movie has a long sequence that borders the line so hard between being one of the most ridiculous things I've ever seen and the most frightening - but it's 100% awesome. And it was absolutely worth the effort in tracking this sucker down. Walken gives the exact kind of performance you'd want from him in an alien abduction story, but you aren't actually prepared for what happens. Even though there are many movies focused on this subject, this is one of a kind. Great late 80s score too.
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Opening credits over moonlit New York skyline. Check.
Opening credits over moonlit New York skyline, spotlighting the World Trade Center. Check.
Opening credits over moonlit New York skyline, spotlighting the World Trade Center with haunting Eric Clapton theme drenching the scene with big time mood. Check.
Cabin in the dark forest with the veil of serenity but the dread of something coming. Check.
Ominous alien teasing. Check.
Ominous alien hallucinations. Okay.
Walken describing alien features to his shrink. Check.
Walken saying, "These little blue midgets came into my house". Yes, please.
Walken cocking a shotgun. Bang!
Walken trick-or-treating with his kid. Check.
A full-throated guarantee to have traumatized me as a kid. Check.
Guaranteed to play silly but still creepy as an adult. Check.
And scene.
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those little dancing aliens may legitimately be cinema's peak