Review of Communion (1989) by Bill S — 05 Oct 2013

The visuals this movie creates are nothing like what I imagined while reading the book. The book was genuinely scary, where this movie is disjointed and almost silly. Christopher Walken was not a good choice to play Whitney Stribber. He's too quirky or too odd to generate much sympathy.

I don't recall if the book was this trippy. What I mean by that is Strieber's recollection and later hypnotically-induced memories are so scatter shot. It is really tough to stay with this. I thought Lindsay Crouse was good as Mrs. Strieber. She really grounded things and was the real voice of reason through the craziness.

The alien creations are very disappointing and the special effects are all bright lights and fog.