A novelist's wife and son see him changed by an apparent encounter with aliens in the mountains.
Acting
Walken at peak unhinged—nobody does fractured psyche like him.
Practical Effects
Rubber aliens that aged like milk but hit harder than CGI ever could.
Score
Eric Clapton of all people, dialing the dread to eleven.
Director
Philippe Mora
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Strieber's 'Communion' was a genuine bestseller that kicked the alien abduction panic into overdrive; this film arrived at peak X-Files anticipation.
Walken spent hours with the real Strieber studying his mannerisms, then ignored most of it to do whatever this is instead.
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