SummaryAn intergalactic warrior battles alongside a cosmic Christ figure against a demonic 8-year-old girl and her pet hawk, as the fate of the universe hangs in the balance. [Drafthouse Films]
Directed By:Giulio Paradisi
Written By:Luciano Comici, Robert Mundi, Giulio Paradisi, Ovidio G. Assonitis
The Visitor
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81
The Visitor might be a hot mess, the byproduct of tailspinning egos and the best drugs movie money could buy in the late 70s, but it certainly isn’t an accident.
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The Visitor is a mess, but a revelatory one, both a ripe, bizarre thriller and a fascinating example of how filmmakers first responded to the interstellar millions stirred up by Spielberg and George Lucas: by thieving the good bits.
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It is fun, a hodgepodge of styles and technique and feathered hair that really evokes the late ’70s.
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The Visitor arrived at the height of a sci-fi and horror film revival, when “serious” directors... embraced genre conventions and made them their own. Paradise stole from them all. But unlike these directors, his ambition was coupled with delusional ineptitude.
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The Visitor is like a puzzle jammed together by a 3-year-old, with the polyglot pieces forced into place whether they fit or not. In other words, it’s an essential curiosity.
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Jan 7, 2019
7
Lance Henriksen wasn't kidding, this one is "a real turkey", but I think I loved it. The first 40 minutes were a real headache to me. Then, between Glenn Ford being viciously attacked by a hawk and a motorcyclist stunt guy basically dying on screen, my brain just done broke. I started to enjoy the film immensely and was laughing all the way to the loony bin. The Visitor isn't as nonsensical as I'm making it out to be, though. It has a pretty simple plot, but it is just too frustrating to make sense of it all when the presentation is so bloody bonkers. Even though initially it caused me migraines, once the acid (that is essentially The Visitor) kicked in, I was hooked and had a weird yet wonderful trip.
Mar 15, 2015
7
Once again I thank god for TCM! THE VISITOR is something special kind of like THE OMEN meets THE BIRDS meets THE EXORCIST directed by Jodorowsky. Sound compelling? Well it is! The kind of film that truly does not get made anymore with a star studded cast of amazing and infamous people. Franco Nero opens the show as a kind of bizarre christ-like character with the most beautiful eyes and wacky blonde hair. Then you get John Huston, Mel Ferrer, a young Lance Hendrikson, Glenn Ford, Sam Peckinpah, and one truly good performance from Shelley Winters who seemed to make a lot of money making American inspired Italian flicks in the 70s. Sadly, THE VISITOR is a bit of a bore and doesn't have that one great moment that will keep you talking for days but it's still pretty darn super.
Production Company:
- Brouwersgracht Investments
Release Date:Nov 21, 1980
Duration:1 h 30 m
Rating:R
Tagline:Her body carried Satan's child. The visitor had to stop her!
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