User Reviews

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.

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.