The latest UFO Movie Club episode (Communion Review) takes an in-depth look at the film adaptation of Whitley Strieber’s best-selling novel Communion.

Love it or hate it, director Philippe Mora’s Communion leaves a lasting impression. Strieber’s 1987 alien abduction novel was a runaway hit, but Mora’s 1989 horror/biopic bombed with critics and viewers. Fortunately, Communion now lives on in pop culture thanks to an over-the-top Christopher Walken performance.

Mora put his own spin on the alien abduction phenomenon and released a movie that was too far out there for skeptics and UFO believers. But now, looking back on the film, its presentation of nonhuman intelligence falls more in line with theories posited by modern ufologists.

Communion offers an intriguing look at the life of an alleged abductee packaged as a surreal horror thrill ride that ventures into camp. Come for the fascinating look at a landmark UFO case, but stay for the wild-eyed Walken performance for the ages.

Head to Victor Stiff Reviews for the written Communion review. Follow @VictorJStiff on Instagram and Twitter for VSR, Dope Black Movies, and UFO Movie Club updates.

Communion Official Synopsis:
Christopher Walken stars as novelist Whitley Strieber in this tense alien abduction thriller. Vacationing at his family's home in the woods, Whitley is awakened one night by bright lights outside his window.

The next morning he believes he dreamed of being taken by aliens to a spaceship. As the frequency of these "dreams" increase he wonders: are these encounters just hallucinations, or is this really happening? In desperation he seeks out a therapist who believes hypnosis may expose the truth.

Based on Strieber's own experiences, this eerie precursor to the "X-Files" delivers some genuine chills and adds fuel to the debate about whether we are alone in the universe.

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About Communion
Director: Philippe Mora
Writers: Whitley Strieber
Cinematography: Louis Irving
Music: Eric Clapton, Allan Zavod, Alan Clarke, Eduardo Ponsdomenech
Cast: Christopher Walken, Lindsay Crouse, Frances Sternhagen, Andreas Katsulas, Joel Carlson

TIMECODES
0:00 ADAPTING COMMUNION INTO A MOVIE
1:00 WHY COMMUNION MATTERS TO THE UFO COMMUNITY
2:30 WHAT HAPPENS IN THE MOVIE COMMUNION
3:45 WHAT SETS COMMUNION APART FROM OTHER UFO/ALIEN MOVIES
4:30 WHAT MAKES COMMUNION SO WEIRD
5:15 COMMUNION'S ALIENS AND SPECIAL EFFECTS
5:45 CHRISTOPHER WALKEN'S CRAZIEST PERFORMANCE
6:55 IS COMMUNION SCARY?
7:40 HOW COMMUNION GETS HIGH STRANGESNESS RIGHT
8:33 FINAL THOUGHTS ON COMMUNION

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MUSIC🎵
Ember – Walz
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Miles Away – Walz
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Dreamy Eyes – Prigida
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CLIPS AND PHOTOS🎞
Communion – New Line Cinema/Allied Vision
Fire in the Sky – Paramount Pictures
The X-Files – 20th Television
Unsolved Mysteries – Buena Vista Television/HBO Distribution/FilmRise
The Oprah Winfrey Show – King World/ CBS Television Distribution
Communion (Book), Whitley Strieber – Avon
Interrupted Journey, John G. Fuller – Dell
Stephen King in February – 2007 Pinguino Kolb, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Transformation (The Breakthrough), Whitley Strieber – Avon
The Secret School: Preparation for Contact, Whitley Strieber – HarperCollins Publishers
The Communion Letters, Whitley Strieber – Harper Prism
Passport to Magonia, Jacques Vallée – Daily Grail Publishing
The Mothman Prophecies, John Keel – Saturday Review Press
UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go On the Record, Leslie Kean – Crown Archetype
In Plain Sight, Ross Coulthart – HarperCollins Publishers