Communion (1989)

Name: Communion (1989)
Duration: 1 h 47 min

1hr 47m

1hr 47m
2.9/5 (4.4K)
53%

On December 26, 1985, Whitley Strieber has a strange nightmare. In the following days, plagued by painful headaches, his behavior becomes increasingly erratic.… More Details »

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Philippe Mora

Producer:

Dan Allingham

Writer:

Whitley Strieber

Runtime:

1hr 47m

Synopsis

On December 26, 1985, Whitley Strieber has a strange nightmare. In the following days, plagued by painful headaches, his behavior becomes increasingly erratic. Later, under hypnosis, he realizes that his dream was not a dream at all.

Cast

Christopher Walken
Lindsay Crouse
Frances Sternhagen
Andreas Katsulas
Terri Hanauer
Joel Carlson
John Dennis Johnston
DeeDee Rescher
Aileen Fitzpatrick
R.J. Miller

Letterboxd User Reviews

2.9

RATINGS 55 FANS

2.9

"you expect answers so quickly, but we don't even know the questions yet" faces of god, masks of god, some of the best interiors in all cinema & one of the only films that "gets it" 🚪

342 Likes

pd187

Mar 14, 2021

those little dancing aliens may legitimately be cinema's peak

175 Likes

single white femalien

Oct 5, 2014

ayy lmao

103 Likes

COBRARocky
May 7, 2016

5 stars for the scenes where a shirtless Walken dances with muppets and balloon animals. 0 stars for the other 96 minutes.

103 Likes

Parker

Aug 11, 2020

This movie has a long sequence that borders the line so hard between being one of the most ridiculous things I've ever seen and the most frightening - but it's 100% awesome. And it was absolutely worth the effort in tracking this sucker down. Walken gives the exact kind of…

96 Likes

Ben Peterson

Dec 5, 2021

Communion is based on Whitley Strieber's book about his own alleged encounters with aliens. I've never read the book so I've no idea how close to the source material this movie is....but certainly it is completely off the wall crazy. Christopher Walken stars as the writer,…

89 Likes

Slig001
Jul 29, 2023

"I wasn't, abducted, I was, probed, in, my, vacation house."

85 Likes

Eric Szyszka

May 21, 2023

Takes itself seriously in the right ways, and doesn't take itself seriously in the right ways. the group of abductees talking through whether or not they should perceive themselves as victims, alongside everything that implies, hits very hard Still great. night terror…

81 Likes

mdfmdf

Oct 1, 2021

What if Close Encounters was directed by a horror specialist, starred Christopher Walken and actually written by the guy who claims he meet aliens. Very odd one and pretty chilling overall.

80 Likes

Filipe Furtado