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Film.com by David Ehrlich
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.
The Visitor (Stridulum)
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- Italy,
- United States
- 1979
- · 108m
Director
Giulio Paradisi
Cast
Glenn Ford,
Lance Henriksen,
John Huston,
Joanne Nail,
Sam Peckinpah,
Shelley Winters
Genre
Horror,
Science Fiction
An ancient intergalactic warrior arrives on Earth to put a stop to a demonic child's plot to reproduce Satan's next generation of evil. "The Visitor" arrived at the height of the sci-fi revival and combines elements of The Omen, The Birds, and Star Wars into a genre-defying masterpiece.
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70
Village Voice by Alan Scherstuhl
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.
70
Arizona Republic by Bill Goodykoontz
It is fun, a hodgepodge of styles and technique and feathered hair that really evokes the late ’70s.
63
Boston Globe by Peter Keough
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.
60
The Dissolve by Scott Tobias
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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