The Visitor

Original title: Stridulum

1979
R
1h 48m

IMDb RATING

5.2/10

4.7K

YOUR RATING

The soul of a young girl with telekinetic powers becomes the prize in a fight between forces of God and the Devil.

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The soul of a young girl with telekinetic powers and her mother become the prize in a battle between good ETs and evil ETs.The soul of a young girl with telekinetic powers and her mother become the prize in a battle between good ETs and evil ETs.The soul of a young girl with telekinetic powers and her mother become the prize in a battle between good ETs and evil ETs.

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IMDb RATING

5.2/10

4.7K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
According to the interview with Paige Conner on the Code Red DVD, Shelley Winters smacked her for real several times while both rehearsing and filming a key confrontation scene.

Goofs
When Barbara is being pulled along the ground a wheel and part of a small skateboard is visible underneath her.

Quotes
Detective Jake Durham: Now listen to me, Katy, isn't there something you want to tell me?
Katy Collins: Yeah. Go fuck yourself!

Alternate versions
"The Visitor" was released on DVD by independent distributor Code Red in November 2010. It was the first time the film had been presented in its uncut form in the United States.

Connections
Featured in Videofobia: El visitante del más allá (2015)

Soundtracks
Shortnin' Bread
(uncredited)
Written by James Whitcomb Riley
Performed by Shelley Winters

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Review

Featured review

4/10

"Sateen was a mew-tant."

The plot, as I hopefully understand it, is that Satan (or Sateen, as this film calls him) fathers children with supernatural powers. One of these children is 8 year-old Katy, who has telekinetic powers and a heavy Southern drawl. An intergalactic traveler called The Visitor must battle the child for the fate of the universe....or something like that. There's also some stuff about an evil hawk, some bald aliens, and a crazy-eyed Jesus with a bad blonde wig.

Nonsensical Italian-made claptrap that combines '70s fascinations with the occult and aliens. It's an awful movie that rips off many better movies, made watchable by some striking imagery and interesting casting. John Huston, Lance Henriksen, Sam Peckinpah, Mel Ferrer, Shelly Winters, and Glenn Ford are all in this. That says more about the state of their respective careers at the time than it does about the quality of this production. Incoherent but good for some laughs. Dig that terribly out of place soundtrack, too.