CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 1979
The Visitor posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

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MOVIE1979 1h 48m ITA

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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The Manitou poster 01

Movie / 1978 / Horror

The Manitou

Why this pick

Like The Visitor, it plays occult science fiction at operatic volume: psychic forces, extraterrestrial mythology, and an utterly straight-faced collision of cosmic evil with 1970s genre excess.

The Psychic poster 02

Movie / 1977 / Thriller / Horror

The Psychic

Why this pick

Its clairvoyant heroine, ominous visions, ornate interiors, and deliberately unreal atmosphere match The Visitor’s blend of psychic dread and flamboyant Italian genre craft.

The Sentinel poster 03

Movie / 1977 / Horror / Drama

The Sentinel

Why this pick

A New York horror nightmare built from religious apocalypse, sinister elders, and escalating surreal imagery; it shares The Visitor’s grave, bizarrely maximalist supernatural mood.

The Devil's Rain poster 04

Movie / 1975 / Horror

The Devil's Rain

Why this pick

This has the same unfettered 1970s occult-horror energy: an ancient evil, solemn cosmic stakes, celebrity-studded weirdness, and a willingness to push its imagery into delirium.

The Medusa Touch poster 05

Movie / 1978 / Horror / Thriller / Science Fiction

The Medusa Touch

Why this pick

A fierce psychic protagonist appears tied to catastrophic events in this brisk, bleak supernatural thriller, echoing The Visitor’s fascination with destructive mental power.

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

In an enigmatic, alien landscape, Jerzy Colsowicz (John Huston) experiences a vision of a powerful and destructive storm brought about a young human girl. His colleague, an enigmatic Christ-like figure (Franco Nero), tells his bald pupils about the centuries-long cosmic conflict between Zatteen, an evil inter-spatial force of immense magnitude with powerful psychic abilities, and his benevolent arch-rival Yahweh. Zatteen escaped to the planet Earth centuries ago, and though he was eventually tracked down and killed by Yahweh, his spirit lives on in the minds of Human, waiting for an opportunity to reemerge and wreak havoc. The figure tells his disciples that before his death, Zatteen had produced dozens of children with human women, and these descendants continue to populate the Earth.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Lance Henriksen

Lance Henriksen

Raymond Armstead

John Huston

Jerzy Colsowicz

Joanne Nail

Barbara Collins

Sam Peckinpah

Sam Peckinpah

Dr. Sam Collins

Paige Conner

Katy Collins

Joe Dorsey

Sheriff Paul Townsend (as Jack Dorsey)

Johnny Popwell

AAA Mechanic

Wallace Wilkinson

Police Captain