Walken Makes It All Terribly Compelling, From His Childlike Compliance To The Diminutive Aliens Who Turn Up In His Home At Night To An Unexpected Story Climax In Which Strieber Demystifies The Little Buggers On His Own Surprisingly Comic Terms. The Supporting Cast Is Terrific, Including Lindsay Crouse As Strieber's Concerned Wife, Frances Sternhagen As A Doctor, And Joel Carlson As Strieber's Son. This Is Not An Offering That Panders To Today's Alleged Abductees, But Rather A Study Of A Sole Survivor Who Finds His Peace On His Own Terms. --tom Keogh It is a great pleasure to introduce this picture I directed in 988 in this new DVD special edition. A truly independent feature, Communion continues to be a controversial film for anyone with a closed mind. At the time it was made, as filmmakers we had to fight for the right to make it ambiguous and agnostic in regard to the issue of an alien presence. Various powerful film companies wanted a straight horror film or an outright affirmation of alien existence which would have undermined an unbiased point of view. The psychological dimensions of Whitley Strieber's extraordinary book upon which the film is based continue to facinate me and the issues raised in the film continue to engage millions. A man approached me at a UFO conference and said, "Your film is a fraud." I replied, "How can you say that?" He answered, "the aliens told me!"
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