Communion (1989) – Film Review

(Maybe some mild spoilers but nothing much)

My boyfriend suggested watching Communion. He confessed he’d caught it on TV one night as a kid (for kid see ‘quite old teenager’ but who am I to talk) and was suitably freaked out. He wanted to watch it again out of curiosity. Exactly the same as me and The Entity (though come on, The Entity is cooler right?!).

I’d never even heard of Communion but after adding up in my head the various components of Christopher Walken, late 80s, aliens and frights OF COURSE I wanted to watch it. And I can totally see why boyfriend was freaked out. Though not scary (being a hardened adult) Communion is completely surreal and occasionally nightmarish. Just the kind of thing that scares you when you’re little (or quite an old teenager).

So yeah, pretty surreal. But mainly though –…