Communion (1989)

Director
Philippe Mora

Main cast
Christopher Walken; Lindsay Crouse; Frances Sternhagen; Andreas Katsulas; Terri Hanauer

Genres
Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Description
A novelist's wife and son see him changed by an apparent encounter with aliens in the mountains.


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