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"That bugs me, man. That really bugs me." This ends up being Glenn Ford's key line in his short appearance in this episode's movie. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr – as they come away with a slew of questions after watching The Visitor (1979) and its star-studded cast. Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 174 – The Visitor (1979) Join the Crew on the Gruesome Magazine YouTube channel! Subscribe today! And click the alert to get notified of new content! https://youtube.com/gruesomemagazine Synopsis: The soul of a young girl with telekinetic powers becomes the prize in a fight between forces of good and evil. Director: Giulio Paradisi (credited as Michael J. Paradise) Writers: (screenplay by) Luciano Comici (as Lou Comici) & Robert Mundi (as Robert Mundy); (story by) Giulio Paradisi & Ovidio G. Assonitis Selected cast: Mel Ferrer as Dr. Walker Glenn Ford as Det. Jake Durham Lance Henriksen as Raymond Armstead John Huston as Jerzy Colsowicz Joanne Nail as Barbara Collins Sam Peckinpah as Dr. Sam Collins Shelley Winters as Jane Phillips Paige Conner as Katy Collins Franco Nero as Jesus Christ (uncredited) Chad chose The Visitor for this episode's discussion, but he confesses that he had no idea what was going on at any given moment during the film. On top of his confusion with the storyline, he was "bored off his hindquarters" while some scenes dragged on forever and ever and ever… To him, it felt like a ripoff of The Exorcist (1973) and The Omen (1976) with a little science fiction twist thrown in. Of course, there was the hate-eliciting kid, dripping with evil, and the inappropriate music backing many scenes. Though competently made, according to Bill, The Visitor is a mess. The incoherent story seemed to go a little Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) while still not making a lick of sense. Echoing Chad's feelings about the kid, he admits he cheered when Shelley Winters' character slapped her. He finishes with, "Of
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