The Visitor is a psychological thriller film directed by Giulio Paradisi , based on a story by the Egyptian writer Ovidio G. Assonitis. The film starred such names as John Huston, Shelley Winters, Mel Ferrer, Glenn Ford, and Sam Peckinpah. Prominent Libertarian talk-show host Neal Boortz also had a role in the movie. The film was a co-production between Italy and the United States, with an Italian title of Stridulum and Spanish of El visitante del más allá. A young girl with telekinetic powers is the focus of a battle between good and evil. Katy Collins is no ordinary 8 year-old... girl. Indeed, she is unique, carrying within her the power of Sateen, an inter-spacial force of immense magnitude. Katy's primary mission on earth is to carry these genes forward, a task accomplished by convincing her mother, Barbara to bear a similarly endowed male child with whom Katy would eventually mate. The film-making involved a great deal of symbolism, with an attempt to be an art film, though it ultimately received poor reviews by the mainstream critics.
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| Release date: | March 22, 1979 |
| Directed by: | Giulio Paradisi |
| Runtime: | 101 Minutes |
| Producer: | Ovidio G. Assonitis |
| Editor: | Roberto Curi |
| Music by: | Franco Micalizzi |
| Cinematography: | Ennio Guarnieri |
| Screenplay by: | Luciano Comici, Robert Mundi |
| Genre: | Thriller, Science Fiction |