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I never thought I’d see an occult Christian movie and
it appears that “The Visitation” is the first of its kind.
Is there an audience for this film? Well if there’s an audience
for splatter filled horror movies there certainly will be
an audience for this type of thriller. Based on a novel
by Frank Peretti (who also co-produced with “X-Men” and
“Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country” producer Ralph Winter),
“The Visitation” probably could have benefited from a bigger
budget the stylish direction overcomes the shortcomings
of a lean budget. When a number of people in the town of
Antioch have nasty accidents and survive they are also visited
by a vision where they are told “He is coming” and to prepre
the way for Him. Now it’s implied that the person they’re
speaking of is Christ but when the mysterious healer Brandon
Nichols (Edward Furlong) arrives in town it appears it’s
more likely he’s the anti-Christ. Not everyone buys into
Nichols “divinity”. Even after attending one of Nichols
revival meetings Travis Jordan (Martin Donovan) whose dog
may have been raised from the dead and the local vet Morgan
Elliot (Kelly Lynch) have their doubt. Jordan because he
notices that one of Nichols men was also in a photo of the
crime scene where his wife was killed years before.
--- Image & Sound:
The flipper has the movie in both widescreen and full
screen. The image quality is mixed; the colors are bright
and vivid while the film occasionally looks a bit murky
with a significant amount of grain. Now I’m not sure if
the issues with grain are related to the transfer or the
photography or film stock itself (most modern films don’t
demonstrate a lot of grain in their transfers unless intentional
and I’m not even sure if this is indeed intentional). Audio
is nicely used with a 5.1 mix that uses the format quite
well. ---
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