The Visitor trailer (1978)

[rcsam2275]

Joanne Nail the Citigirl brought to you by Citibank 1972.

[ChesterAsucka]

This trailer intrigues me. Gonna watch it now. I just discovered the band Zola Jesus (not sure if I like them yet), and an interview with the singer led me to this movie. Thanks for uploading this.

[compsciguy]

Code Red's trailer for this SUCKS!! It's nothing but this cheesy 70's disco music. HUGH! You don't even know what's it about!

[Mondomeyer]

"I'm a pre-tty bird."

[FastJohnnyNardGard]

Man I just caught a version of this in the theater last night that's only been shown in North America three times. It's a terrible move, in a good way.

[alwrig]

What a foul-mouthed little girl!

I can't believe John Huston and Sam Peckinpah were involved in this!

[Mondomeyer]

@alwrig Not to mention Shelly Winters and Glenn Ford!

[Bootsie642]

Can I catch this on Elvira's Movie Macabre?

[hairypussy1981]

Lol @ the blonde woman who smiles after getting shot.

[desertlonghair]

I'm so happy Code Red is releasing this on DVD Nov. 2, 2010....I first saw this as a sneak preview back in '79 and got the poster too. Sure, it's odd, but that's because is has a very European flair to it, though it has North American actors. I defend this movie always, it's too unusual to pass off as a misfire. Not your typical Hollywood stuff!

[desertlonghair]

@desertlonghair My copy is on pre-order, eager to get it! And I wanted to mention that when I say it's "odd" (in a good way) because it has a European flair to it, I mean that the European films (even horror/sci-fi) are more willing to be more experimental and "unusual" in the eyes of typical "Americans"... I for one seek out the unusual, and that's why The Visitor has been one of my faves for all these years :)

[fluffer1987]

Last I heard, this Packard guy packed it up and enrolled in detective school.

[JKParmer]

anybody know when the hell Code Red plans to release this on DVD? It's been in the works now for what? 3 years?

[bobbyshaddoe3004]

@pookie67 there is a documentary about this film? holy crap!!

[TheInflicted]

1:30 the hawk says stop fighting.

This trailer is hysterical.

[guitarcolossus]

Sam Peckinpah!! Yeah!!

[wookie72]

@pookie67 Just one, at about 0.21. The audio has a few pops and hisses, but it just looks like, well, a transfer from a VHS copy. The cuts, however, are quite nice. If you had told me it was a vintage trailer, I would have believed it. You really have the style down pat, like I said except for the profanity and the "sting", but that's just a matter of my own personal taste.

Plus, that girl's fricking creepy. Just as creepy as Linda Blair.

[wookie72]

Good trailer, very much in the style of the 70s trailers, with two exceptions. one is the "sting" at the end of the credits, which seems to me a modern touch and seems jarring. The other is the use of profanity; I know that "Red Band" trailers are more prevalent these days, but I stil think the best trailers are more suggestive than explicit. But still, a great job, and it's always a treat to hear John Huston's voice!

[bartlebybartleby]

dang, must find this

[KeemLegendPA]

First movie i seen with a video game as a kid. Hey what is the one where the girl was watching the familly from the hole in the ceiling? was it "Godsend"? Wasn't " The Children" after this movie? Anyone remember "The Legacy"?

[fueledbymusic3]

Yes! I remember this movie from the early 80's. I liked the theme music at the end of movie!

[ROoooo80]

This is one stylish movie..plus awesome soundtrack

[MartinKoolhoven]

Why do I see Sergio Sollima when the director's credit appears...?

[pookie67]

your the first to notice.

There wasn't a handy image of michael paradiso at the time

[mrpickup52]

oh, wow! John Huston, Glenn Ford...

[civ1002]

wow, I saw this on TV when I was 6 or 7 in the late 70s on some b-movie sci fi/horror show on late at night

[ryanharrisonawesome]

Oh my god, what is that?  Oh my god, what is that?

NICE NICE NICE

I'll be checking out the dvd whenever I find it. I love the last music track on the trailer - hope it's from the movie and utilized well.

[jaleits]

The Visitor is a classic that I remember from the early 80's. One of a string of movies from the director of Tentacles and other Italian horror movies from the 70's. great cast, but a disjointed and confusing movie that is a real period piece for the music and style. Used to be played often in the early 80's on one of the New York City t.v. stations and always creeped me out. What stood out as well was many of the scenes were filmed in Atlanta.

[Tiiggii]

Music is more than lame, like those ´70 porns

[johncarpenter1980]

this is a good railer, but was there ever an official trailer for The Visitor?

[johncarpenter1980]

how do you do a VHS-DVD transfer? just curiosity

[ComebackJohnny]

Pretty cool.

[bobadork]

john huston as obi wan kenobi! Huston would have been a cool obi wan, too. Instead, he was gandolf.

Nice ROF soundtrack music at the end. Correct me if I'm thinking of another film but my dad and I used to make fun of this movie all the time with huston doing exercises on rooftops during the film?

[marksburger]

So, is it available on DVD? As awful as it is, I wouldn't pass it up!

I interviewed Lance Henriksen once and we spoke briefly about it, and about his work with producer Ovidio Assonitis, with whom he also did PIRANHA II and CHOKE CANYON (which is probably the best of their films - but also isn't on DVD yet!)

[gaIIery]

Not since "Tentacles" have I seen such an unlikely cast.

[johncarpenter1980]

Only Ovidio Assonitis would make a movie like this (he made Tentacles too)

[Mabuse13]

John Huston playing Pong on Colecovision, that's a cinematic first!

[georgiahoosier]

Wow, thanks for posting this. The "Visitor" has to be one of the worst movies of all time but it has that train-wreck quality that makes you watch it again and again.

It's also the one time on screen appearance of radio talk show host Neal Boortz. If you want to get kicked off his show, bring up the "Visitor"

[johncarpenter1980]

who did Boortz play in the movie?

[georgiahoosier]

He was one of the "board members" and only had a couple of lines. This is from memory of course, but I remember him saying to Lance Henrikson "Do you have everything you want, is it everything you need?" Something like that.

[johncarpenter1980]

o ok. i kno who ur talking about. it was in that scene with that long ass table with mel Ferrer sitting on one end and all those old bald guys wearing glasses sitting around

[georgiahoosier]

That's it. There's also a short shot towards the end where all the board members are eaten up (presumably by the mob of pigoens) and you can pick out Boortz with his head over on the table next to Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion. The Boomer also has a line about the same time Boortz speaks. Mind you I haven't seen this since it premiered in Atlanta, but like chewing gum on a shoe sole, this crap is hard to shake out of your memory! LOL

[ShayeSaintJohn]

"You used your powers to make it go faster".

"No. No,I didn't".

[ShayeSaintJohn]

Joanne Nail! Shelley Winters! I remember seeing this at the drive in on a double bill with THE GODSEND. Your trailer makes me want to see it again.