Communion!

My childhood fear of (and fascination with) space aliens didn’t begin with Unsolved Mysteries. Actually, I’m pretty sure it took root with this old book:

Communion, by Whitley Strieber. I’ve never read it (not even a word of it), but my older brother used to carry around a copy for what was probably a week but felt like six months. The book remains famous, and much of that fame is thanks to its haunting cover. It should come as no surprise that the me-of-1987 was TERRIFIED of that alien.

I’d later learn that they made a movie about it, or at least somewhat about it. Communion, starring Christopher Walken, came out in 1989 and was apparently a dismal failure. Even Strieber has written it off. Bad press aside, I’m still super curious. Let’s dive in!