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Making Contact
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Making Contact

1985 · 94 min Science Fiction Fantasy Horror Adventure
5.5 / 10 · TMDB

A nine year old boy named Joey, who after the tragic death of his father, begins to experience psychic powers such as allowing him to move inanimate objects with his mind, set things on fire, and even communicate with his dead father. However, not everything is good for Joey as his newly gained powers accidentally awake an evil supernatural force that is contained inside the body of an old ventriloquist's dummy that Joey found in an abandoned house. The supernatural Dummy shows similar powers to Joey's, and soon he puts the lives of everyone near Joey in danger as the evil Dummy has dark plans for Joey's special powers.

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

Fear lives in the details here — in the frame, in the silence, in the pauses between lines. The director knows how to keep the viewer in a state of readiness, muscles tensing on their own.

Worth watching for the atmosphere and the use of space. The ending may disappoint — genre is genre. But the journey there is well-crafted.

For fans of atmospheric horror where dread matters more than fright.

Director: Roland Emmerich

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: At night when it's dark outside. Better with someone — not because it's scary, but because there's something to discuss after.

🎭 Cast

Joshua Morrell

Joshua Morrell

Joey

Eva Kryll

Eva Kryll

Laura Collins

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Tammy Shields

Sally

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Jan Zierold

Martin

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Barbara Klein

Dr. Haiden

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Jerry L. Hall Jr.

William

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Sean Johnson

Bobby

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Matthias Kraus

Bernie

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Ray Kaselonis

Steven

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Christine Goebbels

Alice

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