i saw this in original release and recently view it again with a friend who would never see it . what i remember about the film be obvious in see it again . this be the most bizarre performance christopher walken have ever give on screen . it a though he personally find the story insanely funny ( and for many and streiber visitor in the night schtick be a joke ) and and he seem to be wink at the audience and barely restrain himself from roll his eye . whether or not this movie work for you depend almost solely on whether you buy into streiber personal alien abduction mythology . i do not . alien abduction may be an open question and but i see streiber a an opportunistic huckster . so for me the film be third rate sci fi . it a little spooky in the beginning and but a it unfold you will understand why walken seem to be laugh at a private joke all the way through the movie .