Making Contact

Nov 21, 1985

1h 34m

★ 5.6

Only he can see it. Only he shares its magic. Only he knows the danger.

Overview

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.

Genres

Science Fiction

Fantasy

Horror

Adventure

Production Companies

Centropolis Film Productions

Pro-ject Filmproduktion

Making Contact Trailers

Cast

Joey

Joshua Morrell

Laura Collins

Eva Kryll

Sally

Tammy Shields

Martin

Jan Zierold

Dr. Haiden

Barbara Klein

William

Jerry L. Hall Jr.

Bobby

Sean Johnson

Bernie

Matthias Kraus

Steven

Ray Kaselonis

Alice

Christine Goebbels

Ralph

Axel Berg

Fletcher the Dummer (English Version, voice)

Jack Angel

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Making Contact

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