The Kirlian Witness

1978 "For the first time on the screen a strange thriller that takes you into the psychic world of a plant"
The Kirlian Witness
5.7| 1h31m| R| en| More Info
Released: 15 November 1978 Released
Producted By: CNI Cinema
Country: United States of America
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A woman communicates with a houseplant that was the only witness to a recent murder.

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godspellgroupie Another movie that flew under the radar and received little or no recognition.This film tells the story of a pretty young photographer who uses a special kind of photography to communicate with her plants an solve the murder of her sister. This is a low budget and dimly lit production that moves at a slow pace taking the time to help you get into the subject matter and help to buy and accept the premise so you should be patient and stay with it. The film does not totally endorse this method of crime solving because she has to ,in a way, cover her tracks. So,all in all this film is an interesting change of pace of the endless shootemups because it contains minimal violence and a real feel for city life and alternative solutions
EyeAskance Entirely original thriller is hampered a bit by sluggish lulls, yet is conceptually revolutionary and comes off more credible than its premise might suggest. When a woman claiming to possess an unearthly connection to plant-life dies mysteriously, her sister, compelled to put to rest unanswered questions in the matter, begins an investigation of plant/human communication phenomena. Her shocking conclusion is that her sister's houseplants are not only cogent key-witnesses to the murder, but they may also be attempting to warn her that she is in similar danger.Honorable performances and a wonderfully offbeat story make this low-budget effort a most enjoyable surprise...possibly not so easy to attain, but worth tracking down.6/10
FieCrier Sort of a murder mystery with a weird thread running through it all - "plant communication," "kirlian photography," and to a much lesser degree: auras, meditation, "pyramid power" etc. The musical score is good, the acting decent, the story OK. This could have been more interesting and engaging, and is the sort of movie which could perhaps benefit from a remake.Oh - and there's nothing involving dogs, spatulas, or warnings against going in the water, as another user wrote - perhaps he was thinking of another movie.
bloody-3 The deadeningly slow pace is what ruins this picture. A woman whose sister was murdered uses kirlian photography to try and solve the crime. An interesting idea but a livelier script was needed. Lawrence Tierney has a brief cameo.