The tyranist's thoughts
So what do one of the greatest writer/directors of horror film and the director of the best episode of the Star Wars series have in common? Apparently a lot. Add to those two undisputable talents the likes of Brad Dourif, Tommy Lee Jones, Rene Auberjonois, and Raul Julia. Oh, and Faye Dunaway is in it. I kind of don't care for her though. Still that didn't hurt the movie like you would think it might.
A fashion photagrapher with a bent for the violent and racy side of art starts having visions of her friends dying in a most horrific way. Nobody believes her telepathic visions at first, but gradually, after a few fugue-like breaks in the middle of busy New York streets, people take her seriously. Of course, that doen't mean she can actually change her situation at all.
The movie was well-written and very different for a John Carpenter script. The plot is very interesting and unfolds nicely. This is the kind of movie that people refer to as a 'thriller' because they like it enough that they don't want to have to admit they watch horror movies. And really, I have to say that the horror aspects are a bit toned down sometimes choosing to focus on the mystery. When the horror does hit, though it's pretty effective.
I'd recommend this to anyone who likes the psychic phenomenon type movies like The Fury (which came out the same year) or Carrie. Not that it is truly equvalent to those, it's just closer to those than the slashers that were about to flood the market.