Rish Outfield's reviews
I had never heard of this film, and didn't think this would be too great. Tyranist insisted, and none of my complaints would stop him. But this movie was pretty damn good. Who knew?
I am a little biased, because I really like Terry O'Quinn (see those good old Stepfather movies). But I'm also biased in the other direction, since I really dislike Kristy McNichol.
In this film, a recently-widowed writer moves into a house in Denver, only to find it haunted by a blood-curdlingly scary (at first) ghost. When he collects enough courage to investigate, he finds that the ghost is actually a blood-warmingly hot woman, who died in the house. His neighbour (McNichol), first believes him crazy, then tries to save him as he falls in love with the occasionally bare-naked and occasionally homicidal ghost.
The first half was very scary, and by the end, it actually got pretty sweet. In the end, both tyranist and I thought that this was the movie Somewhere In Time could have been. Ah well.

The tyranist's thoughts
The movie that this reminded me of the most was Angel Heart, however, this is a much better movie. Don't take me literally, though. Even though some of the mood and setting seems very similar, the plots are separate. I think it is the hard-boiled detective atmosphere that makes the two seem so similar. Of course, this one doesn't feature the hard-boiled detective that we grew to love in the hayday of film noir. Instead it has a writer, a journalist, and a ghost. The movie plays a lot like a mystery but there are some very horror-like moments on top of the solid ghost story foundation. You may start the movie and wonder if we've led you wrong, but don't trust your first impression. Terry O'Quinn makes a great conflicted character. We see some of the genius that made him so good in The Stepfather here. There were moments when he was so heavily conflicted that I had a hard time believing him, but he carries it rather well. Mostly I can't figure out where this movie came from and where it went. I had never heard of it until I pulled it off the video rental store shelf and read the blurb to Rish. If you are a film noir fan or ghost story fan at all, check this one out. You won't be disappointed.