Gary Wallace (Tom Hulce), a young reporter on a local newspaper, is assigned
to investigate the clairvoyant skills of a spiritualist medium, Martha Travis
(Rosanna Arquette), who travels the community halls of America's Bible Belt with
her father, Walter (Jason Robards). When Martha speaks to her audiences of a
beautiful life hereafter, Wallace is sure she is a fake, exploiting the grief of
mourning relatives desperate to contact their loved ones on the other side.
But Wallace's scepticism is shattered when she accurately foretells the
circumstances of a series of violent deaths. One by one, Martha's chilling
prophecies come true.
Threatened by Martha's apparent visionary skills is a corrupt local
industrialist, who in collusion with the local police chief hires a hit man to
eliminate the medium. Wallace follows Martha and Walter as they travel on to the
next town to warn them of the danger that threatens them. That evening, Martha
publicly foresees the death of a number of local power plant workers and her
prediction is fulfilled with horrifying accuracy.
Marha's vision of destruction continue to haunt her, but now the voices are
speaking of a terrifying fate that lies in wait for her and her father.
- Import DVD
- PAL Region 2
- DD 5.1, DTS and DD 2.0 Audio
- Anamorphic Widscreen
- Audio commentary by director Mike Hodges
- Electronic press kit (EPK)
- Featurette 'Message In A Bottle' (featuring Mike Hodges and producer John
Quested)
- Stills gallery
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