However, his quest to put these dreams to rest will end up having truly sinister consequences. Upon arrival he retraces the memory fragments of his dreams and comes into contact with the much older Marcia and her daughter, Ann (O'Neill). A sleep clinic provides little help in unraveling these visions, but when he sees a strangely familiar Massachusetts location in a TV documentary, Peter packs up and decides to pay a visit along with his casual romantic partner, Nora (Sharpe). Based on a 1973 novel by Max Ehrlich (who wrote the screenplay himself), the story charts the journey of Peter Proud (Sarrazin), a California college professor haunted by recurring dreams of a woman named Marcia (Kidder) using an oar to kill a man named Jeff (Stephano) while he takes a nude swim at night. Lee Thompson refining the fractured, experimental editing techniques of his prior horror film, the underrated Eye of the Devil, to tell a story of fate and the dangers of confronting the demons of the past. Instead it goes for melancholy tragedy, with director J. Though obviously supernatural in nature, it tackles its subject in a way that has no interest in outright terrifying its audience.
Kino Lorber (Blu-ray & DVD) (US RA/R1 HD/NTSC) / WS (1.85:1) (16:9)Īn eerie and haunting entry in the onslaught of '70s horror novel adaptations, The Reincarnation of Peter Proud is, like its title character, a tricky subject that's hard to pin down. Will a second tragedy occur just as Peter is about the unravel the mystery behind his dreams?įirst published in 1973, this classic suspense novel expertly interweaves themes of life after death, romance, tragedy, and altered consciousness into one unforgettable tale.Starring Michael Sarrazin, Jennifer O'Neill, Margot Kidder, Cornelia Sharpe, Paul Hecht, Tony Stephano, Norman Burton Tensions escalate when Peter, having inserted himself into the Curtis' lives, falls in love with Marcia's daughter. The woman, Marcia Curtis, is shocked to find that Peter's personality traits and characteristics closely mirror those of her dead husband, Jeff. He travels to Springfield, Massachusetts, where he comes face to face with the woman from his nightmares. But he soon discovers a new dimension to his dilemma while watching a television show called America, Past and Present-and realizes the show is set in the town in his dreams. These dreams-which he comes to believe may be flashbacks from a previous life-become so disturbing that he seeks answers from a sleep researcher, a clairvoyant, and an expert in psychic phenomena in order to recover his past.
Peter Proud’s ordinary life as a professor is threatened by recurrent dreams that all end the same way: with his murder in a lake by a mysterious woman named Marcia. Plagued by nightmares of his own death, a California professor puzzles out the riddle of his dreams in this classic spine-tingler about past livesĭr.
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