Carla Moran (Barbara Hershey) is a single mother with two young daughters and teen son Billy. Her boyfriend Jerry Anderson (Alex Rocco) is often away. One night, she is raped by an invisible force. Her friend Cindy recommends psychiatrist Dr. Sneiderman (Ron Silver). He thinks it's her delusion. More attacks happen. Her kids and Cindy witness and believe her. She encounters two parapsychologists at a bookstore who start doing research on her. They study under Dr. Cooley from the same university as Sneiderman. Sneiderman fears that Carla's delusions are becoming mass hysteria.
This is Poltergeist except more rapey. The sexual violence is quite brutal reminiscent of grindhouse horrors. Hershey is a compelling lead. The violence gets scary at times. The special effects are not as good as Poltergeist. One thing I would change is to leave the attacks more ambiguous at the beginning. It would allow the audience is accept Sneiderman's diagnosis. There would be tension of whether this is real or this is all in Carla's head. This is a memorable horror.
