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Your dead grandfather's soul is in a stranger's body—and he might be a murderer.
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Return (1985)

creepy romancelow-budget fever dream80s occult cheese

Overview

FantasyHorrorRomance

After reading an article about hypnotic regression, a woman whose maternal grandfather died when she was only three years old contacts the hypnotic subject named in the article believing that he is the reincarnation of her grandfather, and hoping that she can learn the truth about how he died.

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reincarnationhypnotism

Standout Aspects

Acting

Karlene Crockett's unhinged commitment to obsessive longing.

Direction

Silver's hypnotic sequences that actually feel drugged.

Best for:Solo: Midnight viewing when you question your own sanity.·Date Night: Only if you want deeply uncomfortable silences.
Heads up:Disturbing: Age-gap romance with reincarnated grandpa—yep, it's weird.·Triggers: Hypnotic coercion presented as seduction, not violation.
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Director

Andrew Silver

ReleasedOct 31, 1985
Runtime1h 22m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow
Intensitymedium
Tonedark
Feelheavy

Top Cast

Lee Stetson

Lee Stetson

Daniel Montross

Karlene Crockett

Karlene Crockett

Diana Stoving

Lenore Zann

Lenore Zann

Susan

Lisa Blake Richards

Lisa Blake Richards

Ann Stoving

Frederic Forrest

Frederic Forrest

Brian Stoving

Anne Francis

Anne Francis

Eileen Sedgeley

John Walcutt

John Walcutt

Day Whitaker

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Cultural

Riding the 1980s reincarnation craze sparked by 'Many Lives, Many Masters' and Shirley MacLaine's public obsession.

Trivia

Director Andrew Silver never made another feature; this was his one chaotic vision, funded partly through Connecticut arts grants.

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