Amazon characterizes this as a thriller but it was listed on Rotten Tomatoes' top 40 horror films of the 90s so that's what I'm going with.Hatch Harrison (Jeff Goldblum) dies and is resuscitated by a doctor (Alfred Molina) pioneering a new procedure. He soon experiences visions connecting him to a serial killer (Jeremy Sisto) targeting young women. Hatch must uncover enough clues to stop the killer before his daughter Regina (Alicia Silverstone) becomes the next victim.
I had read this book several years ago so I knew the basic plot, although I had no idea it was made into a film. It has zero right to have this good of a cast at any rate. Molina is just supporting but he's always a class act, while Goldblum and Christine Lahti anchor this movie. Sisto chews the scenery more than he needs to and Silverstone is just kind of there to be young and blonde but they both got their big breakout later that year in Clueless.
The cast is really let down by the film's godawful CGI. If they had cut all the hideous special effects, this would have been a solid thriller in the vein of Manhunter. I'm sure the supernatural elements could have been handled with practical or camera effects and not this Lawnmower Man/AOL screensaver garbage but 1995 was a strange and lawless time.
Pumpkin rating: 3.1/5
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