Alan Alda is Myles, a music journalist and frustrated pianist, who interviews the leukemia-stricken Duncan (Curt Jurgens), a virtuoso on the instrument. What Myles doesn’t know is that Duncan is also a Satanist, along with his sexy daughter Roxanne (Barbara Parkins of Valley of the Dolls), and that the two have plans to transfer Duncan’s soul into Myles’ body upon the old man’s death. Myles’ wife Paula (Jacqueline Bisset) doesn’t like becoming friends with the strange couple. When Duncan dies, Myles’ personality changes, and he suddenly becomes an accomplished pianist. Paula’s alarm bells go off and get louder when she has a dream about their daughter’s death, followed by the real thing. Suddenly, she finds herself in uncharted supernatural territory.
“…dream sequences… a healthy dose of Satanic ritual and incantation… bizarre murders and body exchanges… and, of course, plenty of illicit sexual encounters… with just enough exposed flesh to create a heady mixture of arousal and disgust.” – PopMatters
