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Movie Description
A simmering, stylish horror film, AUDREY ROSE tackles themes of reincarnation and the grief associated with the loss of a child with subtle, dignified finesse. Successful New York advertising executive Bill Templeton (John Beck) and his wife, Janice (Marsha Mason), are leading a happy, intellectual existence with their daughter, 11-year-old Ivy (child actor Susan Swift in a tremendous performance). There is one nagging cloud over the family, however: ever since infancy, Ivy has been troubled by terrible nightmares, usually occurring on her birthday, that she can never recall upon waking. Soon Janice and Bill notice that a strange man has been closely observing Ivy when she walks to school. After she receives an expensive purse from the stranger, a biography from WHO'S WHO arrives in the mail describing the man, Elliot Hoover (Anthony Hopkins), an eminent metallurgist whose wife and five-year-old daughter--Audrey Rose--died in a fiery automobile crash 11 years previous. The Templetons and the Hoover eventually meet--then collide--in a series of eerie situations in which it becomes clear that there is a lot more to Audrey Rose than the Templetons know. The film, deeply ominous, delivers chills and suspense in a cool and steady path to an unnerving conclusion.
Synopsis
An upper middle class couple notices that their daughter is acting strangely. A mysterious and frightening stranger appears to control her behavior, and no one understands his hold over the girl. Then the stranger tells them some shocking news about the daughter's identity...
Film Notes
Director Robert Wise is better known for directing big budget musicals like "West Side Story" and "The Sound of Music."
Shot in DeLuxe color.
Quotations
"Audrey Rose!"--Elliot Hoover (Anthony Hopkins), reaching out psychically for his dead daughter
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