I think that most people can agree that we like Christopher Walken and that he is one of the more accomplished and celebrated actors of the past 40 years. Although I was too young to watch this movie in the early 80's I recently watched this and it stands the test of time pretty well.

Johnny Smith (Walken) is a relatively normal dude: He is a school teacher in Maine and has a girlfriend that he plans to marry. After riding a roller-coaster he complains of having a headache and on the way home has a car accident that results in him being in a coma for 5 years. Life has changed a lot including his sweetheart being married to someone else and now has kids (tragic.)

He also now has to ability to see other people's secrets simply by touching them and later discovers that he can also see into that person's future, mainly being able to see bad situations that they are either victims of or the cause of something resulting in death - hence the title of the film.

I haven't really spoiled much of the movie since most of this is evident in the first 10 minutes of the movie, however it makes you think about what we would do if we suddenly found ourselves with the ability to see into other people's deepest secrets. Would you really want this ability? It seems like it would be great to have this superpower of sorts, but also raises some questions as to the consequences of being able to see the future and also the responsibility that one would face as you try to prevent all the tragedies in other people's lives.

Walken does a wonderful job in this film, as do most of the other actors including Martin Sheen, who has a small role in this movie as well. There are some bad actors in the movie as well, but this seems to be quite typical of movies back in the 80's.... they can't all be Academy Award winners.

While this is not what most people would actually consider "horror" it is still an eerie portrayal of the supernatural. Plus being able to see Christopher Walken in his "youth" is a treat all its own.