A daydreaming businessman named Thelonius Pitt takes a vacation in the Redwood Forests of California. The morning after he arrives, he meets a beautiful, mysterious woman named Melanie. She happens to look just like the woman he keeps seeing in his dreams. Thelonius and Melanie meet each other on the shore of a nearby river late at night. Melanie's husband finds them, and attacks Thelonius. Melanie pulls out a pistol and fires 3 shots, knocking her husband's body into the icy river below. The nightmare has begun...

Cast

Ned Beatty

Thelonious Pitt

Mia Sara

Melanie

Michael Madsen

Earl

Donna Mitchell

Elizabeth

James Widdoes

Victor

William Bumiller

Terwilliger

Troy Evans

Det. Harris

Tracy Brooks Swope

Mercy

Joe Dorsey

Birkenstock

Robert Gould

Det. Wand