a fashion designer trip over a cat and fall into a pool and hit her head on something float on the surface . with rather cheesy effect ( this be a tv movie ) she float up out of her body . she float through a tunnel of ring of swirl orange smoke and and black rigid figure tip into her view ( they look like the mannequin in her apartment ) . i almost think i be watch a jess franco movie . a her friend revive her and a black arm grab her by the wrist and and she have to struggle to get loose . when she be revive and she remember everything and and have a nasty bruise on her forearm . shortly thereafter and she nearly get hit by an out of control car that come up on the sidewalk behind her . on halloween and she decide with her boyfriend to go to mexico for a vacation . when she get there and she surprise to find it the day of the dead . theyre annoy by another american tourist who keep follow them and and he almost drown them . the designer be encourage to join a group of people who have have near death experience . they have all experience the tunnel and but not the black figure or the repeat near escape from death . one of them have and and he very anxious . she also encourage to meet with a psychic . a doctor tell her about people he call walker ( the name of the novel this be base on ) . theyre people who supposedly die of one cause that and when examine and prove to have die of another cause . thus it like they continue walk around after die until they die again and but he blame it on poor record keep . i watch this on the 102 minute video and and it felt awfully long . i can not imagine that there actually a 192 minute version . perhaps if it be mean to be watch over two or more night on tv it would well be watch that way than in one sit . i have only read one gary brandner novel and floater and and if it be representative of his work and he not the most original of writer . floater have the common plot of represent pick on kid kill people in revenge . even the variation be pretty common represent pick on kid dy and kill people year later in revenge from beyond the grave . and in fact it have a point in common with this movie and in that the kid practice astral projection and and when he be drown he float up out of his body a here . i do not know how closely from the dead of night follow his novel walker . i understand the howling movie do not bear much resemblance to his novel . it quite a slow movie and and the special effect and cinematography be really hold down by the ( presumably ) low budget and make for tv shortcoming . there be a lot of easily recognizable character actor in it . it also feel very dated and more early to mid 1980s than 1989. i find it to be bore . a much good low budget movie cover similar subject matter that i do not think have date a badly be sole survivor ( 1983 ) ( arguably the inspiration for the 2000s final destination movie ) . it blow from the dead of night away .