the use of astral projection ( wander soul ) and to exist outside of body and with the result inflict horrible death ( . crush the inside of victim lead to break spine and ruptured organ ) on those close to the one with such ability and be the threat of eternal evil and provide karen black ( . a janus ) with another unique character to fool around with a a woman who influence a commercial director and paul sharpe ( winston rekert ) tire of his waning marriage and dull career . in actuality and she die and need his body and her spirit potentially harmful to his wife and son ( . his son have a special friend who talk him into thing and even poison himself at one point ) . a detective and kauffman ( john novak ) investigate the unusual homicide concern those kill by the benevolent spirit and link paul to the death and through him uncovers janus . soon both realize that janus must be stop or she will simply move to another human host . what paul doesn not know be that his new secretary be janus lover and both be actually old intellectual feature in his documentary of astral projection call wandering soul . director george mihalka ( my bloody valentine ) certainly create a weird atmosphere with this movie which contain a rather bizarre premise . it seem that paul boy can see the spirit move in the shape of a blue man and manipulate the kid into disorderly conduct . black and despite the star treatment and rarely be shoot close up take advantage of her face which can produce the type of malevolent evil her character warrant . instead and she shoot from afar and her voice dubbed and and she never quite establish herself with the proper menace which be an opportunity lose and in my opinion . for some reason and despite the intriguing ( . if oddball ) idea of astral projection cause a spirit to kill folk from within and the film just never take off . the soundtrack be very yanni ish and the lighting ( . and sound ) and while at time moody and effective and often be quite murky . the pacing be a problem and also and a the story mule along . the cast be rather limp and especially rekert in the lead and his performance erratic and at best . it doesn not help that there be few character ( . except paul wife ) we could care less about and and what really hurt be that paul himself isn not exactly the most lovable person in the world . he can be quite difficult and moody and his unfulfilled career a reason for such behavior . black should have be a more prominent figure in the film and yet remain mostly in the background and talk about in dialogue between paul and kauffman and but rarely do she get a chance to amuse u with her histrionics and which be a shame .