Black Rainbow

1989

Action / Horror / Thriller

11
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 49% · 8 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 49% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 2268 2.3K

father daughter relationship

Plot summary

Martha Travis is a medium who makes contact with spirits "on the other side" and connects them with their loved ones still alive, in public performances. Trouble begins when she gives a message to Mary Kuron from her husband, Tom. But Tom isn't dead... yet. And Martha not only knows he will die, she also knows who killed him. And the murderer knows she knows...

Director

Mike Hodges Photo
Mike Hodges

Top cast

Muse Watson Photo
Muse Watson as Police Officer
Tom Hulce Photo
Tom Hulce as Gary Wallace
Rosanna Arquette Photo
Rosanna Arquette as Martha Travis
Olek Krupa Photo
Olek Krupa as Tom Kuron
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
947 MB
1280*682
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 43 min
Seeds 3
1.9 GB
1920*1024
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 43 min
Seeds 10

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by s_simov 7 / 10

Hidden gem that deserves way more recognition

That is definitely a well hidden gem that needs more recognition. No idea why it has such a low rating. It surely is better than many much bigger names in the genre.I found this movie purely on accident while i was looking for Black Rain. But it cought my eye, even as i had low expectations for it. Boy, i was i wrong. It's a B-movie that can challenge many of the "top horror classics".The movie has decent script. Not overly complex, but not flat and dumb. Leaning more towards typical thriller script. While it's kinda predictable, the movie manages to actually deliver very good suspense that escalates and intensifies towards the end. Which is something i actually see very rarely in the genre (and i've seen almost 1400 horror/thriller movies so far).Cinematography was good at times even more than that. Acting was to my pure delight - spectacular for such movie. The main actress in particular delivers great sene near the end, with one of the best scream/screeches i've heard in the old horror movies. Easily stealing the scream title from much more popular actresses' performance. Her character is well written, has good arch, and it even has interesting twist that kinda caught me off guard. Nothing mindblowing, but nice touch.Overall , highly recommended. It exceeded my low expectations , so it's between 6 and 7 in my books.
Reviewed by BandSAboutMovies 6 / 10

Interesting

Mike Hodges has had a crazy career. Who else could make both Flash Gordon, Pulp and Get Carter? This film is even stranger, a tale of Martha Travis (Rosanna Arquette), a carny clairvoyant who is traveling the rails with her father (Jason Robards), pulling off that old cold reading trick, letting people feel better about their dead loved ones. One night, however, she predicts a death, which starts spiraling her life - and everyone connected to it like journalist Gary Wallace (Tom Hulce, Amadeus) - out of control.After predicting the death of a whistleblower, Martha is soon followed by the police, the press and the man who keeps killing anyone to keep the secrets of industry. While she was once content to use her gifts for showmanship, now she feels the need to tell her growing audience that there is nothing left in the great unknown. Worse, she is starting to see how each of them will die.This is an anachronistic film, because if you asked me when it took place, I'd say the 1930's, but there are references to R2D2 in the dialogue. That kind of incredulity makes me love this movie even more. It's a shame that it was basically dumped on release. No surprise, it was produced by Miramax over here.
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