

In a California desert town, a short-order cook with clairvoyant abilities encounters a mysterious man with a link to dark, threatening forces.
Acting
Anton Yelchin's manic, tender, perfect oddness.
Direction
Sommers balances camp and genuine sorrow.
Practical Effects
Bodachs: creepy, cheap, absolutely effective.

Director
Stephen Sommers
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Anton Yelchin was 23 playing 20; he died in a freak accident three years later, making Odd's mortality obsession unbearably prescient.
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