Martha, a widow living in rural Pennsylvania, comes home to find her daughter about to blow her own head off with a shotgun in the basement of their house. Martha doesn't succeed in stopping her child's horrific demise, but the girl's death gradually leads the grieving mother to investigate a conspiracy that involves a legendary local witch, Nazi dabbling with the occult, and secret government experiments, with the story even referencing the fabled Philadelphia Experiment
Acting
Adrienne Barbeau commits harder than this script deserves
Production
That basement set screams 'we had twelve dollars'
Director
Daryl Goldberg
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Philadelphia Experiment urban legend has spawned at least four films, but this might be the only one connecting it to Nazi witchcraft.
This was Daryl Goldberg's only feature; he later became a prolific editor for reality TV, which explains the pacing choices.
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