This is an aggravating film because it could have been so much better. A young woman, Cynthia is the only survivor from a seventies doomsday cult that voluntarily followed its leader Harris (Richard Lynch ) into self -immolation - the scene depicting this is genuinely shocking. Cynthia wakes up from a thirteen year coma and is placed in a therapy group for people with borderline personality disorder under handsome Dr Kamen ( Bruce Abbott) as she sees Harris or the remains of him at every turn .
From that point on , the film inexorably unwinds with increasingly absurd plot twists, completely usympathetic characters including Cynthia herself and a laughably ludicrous conclusion.
Jennifer Rubin ( as Cynthia )
Sex : No
Death : Survives
Jennifer got the final girl role in this one but as noted above it's very difficult to sympathise with her character.
E G Daily ( as Lana )
Sex : No
Death : Drowns herself
E G's real name is Elizabeth Guttman. Her first film role was in Jukebox in 1976 but she first made her name on TV in The Righteous Apples a few years later. Her most high profile film role was Dottie in Pee Wee's Big Adventure. In the mid -eighties she had an international hit single with Say It Say It. From the nineties onwards , she concentrated more on voice acting for which she is still in great demand for film, TV and video games.
Damita Jo Freeman ( as Gilda )
Sex : No
Death : Poisons herself with formaldehyde
Damita made her name as a dancer on Soul Train in the seventies before lauching a briefly successful acting career in Private Benjamin ( both the film and TV series). This was her last acting role before a new career in TV choreography.
Melissa Francis ( as Young Cynthia )
Sex : No
Death : Survives
Melissa made her film debut at the age of six in the comedy Scavenger Hunt. She won a number of wards as a child actress on TV. In 1990 , she gave up acting to study economics at Harvard . She became a financial reporter and anchorwoman on TV and married an asset manager. She has made a couple of cameo performances as herself in films.
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