 A daydreaming businessman named Thelonius Pitt (Ned Beatty) takes a vacation in the Redwood Forests of California. The morning after he arrives, he meets a beautiful, mysterious woman named Melanie (Mia Sara.) She happens to look just like the woman he keeps seeing in his dreams. Thelonius and Melanie meet each other on the shore of a nearby river late at night. Melanie s husband finds them, and attacks Thelonius. Melanie pulls out a pistol and fires 3 shots, knocking her husband s body into the icy river below. The nightmare has begun...