The Dead Zone

1983 · dir. David Cronenberg · 103 min

“In his mind, he has the power to see the future. In his hands, he has the power to change it.”

Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the past, present and future life of anyone with whom he comes into physical contact.