J. Lee Thompson, a highly competent director of the old school, was an odd choice to helm this adaptation of Max Ehrlich's risqué bestseller about reincarnation. Ehrlich, who seemed to have a preoccupation with characters getting naked, spun an interesting yarn which was then dotted with an erotic undercurrent that didn't figure prominently in the story and seemed to be present just for the sensationalism--a quick turn-on device. Thompson's film doesn't skirt the pseudo-adult elements, yet he's not able to shake off the cobwebs and make this a really good suspense thriller. Michael Sarrazin plays a college professor whose recurring nightmares seem to spell out a previous life...one that ended in his murder. Sarrazin investigates his "past", becoming involved with Jennifer O'Neill, a country club beauty and daughter of deeply-troubled Margot Kidder, who holds the key to the mystery. Thompson's creepy dream scenes (with help from Jerry Goldsmith's spooky music) give the reincarnation theme some vitality, but, with such dull, colorless people at the heart of the story, it becomes a rather basic past-present tale, in and out of its clothes. **1/2 from ****