The Philadelphia Experiment Movie Review

If you're into conspiracies, this one really happened (at least the first part of the story). In 1943, the U.S. destroyer Eldridge was involved in a WWII experiment to make it radar invisible. Not only did the Eldridge disappear from the radar screens, it completely vanished! Now for the second part: two of the sailors from the vessel reappear in the year 1984 and as they try to figure out where they are, one of them has trouble holding it all (his molecules, that is) together and vanishes. The other (Michael Pare) is captured by the military, escapes, finds romance and an old friend or two, and discovers that they are trying to duplicate the 1943 experiment in 1984. All this leads to trouble with his molecules, the discovery of a rip in the very fabric of time, and the revealing of the horrible consequences of the first experiment. Nancy Allen as Allison Hayes (a tribute to the actress who played 1958's 50 Foot Woman) energetically tries to help Pare and shipmate Bobby DiCicco adjust to their new home. Based on the book by William I. Moore and Charles Berlitz. A pet project of John Carpenter, who didn't direct but became executive producer.

1984 (PG) 101m/C Michael Pare, Nancy Allen, Eric Christmas, Bobby DiCicco, Michael Currie, Louise Latham; D: Stewart Raffill; W: William Grey, Michael Janover; C: Dick Bush. VHS, Beta, LV VTR