This movie can be considered as part of a late 1970s - early 1980s cycle of movies that dealt with telekinesis and psychokinesis. The pictures include (amongst others) Carrie (1976), The Fury (1978), The Sender (1982), Firestarter (1984), Scanners (1981), The Medusa Touch (1978), The Dead Zone (1983), and The Kirlian Witness (1978).