Andy visits him in the middle of the night demanding a checkup, but the doctor can't detect a pulse or heartbeat.
#Death dream 1972 driver
He later tells Charles about the truck driver and says he needs to inform the police about the suspicious coincidence of Andy's return. At night, Andy becomes inexplicably lively and animated, wandering the town and spending time in the local cemetery.Ĭharles brings home a doctor and family friend, who offers Andy a checkup. Andy continues to display unusual behavior: he attacks a neighbor boy who attempts to demonstrate his karate skills, then kills the family dog when it tries to protect the child. Christine insists that Charles was too withdrawn and authoritarian toward Andy Charles counters that Christine made Andy too sensitive by smothering him. Meanwhile, local police investigate the murder of a local trucker, who was found with his throat slashed and his body drained of blood after telling diner patrons that he'd picked up a hitchhiking soldier.Ĭharles attempts to confront Christine about Andy's erratic behavior, which causes tension between the couple. Over the next few days, Andy displays strange, withdrawn behavior, speaking only rarely, dressing in an unusually concealing manner, and spending his days sitting around the house listless and anemic. Hours later, in the middle of the night, Andy arrives at the front door in full uniform and apparently unharmed the family accepts the notice of his death as a clerical error and welcomes him back with joy. Sometime later, his family receives notice of his death in combat.īack home, Andy's father, Charles, and sister, Cathy, begin to grieve, but his mother, Christine, becomes irate and refuses to believe that Andy has died. You promised." The voice becomes sinister and muffled as Andy's eyes close. As he dies, he hears his mother's voice calling out, "Andy, you'll come back. In Vietnam, US soldier Andy Brooks is shot by a sniper and falls to the ground.