The Invasion of Carol Enders. (1974) – Burt Brinckerhoff.

Brinckerhof's conspicuously small screen supernatural thriller is yet another in a long line to feature body-hopping tropes. Upon waking in this pallid Dan Curtis Production, distressed coma victim Carol (Meredith Baxter) adamantly believes that recently deceased Diana (Sally Kemp) is lurking within those mysterious bodily vectors any rogue spirit may choose to hide!!?? The main narrative gist being, Carol's dogged, increasingly precarious attempts to unmask Diana's killer, not the former Princes royal, I should hastily add! Routine spook-less shenanigans, and the mostly fine cast do their very best to imbue a semblance of life into a plot that had long since expired.

Chintzier than a macramé tea cosy, the soapy dialogue, and flavoursome lapses into outright camp provided for a modicum of unintended levity! The prodigiously gormless young fellow playing neurotic son Jason remains utterly tepid entity, exuding all the charisma of a budget Ikea desk lamp! As a teenager, I was hugely taken by Christopher Connelly's lusty performance in Deodato's entertainingly roustabout adventure Atlantis Interceptors, proving so indelible an experience, I have never truly been able to see him as anything but said stalwart Atlantean pugilist!