Martha Travis is a traveling medium performing a "psychic act" in the American Bible Belt with her alcoholic father and manager, Walter. While their show usually relies on standard medium tricks, Martha begins to experience genuine, terrifying visions. During a performance, she "connects" a woman with her husband, only to realize the husband is not yet dead—though he is murdered exactly as she predicted shortly after.
Because Martha knows the identity and appearance of the killer, she is targeted by a professional assassin. Black Rainbow(1989)
is an offbeat supernatural thriller directed by Mike Hodges. It explores themes of spiritualism, corporate corruption, and the thin line between fraud and true psychic ability. Core Premise Martha Travis is a traveling medium performing a
Gary Wallace, a skeptical local reporter, follows the story and eventually attempts to protect Martha as she struggles with the weight of her evolving "gift". Because Martha knows the identity and appearance of
Martha's vision involves an industrial whistleblower whose death triggers a wider conspiracy involving corporate corruption and ecological irresponsibility.