The Premonition is a 1976 American psychological horror film produced and directed by Robert Allen Schnitzer, and starring Richard Lynch, Sharon Farrell, Danielle Brisebois, and Jeff Corey. Its plot follows a foster mother who enlists the help of a parapsychologist after her foster daughter is stalked by her mentally-unhinged biological mother and her circus clown boyfriend. Plot Andrea Fletcher, a clinically insane woman who was once an esteemed pianist, locates her biological daughter, Janie, who has been raised by foster parents due to Andrea's inability to care for her. Andrea's obsessive boyfriend, Jude, who works as a circus clown, aids her in her search. Upon finding that Janie is being raised nearby, she begins stalking her, and approaches her outside her school. Janie, now five years old, has been raised by Sheri Bennett and her husband Miles, an astrophysics professor. Sheri notices Andrea at the school, and is bothered by the incident. One night, Andrea breaks into the Bennetts' home and Sheri finds her cradling Janie in her bedroom, clad in a red dress. Sheri and Andrea get into a physical fight before Andrea flees, bringing only Janie's doll with her. Sheri summons the police, and is terribly shaken by the event. Andrea and Jude return to their apartment where they live in squalor, and Andrea has a nervous breakdown. She and Jude get into a fight, ending in Jude stabbing her to death. Meanwhile, Sheri begins having psychic visions that appear to be premonitions. Miles consults his peer, Jeena Kingsly, a doctor studying parapsychology, and with whom he is having an affair. Det. Lt. Mark Denver begins searching for Andrea, and visits her father to get additional information on her whereabouts. While home alone, Sheri has a disturbing vision of an eviscerated Andrea laughing in Janie's bed, and subsequently receives taunting phone calls from Andrea. Unaware that Andrea is in fact dead, Sheri believes instead that Andrea is a witch who has placed a curse on her. During a rainstorm one night, Sheri departs with Janie to meet with Miles and Jeena at the university, but her car begins to act of its own accord, causing her to crash. Sheri is taken to the hospital, but Janie is not found at the scene of the accident. Janie wanders toward the carnival where Jude works, having visited it several times before. She is taken in by Jude, who conceals her