Back in 1957, Jean Kaiser's parents were murdered while she cowered nearby; she didn't see the killer, but psycho Ben Parmenter--found all bloody, with the murder weapon--was arrested, convicted, and put away. Now, however, Jean is a divorced mom in Chicago, a radio call-in-show psychologist--and she starts getting creepy on-the-air calls that refer to the long-ago murders. Moreover, somebody kills the beloved parakeet of Jean's daughter; a cross is painted on Jean's car window. And, sure enough, it turns out that psycho Parmenter (now a religious fanatic) has been released--and is living with his sister in Chicago. But, though Parmenter seems to be stalking Jean (who stalks him back), he turns up murdered in her apartment--with his sister soon also found dead (""Beaten. A real mess. Bloody mess""). So who is the psycho? And did Parmenter commit those 1957 murders? The answers come in a longwinded confrontation with the close-to-home psycho--after Jean's daughter is briefly kidnapped. But the revelations axe both guessable and non-credible; and, padded out with Jean's tepid love/career problems, this is hackneyed psycho-killer bunkum, short on both suspense and character-appeal.