Audrey Rose is a 1977 American psychological horror drama film directed by Robert Wise and starring Marsha Mason, Anthony Hopkins, and John Beck.

The man reaches out to the couple by phone, revealing himself as Elliot Hoover, a widower who lost his wife and daughter, Audrey Rose, in a car accident in Pittsburgh.

The judge grants a recess in the trial, and Janice and Bill are informed that Ivy has injured herself at her school by crawling toward a fire pit during a Christmas celebration.

In a motion to complete Elliot's trial, Bill and Janice's attorney requests that Ivy be hypnotized as a means of proving she is not a reincarnation of Audrey.

It is unborn, eternal, ever-existing, undying and primeval...Director Robert Wise began an extensive search to cast the title role, initially auditioning young actresses in major cities such as Los Angeles and New York.

"[5] Charles Champlin of the Los Angeles Times praised the "first-rate acting" but added "In a way, 'Audrey Rose' may go too far in denying the mystery and proclaiming the certainty of reincarnation.

"[6] For Newsweek, Janet Maslin wrote that Audrey Rose lacked "not only any sign of intelligence, but also that other prerequisite of a good horror movie - fast pacing";[7] and Judith Crist in the Saturday Review wrote that the film "starts out as a titillating little thriller, but after 20 minutes, it bogs down in a series of minilectures on reincarnation that wipe out whatever dramatic potential the story might have had.

"[8] Rex Reed wrote that the film "will finish off whatever segment of the populace is still breathing after The Exorcist and its progeny left most people maimed and kicking....

Anthony Hopkins fakes his way through it, John Beck ignores it completely, and Marsha Mason weeps and thrashes her way through it with so much tragic suffering she seems to be expecting a hatchet murderer to crash through the window at every jingle of the telephone.

"[9] Clyde Gilmour of the Toronto Star described the direction as "untypically sluggish in style" but said that it "may attract a lot of customers who are zealously interested in reincarnation.

"[13] Les Wedman of The Vancouver Sun wrote that "those convinced of the immortality of the soul and its freedom to live on in different bodies will find their beliefs substantiated through Audrey Rose.

"[14] Romola Costantino of the Sun-Herald in Sydney, Australia, wrote that "for a movie of this kind, the queasy suspense is on a far superior level to either The Exorcist or Carrie.