The Psychotronic Man is a 1979[2] American independent[3] science fiction cult film[4][5] directed, shot and edited by Jack M. Sell, and written, produced and starred Peter G. Spelson.

It is based on the obscure concept of psychotronics, which gained some prominence in the 1970s due to Cold War paranoia over mind control.

An old man offers him help, and comments that strange things have been happening on that stretch of road; he himself had heard screams coming from the sky, implying that Rocky's car actually did float in the air.

That night, seeing an item in the newspaper about the old man's death on the road, the doctor connects Rocky with the killing and calls the police.

The next day, they consult a professor at the Chicago Institute of Psychology, who explains his parapsychological theory that the killer has somehow tapped the latent power of his subconscious mind, which he refers to as "psychotronic energy".

He takes the gun from an officer who has trapped him in a warehouse, then heads for the roof of a hotel, killing a security guard on the way.

The pursuers catch up with him in a boiler room, but he psychotronically kills one of them (the officer he had taken the gun from earlier) and escapes to a tower in an adjoining building.

As the SWAT team moves into position, a special intelligence agent appears and orders the police to capture Rocky alive, so his unique powers can be exploited for national security.

[11] The film was also parodied by RiffTrax, consisting of Mystery Science Theater 3000 alumni Bill Corbett, Kevin Murphy and Michael J. Nelson, on September 22, 2017.