John McCook

They call it Torus! It's a massive, towering, three hundred story alien structure mysteriously hovering above Earth, creating catastrophic earthquakes and global panic. David Keith is Mason Rand, a top-secret weapons specialist, whose job it is to unlock the secrets of the four-billion year old enigma. Solving the puzzle of the secret doorway, he enters a catacomb of power where men are vaporized, machines dominate, and the strange secrets of Earth's ancient history are revealed. Is it the doomsday bomb, an advanced alien life force, or the source of all power in the Universe? One thing's for sure, our only hope of survival is to take on the terror of Epoch.

A top-secret weapons specialist must unravel the secret behind a towering alien structure that appears suddenly, hovering above the earth, creating catastrophic earthquakes and global panic.

Julie (Joey Heatherton) is a spoiled young heiress on the California coast, so weary of her wealth she wrecks cars for fun and so bored of her fianceée's "fumbling in the dark" that she longs for freedom. Liberation comes in the form of Ben (Troy Donhaue), a sandy-haired stranger who swears that he and Julie were lovers in a former life - their own ancestors, in fact. Surprisingly, Julie's aunt (Jeanette Nolan) confirms every one of Ben's eerie recollections. Although a caretaker turns up murdered and suspicion turns to Ben, there's romance in the salty air. But as the couple elopes off to sea, a storm breaks out. Atmospherically directed by veteran character actor and thriller specialist William Conrad (Two on a Guillotine), this chilling Gothic mystery is sure to heat up your plasma.

Disaster strikes as a specialised team of investigators struggle to find out the truth about a strange monolith which sends out an intercontinental signal.