Brain Dead
1990 · Movie · R · 85 min · ★ 5.6 · 22% critics
A gifted brain specialist agrees to help a powerful company unlock the mind of a troubled genius, then begins slipping into a nightmare where reality, memory, and manipulation blur together. As paranoia grows, the fight becomes as much about survival as uncovering the truth.
Also known as Lobotomie · Paranoia
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Details
- Years
- 1990
- Release date
- 1990-01-16
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Max quality
- SD
- Critic score
- 22/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.6/10 (135 votes)
About
You might like this if you enjoy strange sci-fi horror with paranoia, dreamlike confusion, and corporate menace, somewhere between Tau and The Puppet Masters; Not for you if you want clear answers and a tidy story.
Pros: intriguing mystery setup; eerie mind-bending atmosphere; darkly funny moments | Cons: confusing second half; uneven pacing; weak payoff
Themes
- showdown
- experiment
- nightmare
- insanity
- man
- machine
- save
- corporation
- lobotomy
- megalomaniacal
- chaotic
- mind
Cast & crew
Bill Pullman
as Dr. Rex Martin
Bill Paxton
as Jim Reston
Bud Cort
as Jack Halsey
Nicholas Pryor
as Man in Bloody White Suit / Ramsen / Ed Conklin
Patricia Charbonneau
as Dana Martin
George Kennedy
as Vance
Brian Brophy
as Ellis
- DS
David Sinaiko
as Berkovitch
Lee Arenberg
as Sacks
Andy Wood
as Brain Surgeon
Directed by Adam Simon