Only the two Bills [Pullman and Paxton] keep this one from flat-lining
Brain Dead (1989)
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Reviews Counted:6
Fresh:1
Rotten:5
Average Rating:5/10
Runtime: 85 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: The Eunice Corporation is on the ground floor of an exciting industry--memory resculpting. It envisions nationwide clinics where anyone can lose the hang-ups of an unhappy childhood, a failed... The Eunice Corporation is on the ground floor of an exciting industry--memory resculpting. It envisions nationwide clinics where anyone can lose the hang-ups of an unhappy childhood, a failed romance, or a botched career. Dr. Rex Martin (Bill Pullman) is employed there as a neurologist who is trying to find the part of the brain that causes paranoia. He performs an experimental operation on John Halsey (Bud Cort)--a mathematician who went crazy and murdered his family--which eliminates Halsey's paranoia, but once the operation is compete, it appears that the madness has taken over Martin's psyche. Martin then finds himself in an asylum experiencing hallucinations from Halsey's point of view. [More]
Starring: Bill Pullman, Bill Paxton, George Kennedy, Bud Cort
Starring: Bill Pullman, Bill Paxton, George Kennedy, Bud Cort, Patricia Charbonneau, Nicholas Pryor
Director: Adam Simon
Director: Adam Simon
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Reviews for Brain Dead
I felt cheated by its wearisome ploy of not decifering what was a dream and what was reality.
Heck, I could sit through a movie a whole lot worse than this one just to see a pair of my favorite actors banter back and forth.
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