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ThrillerHorrorScience Fiction

Brain Dead

- You have nothing to lose... except your mind.

In a battle of man versus machine, Martin, a top neurosurgeon who's studying brain malfunctions that cause mental illness, delves deep into his own mind to save himself from a megalomaniacal corporation.

Release Date : 1990-01-16

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : New HorizonsConcorde Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Paranoia

Cast

Bill Pullman

Character Name : Dr. Rex Martin

Original Name : Bill Pullman

Gender : Male

Bill Paxton

Character Name : Jim Reston

Original Name : Bill Paxton

Gender : Male

Bud Cort

Character Name : Jack Halsey

Original Name : Bud Cort

Gender : Male

Nicholas Pryor

Character Name : Man in Bloody White Suit / Ramsen / Ed Conklin

Original Name : Nicholas Pryor

Gender : Male

Patricia Charbonneau

Character Name : Dana Martin

Original Name : Patricia Charbonneau

Gender : Female

George Kennedy

Character Name : Vance

Original Name : George Kennedy

Gender : Male

Brian Brophy

Character Name : Ellis

Original Name : Brian Brophy

Gender : Male

David Sinaiko

Character Name : Berkovitch

Original Name : David Sinaiko

Gender : Male

Lee Arenberg

Character Name : Sacks

Original Name : Lee Arenberg

Gender : Male

Andy Wood

Character Name : Brain Surgeon

Original Name : Andy Wood

Gender : Male

Maud Winchester

Character Name : Crazy Anna

Original Name : Maud Winchester

Gender : Female

Lisa Moncure

Character Name : Board Member

Original Name : Lisa Moncure

Gender : Female

Jon Kellam

Character Name : Board Member

Original Name : Jon Kellam

Gender : Male

Willie Garson

Character Name : Board Member

Original Name : Willie Garson

Gender : Male

John Paxton

Character Name : Board Member

Original Name : John Paxton

Gender : Male

David Sklare

Character Name : Board Member

Original Name : David Sklare

Gender : Male

Cynthia Ettinger

Character Name : Nurse Anderson

Original Name : Cynthia Ettinger

Gender : Female

Shannon Holt

Character Name : Toni

Original Name : Shannon Holt

Gender : Female

Vincent Foster

Character Name : Fred

Original Name : Vincent Foster

Gender : Male

Brent Hinkley

Character Name : Dewey

Original Name : Brent Hinkley

Gender : Male

Kyle Gass

Character Name : Anaesthetist

Original Name : Kyle Gass

Gender : Male

Deirdre O'Connell

Character Name : Mrs. Halsey

Original Name : Deirdre O'Connell

Gender : Female

Ann Vincent

Character Name : Halsey's Aunt

Original Name : Ann Vincent

Gender : Male

Dorothy Vincent

Character Name : Halsey's Aunt

Original Name : Dorothy Vincent

Gender : Male

Dean Robinson

Character Name : Valet

Original Name : Dean Robinson

Gender : Male

Mark Boothby

Character Name : Neighbor / Eunice Security Guard

Original Name : Mark Boothby

Gender : Male

Steve Ruggles

Character Name : Restaurant Manager

Original Name : Steve Ruggles

Gender : Male

Adam Lima

Character Name : Bus Boy

Original Name : Adam Lima

Gender : Male

Jesse Douglas

Character Name : Canteen Attendant

Original Name : Jesse Douglas

Gender : Male

Patti Tippo

Character Name : Resident

Original Name : Patti Tippo

Gender : Female

Barney Burman

Character Name : Experimental Face

Original Name : Barney Burman

Gender : Male

Laura McCorkindale

Character Name : Dancing Madwoman

Original Name : Laura McCorkindale

Gender : Male

Roscoe Pound

Character Name : Wrong Man

Original Name : Roscoe Pound

Gender : Male

William Simon

Character Name : Doctor in Lobotomy Film

Original Name : William Simon

Gender : Male

Alexander von Roon

Character Name : Self

Original Name : Alexander von Roon

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-02-08

"Dr. Martin" (Bill Pullman) is a renowned scientist who usually works in a room full of brains preserved in gelatine! Then he is tasked with actually applying some of his theorem and is to evaluate "Halsey" (Bud Cort). Now he used to be a very important mathematician before he became a bit of a paranoid schizophrenic. "Martin" concludes that it might be medically possible to carry out some surgery and restore his memories. This is manna from heaven for his ambitious corporate pal "Reston" (Bill Paxton) and their unscrupulous boss "Vance" (George Kennedy) so his plan is green-lit, and surprisingly successful. On leaving the office shortly after carrying one of his many jars, he is hit by a car and when he awakes he seems a bit different. His personality has changed. Even his wife "Dana" (Patricia Charbonneau) cannot recognise his personality as everyone around him thinks he's lost the plot - totally! He keeps seeing a man in a blood-spattered white coat and is convinced he is being manipulated and conspired against! What's going on? Is it what we think has gone on? The last fifteen minutes or so redeem this slightly in our search for an answer, but for the most part it takes a really flat ping at sci-fi horror delivering a weakly predictable story that ran out of steam quickly and permanently fairly early on. Pullman isn't really my idea of a good comedy actor and the constant vacillation between "dream" and "reality" from auteur Adam Simon ended up more wearisome and repetitive than entertaining. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood - but I struggled to engage with this and found it all just a bit banal.