Brain Dead (1989)
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17% of critics liked it
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63% of users liked it
(7,596 ratings)
Brain Dead was based on a script by Charles Beaumont, leading some obtuse fans to hail the "return" of that frequent Twilight Zone contributor. Actually Beaumont has been dead since 1967, so this cookie spent a long time in the oven. Stalwart supporting actor Bill Pullman is given star… More Brain Dead was based on a script by Charles Beaumont, leading some obtuse fans to hail the "return" of that frequent Twilight Zone contributor. Actually Beaumont has been dead since 1967, so this cookie spent a long time in the oven. Stalwart supporting actor Bill Pullman is given star billing as a brilliant brain surgeon who agrees to perform an operation on a psychotic mathematician. This surgery, ostensibly, is to "adjust" the patient's attitude--and, incidentally, to unlock the corporate secrets secreted within the patient's brain. But as Pullman probes about, he begins experiencing first-hand the psycho's fevered, paranoic dreams. Pullman drifts farther and farther from reality, and the audience is implicitly invited to do the same. Bill Paxton also stars in this Roger Corman-style thriller, produced by Corman's daughter Julie. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Adam Simon
- Genres
- Drama, Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy
R,
- In Theaters
- Jun 1, 1989 Wide
- Studio
- Concorde/New Horizons Home Video
Critic Reviews
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Scott Weinberg, DVDTalk.com
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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Brian Mckay, eFilmCritic.com
Only the two Bills [Pullman and Paxton] keep this one from flat-lining
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
I felt cheated by its wearisome ploy of not decifering what was a dream and what was reality.
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Cast
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Bill Pullman
as Rex Martin
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Bill Paxton
as Jim Reston
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Bud Cort
as Jack Halsey
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Nicholas Pryor
as Conklin/Ramsen
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Patricia Charbonneau
as Dana Martin
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George Kennedy
as Vance
- Lee Arenberg
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Brian Brophy
as Ellis
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Cynthia Ettinger
as Nurse Anderson
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Willie Garson
as Board Member
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Kyle Gass
as Anaesthetist
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Brent Hinkley
as Dewey
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Shannon Holt
as Toni
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Lisa Moncure
as Board Member
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Deirdre O'Connell
as Mrs. Halsey
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Steve Ruggles
as Restaurant Manager
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Maud Winchester
as Crazy Anna
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Andy Wood
as Brain Surgeon
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Barney Burman
as Experimental Face
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Dean Robinson
as Valet
