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Brain Dead1990

Name: Brain Dead
Genre: Psychological, Sci-Fi Horror, Body Horror
Released: 1990-01-16
Rating: 5.3

“You have nothing to lose... except your mind.”

Directed by Adam Simon

5.3

Crypt Score

Blended from 3 sources

IMDb 5.9Rotten Tomatoes 17%TMDB 5.6

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Year

1990

Runtime

85 min

Box Office

Budget

$2,000,000

Domestic

$1,627,955

The premise

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.

Horror Vault's take

A brilliant neurosurgeon finds his grip on reality violently loosening when a powerful corporation pulls him into a case that blurs the line between patient and doctor. What begins as a clinical investigation into madness spirals into a deeply personal nightmare where the mind itself becomes the most treacherous terrain. Bill Pullman and Bill Paxton anchor this twisting psycho-thriller that keeps viewers perpetually off-balance. Expect a relentless assault on the senses as the film weaponizes confusion and dread in equal measure.

Content: Depictions Of Mental Illness, Medical Horror, Psychological Distress, Themes Of Lobotomy And Brain Experimentation