Brain Dead (1990)
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.
- Date of release
- 1990-01-16
- TMDB
- 5.6 / 10 (142)
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Genres
- Thriller, Horror, Science Fiction
- Director
- Adam Simon
Casting
- Bill Pullman — Dr. Rex Martin
- Bill Paxton — Jim Reston
- Bud Cort — Jack Halsey
- Nicholas Pryor — Man in Bloody White Suit / Ramsen / Ed Conklin
- Patricia Charbonneau — Dana Martin
- George Kennedy — Vance
- Brian Brophy — Ellis
- David Sinaiko — Berkovitch
- Lee Arenberg — Sacks
- Andy Wood — Brain Surgeon
- Maud Winchester — Crazy Anna
- Lisa Moncure — Board Member
Interesting facts
Brain Dead is a 1989 psychological horror-thriller film directed by Adam Simon. It stars Bill Pullman, Bill Paxton, and George Kennedy.
Production
In the late 1980s, Julie Corman got summer interns to go through several hundred old scripts. The best one they discovered was one written by Charles Beaumont for Roger Corman in the 1960s. Director Adam Simon liked it and updated it for modern times.
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