6.7RReleased

Altered States

Name: Altered States
Director: Ken Russell
Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror
Released: 1980-12-25T00:00:00.000000Z
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 6.729
Cast: William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban, Charles Haid, Thaao Penghlis

“In the basement of a university medical school, Dr. Jessup floats naked in total darkness. The most terrifying experiment in the history of science is out of control... and the subject is himself.”

19801h 43mScience FictionThrillerHorror

Overview

A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of human consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from Native American shamans, he explores these altered states of cognizance and finds that memory, time, and reality itself are states of mind.