Brain Dead (1990)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Adam Simon

Writers:

Charles Beaumont (screenplay)
Charles Beaumont (story)

Release Date:

19 January 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

From the writer of the original "Twilight Zone" comes the most terrifying film of the decade.

Plot:

A psychological thriller from the writer of the original "Twilight Zone!" In a showdown of man vs. machine...

Plot Keywords:

Nightmare | Office Building | Sex Scene | Cult Favorite | Psychotronic

Cast

Bill Pullman	...	Dr. Rex Martin
Bill Paxton	...	Jim Reston
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
Andy Wood	...	Brain Surgeon
Maud Winchester	...	Crazy Anna
Lisa Moncure	...	Board Member
Jon Kellam	...	Board Member
Willie Garson	...	Board Member
John Paxton	...	Board Member
David Sklare	...	Board Member

Also Known As:

Paranoia (USA) (alternative title)

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M | France:-16 | UK:15 | USA:R

Company:

New Horizons

Trivia:

Dr Martin mentions that he went to "Miskatonic University", the college where Re-Animator (1985) took place. Miskatonic University is supposedly located in Arkham, MA, a fictional town created by H.P. Lovecraft.

Quotes:

Jim Reston: [Reston proposes a chain of brain surgery boutiques with an unique advertising campaign] Had a bad childhood? We can fix it!

Movie Connections:

References Re-Animator (1985)

Horrible ending (no spoiler)

I spent this entire movie trying to figure out how they would tie all of the ends they created together at the end. As the movie went on and I couldn't figure it out, I thought to myself "They better have a good explanation for all of this". Rather than spoil the ending, let me just say that the end of this movie doesn't explain most of the events that took place in it, and the writer completely destroyed a movie that could be good and makes you think for an easy to write, disappointing ending. I could make a list of the things I saw in the movie that aren't explained at all and that's without viewing it again (I wouldn't put myself through that disappointment once more). Until the ending, I thought they took a movie which seemed like it was going to be bad and cranked out a horror flick that made you think. Instead, they made it impossible to watch without it hurting to think.