Headspace (2005)

25-year-old Alex Borden is handsome, charming, and intelligent. In fact, he may be too smart for his own good as his life is swiftly becoming a living hell. Alex's nightmare begins when he ... See full summary »

Director:

Andrew van den Houten

Writers:

Troy McCombs (story), Steve Klausner (screenplay)

Stars:

Christopher Denham, Sean Young, Larry Fessenden

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Christopher Denham	...	Alex
Sean Young	...	Mother
Larry Fessenden	...	Father
Daniel Manche	...	Young Harry
Quinn Lujan	...	Young Alex
Jennifer Mekalonis	...	Nude Model in Painting
Tatiana Vidus	...	Nude Model
Erick Kastel	...	Harry
Patrick Wang	...	Sammy
James Spruill	...	Lloyd
Paul Sparks	...	Jason
Mark von Kreuter	...	Mark, Ambulance Orderly
Andrew van den Houten	...	Charlie, Ambulance EMS
Paula Kelly	...	Alice, Ambulance Driver
William Atherton	...	Dr. Ira Gold

Storyline

25-year-old Alex Borden is handsome, charming, and intelligent. In fact, he may be too smart for his own good as his life is swiftly becoming a living hell. Alex's nightmare begins when he meets Harry, a mysterious artist and chess-master. Alex becomes alarmed when his intellect mysteriously begins to grow, and so do the horrors that invade his nightmares, and soon his waking hours. Long-suppressed memories surface and Alex must face the terrors of his violent past, a vanished older brother, a father who abandoned both his sons, and a mother who was viciously murdered. The visions intensify and he begins to experience intense headaches that ultimately cause him to blackout. But it is only the beginning of Alex's calamity. Friends and neighbors are disappearing, and people are whispering rumors of a serial killer. Menaced from all sides by the forces of evil, Alex must overcome his past and contain his own deadly urges so he can hopefully discover what demons, both real and imagined, ...

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Plot Keywords:

covered in blood | wearing a hospital gown outside | birthday cake | nose bleed | seeing mother killed | 

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Taglines:

Evil Has Many Faces.

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong horror violence/gore, sexuality and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 September 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Glowa pelna koszmarów

Filming Locations:

Katonah, New York, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,430, 19 February 2006

Gross USA:

$1,650

Company Credits

Production Co:

Modernciné, Modern Headspace Productions LLC

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min 84 min (Director's Cut) 95 min (International)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

(at around 40 mins) When Alex is in the ambulance, the paramedic is incorrectly wearing his phonendoscope (the eartips should point forward). Moreover, it's quite difficult to hear chest sounds through many clothing layers (as shown in the movie) so the diaphragm's usually placed directly on the skin.

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Connections

Followed by Fractured Skulls: The Making of Headspace (2006)

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Soundtracks

BELIEVE
Performed by Dragwater
Under License From Brian McLaughlin
Written by Bill Doty, Brian McLaughlin and Sean Cannon
Published by Publishing Designees of Bill Doty, Brian McLaughlin and Sean Cannon

User Reviews

If ONL:Y I had read MORE of the comments about this film FIRST...

Where do I start...??? Very simply: Decent concept that could have been very intriguing EXCELLENT beginning to set the pace of the film I really like chess, so I thought that would be a neat added element to the film... GEEEEEEEEZ...

TOTALLY disintegrates into an EXTREMELY poorly written, directed, and acted film. PERIOD.

Very sad too; I REALLY, REALLY wish I had read more of the comments and especially the message board MUCH more carefully. Usually I do, but I musta REALLY screwed up on this one : ) I can excuse a film completely for being aimless and even pointless, ***IF*** it at least has style, mood, and is done with SOME bloody competence. It is SO dang funny how some of these film makers snag a bunch of these 'B' actors whom we'd immediately recognize and then they have a combined screen time of about 8 minutes. When will I learn... I felt sorry for Sean Young; she had all of, what..., 3 minutes. Sad...

Anyway, by the end, if you have ANY vestige of intelligence left (which is bloody unlikely) this is one of those cases where you will TRULY be sitting there stunned wondering what the HELL you just did with the last 90 minutes or so...

I'm serious here. Believe me on this one...

I'm not normally hateful or unforgiving when it comes to film and Especially the 'Horror' genre, honestly. But this one fails on almost EVERY level.