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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Nudity, Strong Sexual Content, Not For Children, Adult Language, Profanity Movie Release: 1989 DVD Release: 09/26/2000 Format: DVD SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 25 mins Studio: New Concorde Members Wishing: 7 Genres: Drama, Science Fiction, Horror, Psychological Thriller See Also: Brain Dead

Brain Dead was based on a script by Charles Beaumont, leading some obtuse fans to hail the "return" of that frequent Twilight Zone contributor. Actually Beaumont has been dead since 1967, so this cookie spent a long time in the oven. Stalwart supporting actor Bill Pullman is given star billing as a brilliant brain surgeon who agrees to perform an operation on a psychotic mathematician. This surgery, ostensibly, is to "adjust" the patient's attitude--and, incidentally, to unlock the corporate secrets secreted within the patient's brain. But as Pullman probes about, he begins experiencing first-hand the psycho's fevered, paranoic dreams. Pullman drifts farther and farther from reality, and the audience is implicitly invited to do the same. Bill Paxton also stars in this Roger Corman-style thriller, produced by Corman's daughter Julie. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Bill Pullman - Rex Martin
Bill Paxton - Jim Reston
Bud Cort - Jack Halsey
Nicholas Pryor - Conklin/Ramsen
Patricia Charbonneau - Dana Martin