Altered States (1980)

6.3	Listal rating
6.6	IMDB rating

Horror (6), Sci-fi (5), Drama (3), Drugs (3), 1980 (3), Fantasy (2), Surrealism (2), Evolution (2), 1970s (1), Transformations (1), Based On Novel (1), Sensory Deprivation (1), Reality (1), 80s 90s 00s (1), Psychedelic (1), Anthropologist (1), Twist (1), Drug Trip (1), MMG (1), Myth/religion (1)

Description

Harvard scientist Eddie Jessup's (William Hurt) mind-altering experiments on himself, involving a hallucinatory drug and an isolation chamber, get out of control when his handiwork shuttles him back and forth on the evolutionary spectrum -- from human to ape-man. Equal parts sci-fi actioner, 1960s psychedelic trip and farce, the film was based on a ... (more)

Directed by

Ken Russell

Starring (View all) :

Eddie Jessup

Emily Jessup

Arthur Rosenberg

Mason Parrish

Echeverria

Primal Man

Sylvia Rosenberg

Hobart

The Brujo

Margaret Jessup

Written by (View all) :

Paddy Chayefsky

(novel)

Videos


	Altered States Trailer

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