William Hurt
Professor Eddie Jessup
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Dec 25, 1980 · A scientist experiments with drugs and isolation tank and has visions of his genetic past. IMDb provides cast and crew, reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this horror sci-fi film directed by Ken Russell.
- (39K)
- Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Ken Russell
- 1980-12-25
Altered States is a 1980 American science fiction horror film directed by Ken Russell and adapted by playwright and screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky from his 1978 novel of the same name. The novel and the film are based in part on John C. Lilly 's sensory deprivation research conducted in isolation tanks under the influence of psychoactive drugs ...
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A movie about a scientist who experiments with hallucinogenic mushrooms and regresses to a simian state. Roger Ebert praises its visual and verbal excess, but questions its meaning and coherence.
Respected scientist and psychology professor Edward Jessup (William Hurt) decides to combine his experiments in sensory deprivation tanks with powerful hallucinogenic drugs, convinced that it may...
- (49)
- Ken Russell
- R
- William Hurt
Altered States follows Harvard Professor Edward Jessup as he explores the outer limits of the psychedelic realm and goes boldly where no other psychedelic explorer has gone.
- 2 min
- 29.6K
- Psychedelic Cinema
