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Altered States is a 1980 American science fiction horror film directed by Ken Russell, and based on the novel of the same name by playwright and screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky. The film was adapted from Chayefsky's 1978 novel and is his final screenplay.
- $14.9 million
- John Corigliano
- December 25, 1980
Dec 25, 1980 · Altered States: Directed by Ken Russell. With William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban, Charles Haid. A psycho-physiologist experiments with drugs and a sensory-deprivation tank and has visions he believes are genetic memories.
- (37K)
- Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Ken Russell
- 1980-12-25
Altered States. “Altered States” is one hell of a movie -- literally. It hurls its characters headlong back through billions of years to the moment of creation and finds nothing there except an anguished scream of "No!" as the life force protests its moment of birth. And then, through the power of the human ego to insist on its own will ...
Extraordinarily daring for a Hollywood film, Altered States attacks the viewer with its inventive, aggressive mix of muddled sound effects and visual pyrotechnics. Respected scientist and ...
- (892)
- Ken Russell
- R
- William Hurt
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Dec 31, 2014 · Altered States (1980) Ken Russel by Ken Russel. Publication date 1980-12-25 Topics Body Horror, Cosmic Horror, Sci-Fi, Altered States 1980, Ken Russel Language English.
Summaries. A psycho-physiologist experiments with drugs and a sensory-deprivation tank and has visions he believes are genetic memories. In the late 1960s, just for a lark, graduate student Eddie Jessup, known for being unconventional, brilliant and slightly mad, conducts experiments with an isolation chamber, using himself as the subject.
