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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 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
Altered States. Roger Ebert January 01, 1980. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. “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.
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...
- (892)
- Ken Russell
- R
- William Hurt
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.
Altered States (1980) Official Trailer - YouTube. Psychedelic Cinema. 2.07K subscribers. Subscribed. 154. 29K views 7 years ago. Altered States follows Harvard Professor Edward Jessup as he...
- 2 min
- 30K
- Psychedelic Cinema
