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Brain Dead

You have nothing to lose... except your mind.
Jan 16, 1990 · 1h 25m
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Thriller
Horror
Science Fiction

PLOT

In a battle of man versus machine, Martin, a top neurosurgeon who's studying brain malfunctions that cause mental illness, delves deep into his own mind to save himself from a megalomaniacal corporation.

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CAST

Bill Pullman
Dr. Rex Martin
Bill Paxton
Jim Reston
Bud Cort
Jack Halsey
Nicholas Pryor
Man in Bloody White Suit / Ramsen / Ed Conklin
Patricia Charbonneau
Dana Martin
George Kennedy
Vance
Brian Brophy
Ellis
David Sinaiko
Berkovitch
Directed by Adam Simon

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$2,000,000
Revenue
—
Production
New Horizons, Concorde Pictures
Country
US

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