Altered States

• 6.686 Horror
• 1980-12-25
• 102 minutes mins

A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from native American shamans, he explores these altered states of consciousness and finds that memory, time, and perhaps reality itself are states of mind.

Starring:

William Hurt (Professor Eddie Jessup) Blair Brown (Emily Jessup) Bob Balaban (Arthur Rosenberg) Charles Haid (Mason Parrish) Thaao Penghlis (Echeverria) Miguel Godreau (Primal Man) Dori Brenner (Sylvia Rosenberg) Peter Brandon (Hobart) Charles White-Eagle (The Brujo) Drew Barrymore (Margaret Jessup)

Director:

Ken Russell

Writer:

Paddy Chayefsky