Altered States
1980
6.7 (790)
1 hr 43 min
In the basement of a university medical school, Dr. Jessup floats naked in total darkness. The most terrifying experiment in the history of science is out of control... and the subject is himself.
$15,000,000
$19,853,892
A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of human consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from Native American shamans, he explores these altered states of cognizance and finds that memory, time, and reality itself are states of mind.
Top Cast
William Hurt as Professor Eddie Jessup
Blair Brown as Emily Jessup
Bob Balaban as Arthur Rosenberg
Charles Haid as Mason Parrish
Thaao Penghlis as Echeverria
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