Ultimately fairly routine material, but it's hard to knock a film that includes among its cast such familiar faces as Olivia Hussey, Sean Young, William Atherton, Dee Wallace Stone and (the apparently obligatory for the genre) Udo Kier.
Headspace
Evil has many faces.
2005 · 1h 29m · R
Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by
Andrew van den Houten
Overview
25-year-old Alex Borden's chance encounter with a mysterious stranger has found his intellect rapidly expanding, but as the power of his mind grows so too does the mystery of a brutal series of murders. Now, as the killer seems to set his sights on Alex, the frightened genius must use his newfound brain power to put an end to the mayhem once and for all.
Director and cast
- Andrew van den Houten Director
- William Atherton as Dr. Ira Gold
- Olivia Hussey as Dr. Karen Murphy
- Sean Young as Mother
- Mark Margolis as Boris Pavlovsky
- Udo Kier as Rev. Karl Hartman
- Christopher Denham as Alex Borden
- Erick Kastel as Harry Jellenik
- Pollyanna McIntosh as Stacy
- Karen Anderson as Desk Nurse
- Jeanette Arnone as Mother
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
There are good ideas pulsing through Andrew van den Houten's horror flick, but once the script turns nasty, things fall apart -- and not just literally.
A small horror film with all the necessary gore and beasties and gratuitous nudity that this not-very-demanding genre demands.
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