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Altered States is a 1980 American science fiction horror film directed by Ken Russell and adapted by playwright and screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky from his 1978 novel of the same name.
Dec 25, 1980 · A scientist experiments with drugs and isolation tank and has visions of his genetic past. IMDb provides cast, crew, reviews, trivia, and more for this Ken Russell-directed film.
- (39K)
- Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Ken Russell
- 1980-12-25
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...
- (49)
- Ken Russell
- R
- William Hurt
A movie about a scientist who experiments with hallucinogenic mushrooms and regresses to a simian state. Roger Ebert praises its visual and verbal excess, but questions its meaning and coherence.
A scientist experiments with drugs and isolation tanks to access altered states of consciousness, but his sanity and reality are threatened. IMDb provides plot summaries, cast and crew, user reviews, trivia, and FAQ for this sci-fi horror film.
Nov 15, 2016 · Altered States follows Harvard Professor Edward Jessup as he explores the outer limits of the psychedelic realm and goes boldly where no other psychedelic explorer...
- 2 min
- 30.3K
- Psychedelic Cinema
Jan 1, 1978 · Paddy Chayefsky. 3.86. 853 ratings86 reviews. Edward Jessup, a neurophysiologist at the Harvard Medical School, relentlessly seeks the origins of human consciousness and, with the aide of an isolation tank and a hallucinogenic drug, regresses farther and farther into a proto-human state.
