Brain Dead

Brain Dead

You have nothing to lose... except your mind.

1990•1h 25m•5.6/10

ThrillerHorrorScience Fiction

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.6/10(131)

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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Production

New Horizons, Concorde Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Bill Pullman

Bill Pullman

Dr. Rex Martin

Bill Paxton

Bill Paxton

Jim Reston

Bud Cort

Bud Cort

Jack Halsey

Nicholas Pryor

Nicholas Pryor

Man in Bloody White Suit / Ramsen / Ed Conklin

Patricia Charbonneau

Patricia Charbonneau

Dana Martin

George Kennedy

George Kennedy

Vance

Brian Brophy

Brian Brophy

Ellis

David Sinaiko

Berkovitch

Lee Arenberg

Lee Arenberg

Sacks

Andy Wood

Andy Wood

Brain Surgeon

Maud Winchester

Maud Winchester

Crazy Anna

Lisa Moncure

Lisa Moncure

Board Member

Jon Kellam

Board Member

Willie Garson

Willie Garson

Board Member

John Paxton

John Paxton

Board Member

David Sklare

Board Member

Cynthia Ettinger

Cynthia Ettinger

Nurse Anderson

Shannon Holt

Toni

Vincent Foster

Vincent Foster

Fred

Brent Hinkley

Brent Hinkley

Dewey

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