Brain Dead

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Brain Dead

R

1990

1h 25m

Sci-Fi

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A corporate man (Bill Paxton) tempts a doctor (Bill Pullman) to pick a secret formula from a crazed scientist's (Bud Cort) brain.

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Scott Weinberg

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01/07/2006

3/5

Heck, I could sit through a movie a whole lot worse than this one just to see a pair of my favorite actors banter back and forth.

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Emanuel Levy

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08/17/2005

2/5

Nicolas Lacroix

EnPrimeur.ca

05/31/2004

3/5

Brian Mckay

eFilmCritic.com

03/19/2003

3/5

Only the two Bills [Pullman and Paxton] keep this one from flat-lining

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

01/01/2000

2/5

Dennis Schwartz

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01/01/2000

C

I felt cheated by its wearisome ploy of not decifering what was a dream and what was reality.

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Wouter B

@Bilschop Jan 21

I saw this movie come by and saw it had a bad rating but it looked like a fun horror b-movie. I might also have confused it with the other BrainDead movie. This was a nice surprise. If you like your movies weird and confusing then this might be for you.

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Horror fan 4

@Horrorfan4life Nov 2

What a hidden gem of a movie. Two Bills are better than one. Tim Treakle

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Laurent T

@RT23175138 Oct 5

Awesome movie . I liked it .

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Cinephile F

@RT52030170 08/22/2024

This is a grind house film and as such, is awesome. The fact that it was shown as a double feature at the new Beverly in LA (Taratino's theatre) says it all. Loved it. So good

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Steve D

@RT35616104 02/24/2023

The talent is there but the script is too stupid to work.

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farah r

@Farah 09/21/2021

It made no sense. I like movies with a messed up timeline like Memento but they only work if it all comes together at the end and ties all the loose ends. Brain Dead is far from comprehensible and quite frankly, it's boring.

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Synopsis

A corporate man (Bill Paxton) tempts a doctor (Bill Pullman) to pick a secret formula from a crazed scientist's (Bud Cort) brain.

Director: Adam Simon
Producer: Julie Corman
Screenwriter: Charles Beaumont, Adam Simon
Production Co: Concorde Pictures, New Horizons Picture
Rating: R
Genre: Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 19, 1990, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 3, 2018
Runtime: 1h 25m
Sound Mix: Surround