Altered States
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.
A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from native American shamans, he explores these altered states of consciousness and finds that memory, time, and perhaps reality itself are states of mind.
- 6.7
- 1980
- Released
- 1h 42m
William Hurt
Professor Eddie Jessup
Blair Brown
Emily Jessup
Bob Balaban
Arthur Rosenberg
Charles Haid
Mason Parrish
Thaao Penghlis
Echeverria
Miguel Godreau
Primal Man
Dori Brenner
Sylvia Rosenberg
Peter Brandon
Hobart
Charles White-Eagle
The Brujo
Drew Barrymore
Margaret JessupMegan Jeffers
Grace Jessup
Jack Murdock
Hector Orteco
Francis X. McCarthy
ObispoDeborah Baltzell
Schizophrenic Patient
Evan Richards
Young RosenbergPaul Larsson
Charlie Thomas
John Larroquette
X-Ray Technician
George Gaynes
Dr. Wissenschaft
Hap Lawrence
Endocrinology Fellow
John Walter Davis
Medical Technician
Released
en
$15,000,000.00
$19,853,892.00
- #experiment
- #genetics
- #based on novel or book
- #ritual
- #subconsciousness
- #harvard university
- #psychology
- #surreal
- #drug use
- #magic mushroom
- #drug trip
- #university
- #drugs
- #psychedelics
- #metamorphosis
- #sensory deprivation
- #isolation tank
- #deprivation chamber
- #psychedelic
- #quest for knowledge
- #lovecraftian
Reviews
***“Night of the Apeman” mixed with some pretty heady material*** In the late 60s and mid-70s, a psychopathologist (William Hurt) from the New York/New England area honestly seeks ultimate truth and the origins of humanity through dubious experiments with sensory deprivation mixed with drugs, including a potent mixture used in ceremonies by Mexican AmerIndians. This leads to altered states of c