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Brain Dead

Play trailer Poster for Brain Dead R,  1990,  1h 25m,  Sci-Fi Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 17% 6 Reviews Tomatometer 68% 5,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
17% Tomatometer 6 Reviews 68% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings
A corporate man (Bill Paxton) tempts a doctor (Bill Pullman) to pick a secret formula from a crazed scientist's (Bud Cort) brain.

Critics Reviews

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Scott Weinberg DVDTalk.com Jan 7, 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. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Aug 17, 2005
2/5
Nicolas Lacroix EnPrimeur.ca May 31, 2004
3/5
Brian Mckay eFilmCritic.com Mar 19, 2003
3/5
Only the two Bills [Pullman and Paxton] keep this one from flat-lining Go to Full Review
Christopher Null Filmcritic.com Jan 1, 2000
2/5
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Jan 1, 2000
C
I felt cheated by its wearisome ploy of not decifering what was a dream and what was reality. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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Hagrid S Sep 12, 2018 Strange film the late 80's that I do not think ever caught on. Did have a young Bill Paxton and Bill Pullman.
Poe S Jul 5, 2018 I really liked this movie, I had no idea it existed until today but it was a nice surprise.
George W Jun 13, 2017 Tedious and boring. The whole movie is "is it a dream or reality", when in reality it's a nightmare of a movie. About 1 hour too long. The 70% of the viewers who liked it were brain dead or confused this with another movie. It loses a star because it has Bill Pullman in it and gains a star because it has Bill Paxton in it. See more
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Cast & Crew

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Adam Simon

Director

Bill Pullman

Rex Martin

Bill Paxton

Jim Reston

Bud Cort

Jack Halsey

Nicholas Pryor

Man in Bloody White Suit

Patricia Charbonneau

Dana Martin

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Brain Dead

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Movie Info

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
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