Brainscan

If you are gen-x and dislike this movie, I,.....I......(speechless).......you're just....weird.

A lonely teenage horror-movie fan discovers a mysterious computer game that uses hypnosis to custom-tailor the game into the most terrifying experience imaginable. This is the description given by the mfr. I will say that I really was enjoying this movies as it was unfolding and we found our hero getting into so much trouble due to the game. I kind of thought that the ending let me down but aside from that it was pretty good. Edward Furlong.....not any kind of actor at all. Always overdoes it and not in a good way.

Glad I bought this because it's the first time watching this for me and I loved it!!! A lot of re-watch ability, Extremely like-able characters. This movie is like (Nickelodeon's) "Are you afraid of the dark- on steroids" with gore! The music is fantastic too! I really wish it had a proper release with a slip and more attention towards the packaging but the cover art is good. Quality transfer, a lot of vivid purple lighting in this movie.

I saw this movie when I was about the same age as the protagonist in theaters. It is so great to see it get the Sceam Factory treatment!!!! I wish they could have gotten an interview with Edward Furlong, but it is understandable why he isn’t featured. The transfer is gotta be the closest thing to sitting there on that sneak peek screening I went to as a kid.I love this movie although it’s not everyone.

Great early 90s nostalgia , features a decent performance from T. Ryder Smith as "Trickster".

So, I thought I was ordering the standalone DVD version of Brainscan, one disc, one movie, one case.What arrived was a 4-movie value pack called "Thrills & Chills vol. 3"Yes, I received Brainscan, along with 3 other movies I didn't really care about. The DVD version of this movie is completely mislabeled.

This is a great horror sci-fi love the story trickster steals the show Edward furlong was great in this cool special effects cool features

The price of this blu ray is worth it for the extras alone! Awesome extras, great picture and no more shoddy dvd quality!!

Michael Bower is a teenager who is into heavy metal and horror movies, one day his one and only friend Kyle phones him to tell him about a game advertised in Fangoria called Brainscan. During the phone call we discover that Michael likes to spy on his neighbour, an attractive girl called Kimberly who goes to his school. Kyle has been nagging him to ask her out, but he seems to be very nervous about it. Michael is all alone in his large house, as it's shown through a flashback very early on that his mother died in a car crash in which he was injured, and his father seems to work away from home a lot. Michael calls to ask about the game, wondering how it differs from any other game he's played. His body suddenly starts convulsing as if over taken by another force, he tries to phone back but the number no longer seems to exist.A few days later, the first Brainscan disc arrives, and Michael is told that the game works by hypnotizing him so he can watch a murder through the eyes of a killer. Michael is then transported into the mind of a killer, the killer breaks into a house and discovers a man sleeping in his bed. He stabs the man in the back, and then severs the man's foot. Michael wakes up in his room and is amazed by how brilliant it was. The day after, he tells Kyle all about it, and Kyle seems eager to lend the game but Michael wants to play on it a few more times first. He goes over to talk to Kimberly, while he's waiting to talk to her, a news report comes on the tv talking about a murder that's happened in the neighbourhood where a man had his foot cut off. Michael feels sick and rushes home where he finds the foot in his fridge. It is then that a demonic character who goes by the name of Trickster appears in his room, telling him that he killed the man and now he has to play the next disc. The Trickster is there to coerce Michael to keep playing the game and eliminate the witnesses to the crime, all the while a detective is investigating the crime and the net is closing in on Michael.Ed Furlong was pretty decent as Michael, he found success with his debut performance in Terminator 2 and quickly followed that by starring in the decent Pet Sematary 2. No one will ever accuse him of being a great actor but he used to get pretty decent roles, American History X and Animal Factory followed a few years after. Drink and drugs have pretty much decimated his career and he now appears in low budget garbage. Frank Langella is fine as Detective Hayden, he's an excellent actor and even though he doesn't push himself in the role he still adds some weight to the movie. Amy Hargreaves is very pretty and played her role well as did James Marsh as Kyle, but the star of the show is T.Ryder Smith as Trickster. His performance is over the top and he lights up the screen everytime he appears. It's similar to Michael Keaton in Beetlejuice, he's not in it that much but he's the one you'll remember from it.Directed by John Flynn who passed away in 2007, he was probably best remembered for the movie Lock Up with Sylvester Stallone. He did a good job on Brainscan, the pace is fast and it really has that 80's feel to it despite the fact it was made in 1994. There's a very quick glimpse of boob, and the effects are pretty good. The make up on Trickster is done well, and the first murder is reasonably gruesome with quite a bit of blood. The music is great, it has a mostly heavy metal soundtrack and a good Primus song played by Trickster. Most films of this type that includes virtual reality are usually awful, this is definitely one of the better ones. Strong performances, a good story and a whole lot of crazy fun. The disc is a barebones release, it doesn't even have subtitles, but it's the film that's important. Any fan of 80's campy horror's should find a lot to enjoy in Brainscan, and the Trickster is an absolute joy to watch. It has a twist ending that you expect and it works, it then has another twist that is daft and doesn't work, but it's fun. Michael and Kimberly find out that they have been spying on each other, but they both seem fine about it. Weird, but again it fits the film and made it even more fun.

Brainscan. R1 U.S DVD. R-rated 1994.The picture quality's very nice, widescreen 1.85:1.Teen plays a new video game, does video game control teen?.Ace mid nineties sci-fi? horror where technology apparently causesFurlong to commit murder. Exciting, fun and bloody(ish). The U.Krelease was cut, U.S uncut, there's even a bit of Argento style inhere. Extras:zero. Run time:1hr 35min 57sec.Could be a PS4 exclusive, i'd buy it!

Brainscan is a Very dated Sci-fi horror that You get the impression the Producers hoped might become a Franchise.The whole thing is spoiled by Edward Furlong,who simply cannot act and the Story begins to Drag.I never made it to the end.

good quality and played well with no problems. i had no issues of any kind when i used this product

downright scary!:0)