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.
6.7(779) 1980-12-25 103 minHorrorScience FictionThriller
A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of human consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from Native American shamans, he explores these altered states of cognizance and finds that memory, time, and reality itself are states of mind.
ScreenplayPaddy Chayefsky
Original Music ComposerJohn Corigliano
ProducerHoward Gottfried
DirectorKen Russell
Cast & characters
William Hurt
as Professor Eddie Jessup
Blair Brown
as Emily Jessup
Bob Balaban
as Arthur Rosenberg
Charles Haid
as Mason Parrish
Thaao Penghlis
as Echeverria
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Miguel Godreau
as Primal Man
Dori Brenner
as Sylvia Rosenberg
Peter Brandon
as Hobart
Charles White-Eagle
as The Brujo
Drew Barrymore
as Margaret Jessup
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Megan Jeffers
as Grace Jessup
Jack Murdock
as Hector Orteco
Francis X. McCarthy
as Obispo
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Deborah Baltzell
as Schizophrenic Patient
Evan Richards
as Young Rosenberg
Paul Larsson
as Charlie Thomas
John Larroquette
as X-Ray Technician
George Gaynes
as Dr. Wissenschaft
Hap Lawrence
as Endocrinology Fellow
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John Walter Davis
as Medical Technician
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Cynthia Burr
as Parrish's Girl
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Susan Bredhoff
as Eccheverria's Girl
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Ora Rubinstein
as Young Medical Student
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Eric Forst
as Mingus
