Rent The Brain (1988)
2.8 of 5 from 52 ratings
1h 27min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Rebellious high school student Tom Majelewski (Tom Bresnahan) is sent to a famed pyschological research institute, where he is unwittingly subjected to mind-control experiments conducted by the institute's mysterious founder, Dr. Blake (David Gale). Plagued by hallucinations, Tom soon learns the institute's terrible secret - an enormous human brain, capable of inducing people to commit random acts of horrible violence. When the brain's hunger becomes insatiable, it remains for Tom alone among the hypnotized citizens to fight off the gruesome threat.
- Actors:
- Tom Bresnahan, Cynthia Preston, David Gale, George Buza, Christine Kossak, Bret Pearson, Bernice Quiggan, Susannah Hoffmann, Justine Campbell, Robert King, Kenneth McGregor, Vinetta Strombergs, Richard Gira, Wendy Springate, Harry Booker, Peter Read, Steve Mousseau, Garry Bron, Garry Brown, Sarah Chapple
- Directors:
- Ed Hunt
- Producers:
- Anthony Kramreither
- Writers:
- Barry Pearson
- Aka:
- Manipulations
- Studio:
- Hollywood DVD
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Collections:
- A Brief History of Films About Television: Part 1, A Brief History of Film...
- Countries:
- Canada
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 01/08/2022
- Run Time:
- 91 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 5.1, English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Various
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Sounds of the Mind: Paul Zaza on the Brain
- Commentary with director Ed Hunt
- Commentary with composer Paul Zaza
- Commentary with actor Tom Bresnahan
- Canada on the Mind - An interview with actress Cynthia Preston
- From Monster Kid to Monster Man - An interview with actor George Buza
- Brain Art - An interview with assistant art director Michael Borthwick
- Food for Thought: A Love Letter to the Brain
- Still Gallery
