Rent Altered States (1980)
3.3 of 5 from 132 ratings
1h 39min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Research scientist Eddie Jessup (William Hurt) believes other states of consciousness are as real as everyday reality. Using sensory deprivation, then adding powerful, hallucinogenic drugs, he explores these altered states...and endures experiences that make madness seem a blessing.
- Actors:
- William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban, Charles Haid, Thaao Penghlis, Miguel Godreau, Dori Brenner, Peter Brandon, Charles White-Eagle, Drew Barrymore, Megan Jeffers, Jack Murdock, Francis X. McCarthy, Deborah Baltzell, Evan Richards, Hap Lawrence, John Walter Davis, Cynthia Burr, Susan Bredhoff, John Larroquette
- Directors:
- Ken Russell
- Producers:
- Howard Gottfried
- Writers:
- Paddy Chayefsky
- Others:
- John Corigliano, Michael Minkler, Les Fresholtz, Willie D Burton, Arthur Piantadosi
- Studio:
- Warner
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Cinema Paradiso's 2023 Centenary Club: Part 1, The Film Highlights of 1980, A Brief History of Film..., Top 10 Films By Year
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 10/07/2017
- Run Time:
- 103 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Latin American Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing, French, Latin American Spanish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Theatrical Trailer
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Reviews (1) of Altered States
Trippy body horror - Altered States review by LC
With it's high concept body horror, this feels very much like a classic David Cronenberg film, jacked up with the addition of some trippy '2001: A Space Odyssey' style visuals. Frustratingly, it's almost brilliant, although the film drifts very close to campy 'Jekyll and Hyde' nonsense when the hero is running around in his fully altered state, and the climax is extremely underwhleming. Despite this, the film hits more often than it misses, it consistently looks great (especially on blu ray) and there is something audaciously bizarre in it's mix of highbrow concept and goofy lowbrow genre thrills.
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