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Brainscan (1994)

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Reviews Counted:10

Fresh:3

Rotten:7

Average Rating:4.4/10

Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Synopsis: Michael (Edward Furlong) is a gore-loving, media-saturated, suburban teen. Isolated by his distant father and dead mother, he finds refuge in horror fanzines and slasher flicks. He plugs into a new... Michael (Edward Furlong) is a gore-loving, media-saturated, suburban teen. Isolated by his distant father and dead mother, he finds refuge in horror fanzines and slasher flicks. He plugs into a new interactive game where the player enacts all too real murders. He thinks he can beat the wisecracking gamemaster--called the Trickster (T. Ryder Smith)--at his own game, but when he finds a severed foot in the fridge Michael realizes there is a bit more to Brainscan than he realized. [More]

Starring: Edward Furlong, Frank Langella, Amy Hargreaves, T. Ryder Smith

Starring: Edward Furlong, Frank Langella, Amy Hargreaves, T. Ryder Smith

Director: John Flynn

Director: John Flynn
Screenwriter: Andrew Kevin Walker
Story: Brian Owens

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There's not a damn thing on display here than well-traveled horror fans haven't seen 300 times before. And less obnoxiously.

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Mike Bracken
Mike Bracken
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Cops out at the end, but fun until then.

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kick ass, but in a very computer-in-the-90s kindofaway...

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