Brain Dead

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Brain Dead

"You have nothing to lose... except your mind."

1990

1h 25m

5.7(122 votes)

Thriller

Horror

Science Fiction

Overview

In a battle of man versus machine, Martin, a top neurosurgeon who's studying brain malfunctions that cause mental illness, delves deep into his own mind to save himself from a megalomaniacal corporation.

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Cast & Crew

35 members

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Bill Pullman

Dr. Rex Martin

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Bill Paxton

Jim Reston

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Bud Cort

Jack Halsey

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Nicholas Pryor

Man in Bloody White Suit / Ramsen / Ed Conklin

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Patricia Charbonneau

Dana Martin

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George Kennedy

Vance

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Brian Brophy

Ellis

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David Sinaiko

Berkovitch

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Lee Arenberg

Sacks

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Andy Wood

Brain Surgeon

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Maud Winchester

Crazy Anna

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Lisa Moncure

Board Member

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Jon Kellam

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Willie Garson

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John Paxton

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David Sklare

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Cynthia Ettinger

Nurse Anderson

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Shannon Holt

Toni

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Vincent Foster

Fred

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Brent Hinkley

Dewey

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Kyle Gass

Anaesthetist

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Deirdre O'Connell

Mrs. Halsey

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Ann Vincent

Halsey's Aunt

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Dorothy Vincent

Halsey's Aunt

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Dean Robinson

Valet

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Mark Boothby

Neighbor / Eunice Security Guard

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Steve Ruggles

Restaurant Manager

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Visual Effects

Adam Lima

Bus Boy

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Jesse Douglas

Canteen Attendant

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Patti Tippo

Resident

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Barney Burman

Experimental Face

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Laura McCorkindale

Dancing Madwoman

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Roscoe Pound

Wrong Man

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William Simon

Doctor in Lobotomy Film

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Alexander von Roon

Self

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