Brainscan
Seen it?1994 | 96 min | Horror, Science Fiction
Monday Morning MaybeWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With just 13% on Rotten Tomatoes, a lukewarm 6.1 out of 10 from audiences and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for horror fans and sci-fi fans. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
- The mood
- Scary.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 36 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: expect violence.
- Critics were cooler on it than audiences.
A lonely teenage horror fan and video gamer plays a new immersive and hypnotic computer game where he becomes a psychopathic killer, but when he emerges, he finds that the murder has actually happened.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
13% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesBelow par
6.1 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$4 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 48K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by John Flynn
- Edward FurlongMichael
- Frank LangellaDetective Hayden
- T. Ryder SmithThe Trickster
- Amy HargreavesKimberly
- Jamie MarshKyle
- Victor ErtmanisMartin
- David HemblenDr. Fromberg
- Vlasta VranaFrank
- Domenico FioreKen
- Claire RileyNews Anchor