2 Movies Starring Charles Haid

Altered States

Altered States

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1980-12-25

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (22142 Reviews)

Director:

Ken Russell

Cast:

Writer:

Paddy Chayefsky (written for the screen by)

Paddy Chayefsky (novel)

Fullplot:

It's the late 1960's. Just for a lark, graduate student Eddie Jessup, known for being unconventional, brilliant and slightly mad, conducts experiments with an isolation chamber, using himself as the subject. His experiences in the chamber cause him to hallucinate, much of the imagery being religious-based despite he not being a religious man. Seven years later, he is a respected full professor in the Harvard Medical School. Believing he has lost his edge and has fallen into an unwanted state of respectability, Eddie decides to resume his work with sensory deprivation, this time using hallucinogens, specifically untested ones used in mystical Mexican rituals, to enhance the experience of being in the isolation tank. After initial tests, he claims he entered an alternate physical and mental state. Although unbelieving of Eddie's claims, his colleagues Arthur Rosenberg and Mason Parrish, as well as Eddie's wife, Emily, who is in her own right a respected academic, are concerned for Eddie's well being. However, if Eddie's claims are indeed true, he could do irreparable harm to himself and others around him, especially if his altered states are uncontrollable.

Nightbreed

Nightbreed

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-02-16

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (13143 Reviews)

Director:

Clive Barker

Cast:

Writer:

Clive Barker (novel)

Clive Barker (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A community of mutant outcasts of varying types and abilities attempts to escape the attention of a psychotic serial killer and redneck vigilantes with the help of a brooding young man who discovers them. Based on the novel "Cabal" by Clive Barker.

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