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1994 Certificate 15
  • Rated:
  • 60
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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 .. Read more

Starring Edward Furlong, Frank Langella, Amy Hargreaves, T. Ryder Smith
Director John Flynn
Genres Horror

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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.

Starring Edward Furlong, Frank Langella, Amy Hargreaves, T. Ryder Smith
Director John Flynn
Studio OPTIMUM
Run time DVD: 1 hr 31 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Horror
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 30 Jun 2003
Production year: 1994
Format DVD

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    Misfit loner Edward Furlong sends off for the virtual reality game Brainscan, advertised as the ultimate in terror, only to wake up with memory loss and a severed foot in the refrigerator. Frank Langella is the cop on his trail. But will he believe the murder is really the work of the Trickster, a vile demon who represents the dark side of anybody playing the game? Despite some inferior special effects, this unusually bleak and intense chiller is one of the best horror films to use the virtual reality hook.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • The titular computer game, 'the ultimate experience in inter-active horror', gets a little too real for high-school... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 2 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Worth a watch

    This film is def worth watching if you liked total recall it isn't an action film its more of an horror but it is similar in the storyline...once you watch it you will know what i mean.

      • NikPain from Northants,UK
      • Posted 28 Sep 2004 22:07

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  • 2 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Worth a watch

    This film is def worth watching if you liked total recall it isn't an action film its more of an horror but it is similar in the storyline...once you watch it you will know what i mean.

      • NikPain from Northants,UK
      • Posted 28 Sep 2004 22:07

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      • 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 ...