Altered States
Film

Altered States (1980)

2 critics 3 lists ★ 6.7 TMDb ✓ Verified on TMDb 103 min HorrorScience FictionThriller

A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of human consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from Native American shamans, he explores these altered states of cognizance and finds that memory, time, and reality itself are states of mind.

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Where to watch Altered States?
In the US, Altered States is streaming on Howdy Amazon Channel, and you can rent it on Amazon Video.
Is Altered States worth watching?
2 of our critics, from Gen X, Gen Alpha, put Altered States on their lists; it appears in 3 Listen Watch Play lists so far.
Movies like Altered States?
Our critics most often pair it with Triangle, Hard to Be a God, Coherence, Rubber.
When did Altered States come out?
1980 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller.

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Ken Russell threw John Corigliano’s screeching score against pure optical compositing, and it still rattles teeth. Dick Smith built foam latex bladders under William Hurt’s skin to sell the devolution, beating any computer rendering you can buy today. Jordan Belson manipulated physical fluids and mechanical light rigs for the sensory deprivation trips. If your only exposure is an over-compressed streaming rip with crushed blacks, track down the vintage pressing on physical media to see real film grain breathe.

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