Unlike most teen horror movies, Brainscan relies more on atmosphere and plot than gore and bloodsoaked effects. Edward Furlong
plays Michael, a 16-year-old horror movie fan, computer whiz, and
misfit who responds to an ad for Brainscan, an CD-ROM virtual reality
game that promises to "interface with your unconscious." Once involved
with the game, Michael dreams that he brutally stabs a stranger and
slices off his foot -- only to awaken and find the foot in his
refrigerator. Out of Michael's computer comes Trickster (T. Ryder Smith),
a sardonic, malevolent creation who advises Michael to keep playing new
editions of Brainscan to evade capture by a suspicious cop (Frank Langella). With a death count that is relatively low and mostly offscreen (amputated feet notwithstanding), Brainscan
doesn't make up for its lack of onscreen violence with a particularly
original script, although it should be commended for not taking the easy
way out.
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Brainscan (1994)
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