Altered States
Directed by Ken Russell6.986%71%6.7
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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- Stian Andreassen6 April 2026Jekyll and Hyde meets The Fly in a freudian slipstream of shrooms and sensory depravation tanks and a monomanic mad scientist hellbent on a brilliant discovery. The concept is really cool – that our cells contains six billion years worth of ‘memories’ – and the techno babble is actually something you can follow philosophically, which is kinda rare. The special effects are insanely (no pun intended) cool and technically brilliant for a movie from 1980. Not sure if it was intentional, or actually counter-intentional, but I kinda got a hankering to try edibles and trip out like William Hurt. ¯\(ツ)/¯
- spira2710 February 2026Not bad, not sure the ending is the payoff we deserve
- afterthemagic24 November 2025"something? this guy's a fucking gorilla!"
- Gianni Cavuoto20 November 2025If you haven't seen the movie STOP READING. More below...... I wanna go to Mexico now and get some of that trippy stuff that turns you into a monkey. This was a super trippy movie that can not be taken lightly. It's it real, no but it feels that way while watching it. I wouldn't wanna watch this movie while tripping myself. It might turn YOU into a monkey too. Hahaha.
- Eric Widder28 June 2025Wanna eat high doses of psilohuasca and jump into a sensory deprivation tank? Ok have fun but chances are you'll regress into a primordial being, terrorizing the local community, and killing and eating a goat at the local zoo.
- Yhoozername14 November 2025John C. Lilly is awesome.
Altered States Trivia
Altered States was released on 25 December 1980.
Altered States was directed by Ken Russell.
Altered States has a runtime of 1h 43m.
Altered States was produced by Howard Gottfried.
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.
The key characters in Altered States are Professor Eddie Jessup (William Hurt), Emily Jessup (Blair Brown), Arthur Rosenberg (Bob Balaban).
Altered States is rated X.
Altered States is a Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror film.
Altered States has an audience rating of 7.1 out of 10.
Altered States had a budget of US$15M.
Altered States has made US$19.9M at the box office.