Brain scan
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| German title | Brain scan |
| Original title | Brain scan |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1994 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
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| Director | John Flynn |
| script |
Brian Owens Andrew Kevin Walker |
| production | Earl Berman Esther Free Field |
| music | George S. Clinton |
| camera | François Protat |
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Brainscan is an American horror film with comedic elements from 1994. It was directed by director John Flynn based on a story by Brian Owens . The main actor is Edward Furlong .
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As a young boy, Michael Bower watched his mother die in a car accident. Serious wounds were inflicted on his right knee, which has forced him to limp ever since. At the age of 16 he became president of the horror club at his school. When his only friend Kyle tells him about a new kind of computer game that is supposed to guarantee the ultimate horror, he calls the Brainscan company . The next day he was sent a CD-ROM of the game without having ordered it. In the game he has to break into a house and kill a man sleeping on the upper floor with a kitchen knife. When the game director, audible as the background voice, demands that he take a souvenir with him, he cuts off the man's foot. Afterwards, wet with sweat, he is startled in front of the screen and cannot remember any details.
The next day, Michael heard on the news that a man in the neighborhood was murdered and his foot was severed. Then he finds the foot of the man he buries in the forest in his freezer. Nobody will answer the Brainscan number any more. Instead, a man steps out of his screen and introduces himself as a trickster . Michael confronts him and makes him responsible for the murder of the neighbor. The trickster replies that Michael wanted it that way and can finally persuade him to play the second part of Brainscan, in which he has to eliminate a witness.
The next day Michael finds Kyle's followers in his freezer and then learns that he was murdered. The police, led by Detective Hayden, begin investigating Michael. The trickster persuades Michael to play the third part of Brainscan after he promised him that no people would die in the next mission, only traces should be covered. Meanwhile, a volunteer vigilante patrols through the neighborhood and, after successfully covering up tracks in front of Kyle's bedroom window, rushes Michael through the forest. When Michael is caught by his principal on a construction site, a load of bricks falls on the man and kills him; in addition, a policeman is accidentally shot by a vigilante. Before he gets back to his house, Michael is seen by his neighbor, Kimberly.
In the final mission, Michael has to kill Kimberly. He enters her bedroom where she confesses that she loves him. Trickster shows up and urges him to kill her. It turns out that Trickster is actually Michael's dark side. But he refuses and rams the knife Trickster into the stomach. However, he pulls the knife out again and takes control of Michael's body in order to kill Kimberly herself. However, Michael can regain control of his body. The trickster then opens the door of the room and lets in Detective Hayden, who shoots Michael - whereupon he finds himself in his chair in front of the screen and notices that barely an hour has passed since the first CD was inserted and that everything he had experienced was not real but was projected into his brain by the computer. He then gives the CD to his principal, who insisted on checking all media in the horror club before approving it. As Michael leaves, he sees the laughing trickster appear behind the director.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack is a mixture of grunge and metal, which was produced by the music groups Mudhoney , White Zombie , Primus , Tad and the Butthole Surfers . The 14-song soundtrack was released the same year as the film.
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Trivia
The film is a so-called mindfuck , as the protagonist of the film is confused or deceived about what reality is, while the viewer is likewise kept in the dark.
Reviews
- Scott Weinberg of eFilmCritic.com said of Brainscan: Nothing is shown here that seasoned horror fans have not seen three hundred times before - and less obnoxious.
- Luke Y. Thompson of the New York Times said the film had a bad ending, but until then it would be fun to watch.
Web links
- Brainscan in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Comparison of the cut versions FSK 16 - FSK 18 , BBFC 15 VHS - no youth approval from Brainscan at Schnittberichte.com