Brainscan
A virtual reality game that allows players to commit murders is the crux for the high-tech thriller Brainscan. Edward Furlong (Terminator 2) stars as a monster movie/video game fanatic who receives a CD-ROM that challenges players to carry out brutal killings. When Furlong discovers that the murder has also occurred in real life, he attempts to rid himself of the game, but its hideous "referee," Trickster (T. Ryder Smith), refuses to let him quit until he has eliminated all witnesses--including the girl he loves (Amy Hargreaves). A flavorless retread of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, Brainscanis undone by its principals' lack of interest in producing a suspenseful film. Director John Flynn offers little variation on its stalk-and-slash scenes, and Furlong gives a half-hearted performance, though some of that blame must lie with Andrew Kevin Walker's leaden script. Brainscanwill offer passing interest to only the most non-discerning Elm Street aficionado. --Paul Gaita
When a lonely teenager (Edward Furlong) orders the latest interactive video game, the high-tech wizardry penetrates his subconscious, where his darkest impulses lead him through a deadly maze of murder, deception and desire. Pursued by a homicide detective (Frank Langella) and prodded by the trickster (T. Ryder Smith), he is torn between the worlds of good and evil, of reality and fantasy and, ultimately, of life and death.
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46 Reviews
| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 24, 2008 Type: User Review |
Brainscan
After Terminator 2 - Judgment Day was released, alot of people thought computer monsters would be movies of the future. Alot of them went straight to video and are barely remembered, some went to theaters but never did much. I remember seeing this...
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 3.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Mar 08, 2008 Type: User Review |
Forgotten Early 90s Horror Films-Part 3
If Brainscan were released today, there's absolutely no doubt it would be straight to video, but the early 90s still rocked coz the direct to video market wasn't so huge then and fun little horror flicks like this still got theatrical...
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 4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: May 13, 2007 Type: User Review |
Underappreciated
Unlike a lot of underground "B-rated" horror movies, this one actually has great production and great direction. I think a lot of people, including myself, can identify with Edward Furlong's character. I know besides working, all I do is stay...
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 5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Nov 12, 2006 Type: User Review |
An Enjoyable And Entertaining Thriller!
I don't expect this film to recieve any awards; and for the most part, it's not the greatest film in the horror genre. In fact, it's not even horror, but more of a teenage-thriller type of a film. But even then, the film does entertain. It will...
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4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jul 24, 2006 Type: User Review |
Well....
I decided I had to review this when I read that some people didn't see the trickster as scary. I agree the trickster isn't scary. That being said, I don't really want to see him as scary because, to me, this movie isn't about being scared. To...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Nov 16, 2005 Type: User Review |
Dissapointed
I am really dissapointed with this movie, i mean i thought the idea is cool, but just didnt play up to my expectations. Mostly because trickster was NOT SCARY!!! I thought he would be, scary and demented and forceful. Instead he breaks his fingers...
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 2.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Sep 23, 2005 Type: User Review |
only because it has sentimental value
This is a movie I really do love but only because my best friend and I watched it about a billion times one summer in our glory days. It has super cheesy horror cliches, a terrible plot,and typical teenage-fight-the-authority dialogue.I didn't...
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3.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Apr 09, 2005 Type: User Review |
Consciousness, Poetry, and Mayhem
This movie is wicked. This movie is funny. And it is certainly wickedly funny. It will also change the way many people who watch it look at the world.
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Feb 27, 2005 Type: User Review |
"GAME OVER, YOU LOSE!"
Without a doubt, this is one of the most entertaining horror flicks of the early 90s packed with plenty of suspense and thrills and of course, EYE CANDY! "Brainscan" is an incredibly fun, psychological nightmare that stars Edward Furlong (who...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Feb 25, 2005 Type: User Review |
are you playing the game? or is it playing you?
you have to ask yourself that when you see this comical, sick and twisted and powerful sci fi adventure/ horror movie
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5.00/5 |
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