Altered States
“In the basement of a university medical school, Dr. Jessup floats naked in total darkness. The most terrifying experiment in the history of science is out of control... and the subject is himself.”
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.
Genres
Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Altered States performed
Budget
$15.0M
Worldwide Gross
$19.9M
Gross Profit
$4.9M
Return
1.3× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$4M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~44/56, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (45% of the domestic run, typical for Horror) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Professor Eddie Jessup
William Hurt
Professor Eddie Jessup
Emily Jessup
Blair Brown
Emily Jessup
Arthur Rosenberg
Bob Balaban
Arthur Rosenberg
Mason Parrish
Charles Haid
Mason Parrish
Echeverria
Thaao Penghlis
Echeverria
Primal Man
Miguel Godreau
Primal Man
Sylvia Rosenberg
Dori Brenner
Sylvia Rosenberg
Hobart
Peter Brandon
Hobart
The Brujo
Charles White-Eagle
The Brujo
Margaret Jessup
Drew Barrymore
Margaret Jessup
Grace Jessup
Megan Jeffers
Grace Jessup
Hector Orteco
Jack Murdock
Hector Orteco
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