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.

Plot Summary

A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from native American shamans, he explores these altered states of consciousness and finds that memory, time, and perhaps reality itself are states of mind.

6.7 /10

1980

US

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experiment

genetics

based on novel or book

ritual

subconsciousness

harvard university

psychology

surreal

drug use

magic mushroom

drug trip

university

drugs

psychedelics

metamorphosis

sensory deprivation

isolation tank

deprivation chamber

psychedelic

quest for knowledge

lovecraftian