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Brainscan (1994)

Brainscan poster
Directed by
John Flynn
Genre
drama film, horror film, science fiction film, teen film, mystery film
Country
United Kingdom, United States, Canada
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
R
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 286 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A troubled teenage boy gets a new video game that seems all too real. When he plays the game, the murders he commits in the game start happening in real life.

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What happens

Brainscan is a 1994 science fiction slasher film directed by John Flynn and written by Andrew Kevin Walker. The film stars Edward Furlong, Frank Langella, Amy Hargreaves, Jamie Marsh, and T. Ryder Smith. The film follows a troubled teenage boy (Furlong) who begins playing an interactive video game which leads to real-life murders. The score was composed by George S. Clinton. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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