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Other movies like Brainscan

posted 15 years ago by janX9
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eXistenZ
The Matrix
The 13th Floor
Videodrome
The Lawnmower Man
Ghost in the Machine
Virtuosity
Total Recall
Spy Kids 3-D
Disclosure
Evolver
Stay Alive (still havn't seen this one, but the polt seems right)

I know some of these may be a stretch.

Can anyone suggest some others.

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[–] HanktheHobo 15 years ago

Trick or Treat (1986)

Antisocial high school kid who is obsessed with 80s metal gets involved with a supernatural killer that comes out of the stereo. Its actually pretty similar in a lot of ways (its pretty different too).

[–] janX9 15 years ago

Thanks HanktheHobo I remember seeing this in video stores when I was younger and contemplated renting it on more than one occasion, but never did, I will definatelly check this one out now.

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[–] artschoolsuicide 15 years ago

Considering the ending (spoiler alert)--

I'd say you could throw "A Christmas Carol" onto that list. Anybody else notice that?

[–] janX9 15 years ago

Which version of A Christmas Carol, IMDB lists Over 20? and I havn't seen a one yet lol.

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[–] artschoolsuicide 15 years ago

i dunno, any one really. Ya know with Scrooge who gets visited by "the ghosts of christmas past" and they take him on the hellish journey and he wakes up a changed man ready to right the wrongs he's caused.

I kind of thought about it (after "waking up") with the way he tries to resolve his love for his neighbor, and grows a new appreciation for his friend, and becomes less dark and brooding.

[–] janX9 15 years ago

oh yeah, I see your point now! I havn't seen a chistmas carol, but "Scrooged" with Bill Murry would fall into this category too then. I never would have connected the two. Good call artschoolsuicide.

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[–] janX9 15 years ago

True, I never though of that one, I'll have to see the game again. It was pretty good. Thanks for the suggestion!

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[–] NunoFM2005 15 years ago

Johnny Mnemonic (1995)

“What power should a man possess to challenge the Prince of Darkness?” - The Killing of Satan

[–] CannibalCraig 13 years ago

Hard to make comparisons to other films since Brainscan is sort of in its own little universe. Not many films out there like it.

But you could put WarGames in a similar category.

I'm just a guy that likes horror flicks.

[–] Rena_Mahone 13 years ago

Gamer.
A teenager involved, a dangerous game, and the reality-virtuality plot.
Brainscan: if you kill in the game, you kill for real.
Gamer: if you die in the game, you die for real.

Boycott movies that involve real animal violence! (and their directors too)