A plot that might have filled a half-hour segment in a TV terror anthology like "Tales From the Crypt" is torturously stretched to feature length in BRAINSCAN, a theatrical release partially inspired by the burgeoning technology of CD-ROM and computer multimedia.
Michael (Edward Furlong) is a sullen, horror-obsessed 16-year-old suburban misfit. Neglected by a workaholic single father, Michael cocoons nightly at his fancy PC workstation, sampling morbid software and on-line games. A magazine ad for a diversion called Brainscan promises a whole new type of
gaming experience, and Michael sends away for the CD. When the boy pops it into his drive, he's engulfed in...
Released:
1994
Rated:
R
Length:
95 mins