Headspace

Child-actor-turned-director Andrew van den Houten's first feature is an ambitious if not entirely successful horror picture in which a disaffected young man experiences a brainstorm that simultaneously makes him smarter while opening his mind to monsters from another dimension. The story begins in 1995: Brothers Harry (Daniel Manche) and Alex (Quinn Lujan) are celebrating Harry's 10th birthday with their parents (Sean Young, Larry Fessenden) when Mom experiences a spontaneous nosebleed as she's presenting Harry's birthday cake. Later that night, the boys see her flaying the family dog and still later their dad drags them out of bed and makes a run for it, killing Mo...