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Released
1994 · FILM

Brainscan

A lonely teenage horror fan becomes addicted to a sinister computer game that blurs the line between fantasy and reality—until he wakes up to discover he's committed the brutal murders it depicted.

Wanna play? I dare you.

Directed by
Runtime
96 min
HorrorSci-Fi

Synopsis

A lonely teenage horror-movie fan discovers a mysterious computer game that uses hypnosis to custom-tailor the game into the most terrifying experience imaginable. When he emerges from the hypnotic trance, he is horrified to find evidence that the brutal murder depicted in the game actually happened—and he's the killer.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 22

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Jay CassidyShot by Francois ProtatScored by George S ClintonDesigned by Paola Ridolfi

Box Office

1994 · Box office

Grossed $4.4M worldwide

Worldwide gross

$4.4M

Worldwide gross$4.4M

Opening weekend: $1.7M 40% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $1.7M40% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,221 theaters

Also known as

  • Juego mortales

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