Movie·1980·103 min

Altered States

Name: Altered States
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
Released: 1980-12-25
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban, Charles Haid, Thaao Penghlis

Altered States streams in the US on Howdy Amazon Channel and Hoopla, and free with ads on The Roku Channel and Tubi TV, as of October 6, 2026.

In the basement of a university medical school, Dr. Jessup floats naked in total darkness. The most terrifying experiment in the history of science is out of control... and the subject is himself.

6.7 / 10 · TMDB

Horror Science Fiction Thriller

A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of human consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from Native American shamans, he explores these altered states of cognizance and finds that memory, time, and reality itself are states of mind.

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