Headspace (film)

Headspace is a 2005 psychological horror film directed by Andrew van den Houten. The screenplay was written by Steve Klausner and William M. Miller, based on a story by Troy McCombs.

Headspace
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Directed byAndrew van den Houten
Produced byMarius Kerdel
William M. Miller
Andrew van den Houten
Screenplay bySteve Klausner
William M. Miller
Story byTroy McCombs
StarringOlivia Hussey
William Atherton
Sean Young
Music byRyan Shore
CinematographyWilliam M. Miller
Edited byElwaldo Baptiste
Production
company
Modernciné
Distributed byFreestyle Releasing
Release date
  • September 18, 2005 (2005-09-18) (Director's Guild of America)
  • February 15, 2006 (2006-02-15) (United States)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Alex, a young man struggling with migraines, is sent to a hospital where he is told his brain uses the frontal lobe more than any normal person. Soon after, he begins hallucinating apparitions while murders are occurring around the city

Principal cast
ActorRole
Christopher DenhamAlex Borden
Olivia HusseyDr. Karen Murphy
William AthertonDr. Ira Gold
Sean YoungMother
Mark MargolisBoris Pavlovsky
Larry FessendenFather
Pollyanna McIntoshStacy
Paul SparksJason
Dee WallaceDr. Denise Bell
Udo KierRev. Karl Hartman
Mercedes RenardConnie Sanchez

Release

Headspace: The Director's Cut was released via cable and video on demand in North America on April 24 and via DVD & Blu-ray on 19 June 2012.[1]

Critical reception

Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times:

Not that it's a bad movie, particularly; it has all the necessary gore and beasties and gratuitous nudity that this not-very-demanding genre demands... None of this is very scary, but William M. Miller's cinematography and those big-name cameos keep it interesting.[2]

From TV Guide:

While neither especially chilling nor particularly unpredictable, van den Houten's debut, scripted by Steve Klausner from a story by Troy McCombs and William M. Miller, aspires to little more than the usual stalk-and-slash clichés, it features a number of nice touches, including a knowing nod to H. P. Lovecraft's classic short story Pickman's Model and a slew of familiar faces in small roles, such as Udo Kier as a spooky priest and Dee Wallace-Stone and William Atherton as baffled doctors.[3]

References
  1. Woman, The (2012-04-23). "Headspace: The Director's Cut Heading to VOD on April 24th; DVD to Follow June 19th". Dreadcentral.com. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
  2. Genzlinger, Neil (2006-02-15). "Headspace – Review – Movies – New York Times". Movies.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2011-08-04.
  3. "Headspace Review". Movies.tvguide.com. 2011-04-08. Retrieved 2011-08-04.
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