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Altered States (1980)

6.7 IMDb 86% RT 58/100 MC
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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.

Best Release

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

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Director

Ken Russell

Box Office

$19,853,892

Runtime

1 hour and 43 minutes (103 minutes)

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Editor's Notes

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S-Tier Criterion 4K. Collectors had been asking for this for years and Criterion delivered. William Hurt's performance and the hallucinatory sequences look wild in HDR.

noted Apr 8, 2026

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Can we get an Altered States 4K release? 48 Altered States is SO not boring 56 It's a Ken Russell night 15 How upsetting is Ken Russell’s Altered States and The Devils? 89 That was some release week!! (Region B) 3

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