Scott LeBrun Alex (Christopher Denham) is a young man who seems to have it all. He has an encounter with Harry (Erick Kastel), a painter and chess player, one day, and this seems to be a catalyst for what follows. Alex discovers that his intellect is now growing in leaps and bounds. Unfortunately, he's attracted some sort of otherworldly monster that goes around slaughtering people who he knows. Various characters in the medical profession try to help him out, but the strain starts to get to him.It's a pity, really. At first glance this would seem to be something fairly original for a modern fright flick. But the filmmakers don't develop the story in particularly interesting ways. While a viewer may keep watching for the sake of seeing where things are headed, the scenario is too predictable a little too often. Genre fans may be happy with the practical gore effects, such as the best effect in the movie, which actually occurs awfully early. The creatures themselves are amusingly designed, and director Andrew van den Houten makes this a very sober affair, with very little in the way of humor.You might be drawn to this one due to the big names attached: Olivia Hussey ("Black Christmas" '74), William Atherton ("Ghost Busters"), filmmaker / actor Larry Fessenden ("The Last Winter"), Dee Wallace ("The Howling"), Udo Kier ("Blood for Dracula"), Mark Margolis ('Better Call Saul'), and Sean Young ("Blade Runner"). But most of them were hired clearly just for the name value, as they get precious little to do. Atherton was also a co-producer; Hussey's daughter India Eisley and husband David Glen Eisley turn up as well. It's up to young Denham to carry the movie, which he does in a capable enough fashion."Headspace" is just entertaining enough and intriguing enough to maintain some interest, but this viewer can't help but feel that it's a classic case of wasted potential. The ending is especially unsatisfying.Six out of 10.

kwhp I am pretty much all over the map on this one, so I checked the spoiler box just to be safe. Be advised that this is only the *second* comment I have made about a movie on IMDb. I don't waste my time gushing about the movies I like, so you do the math.I snagged this film off of the Sundance Channel for later viewing and, the time having arrived and being in possession of three-quarters of a bottle of Jack Daniels, I figured I could withstand anything. Truth be told, I did not anticipate such a bad movie although I had to pause it half way through to make a run to the corner Stater Brothers for another quart of Jack.In any event, usually such movies start formidably with some kind of gimmick or hook and then disintegrate in the final reel. However, the wheels came off of this one straight out of the shoot. Forgive the mixed metaphors, but I am working on the last of that second bottle of JD.I am afraid it lost me at the chess game game in the park; the protagonist shows up, loses a game to the artist, gets a headache, heads to a shrink, and people start bleeding out of their eyes.O.k., I get it. The guy's a head case.But as the bourbon took hold, this movie started assuming an alternate persona, if you will. You know, like when you show up at a party, have a few belts, and the revelers' true personalities start to manifest themselves.Anyway, the scenes started to appear choppy and poorly crafted, the actors became stiff and their lines were delivered woodenly and without lilt. The characters' makeup -- makeup? -- was troweled on and, in the poor lighting of this movie, made everyone look like they had been recruited from a Ralph's parking lot for a student flick. I am afraid poor Ms Hussey fell victim to this process as well...then it hit me: the cheesy makeup, the goofy monster costumes, wooden actors, stilted dialog, and clumsy scenes. Ed Wood had come back and is living in the body of Andrew va der Houten.Poor Olivia Hussey. And too bad Bela Lugosi is pushing up daisies. He coulda brought some real life to this dog.

jonnytekno I'm not sure what's more disturbing; this terrible, terrible movie or the fact that people are actually rating it positively on this website.What is going on? Is this the first film you people have seen, or are you on drugs? This film is 100% complete and utter GUFF! Oh Christ! What makes it all the more unforgivable is that both the trailer and the first 15 minutes of the film create the impression that this is actually going to be a good film - but then it simply slides and just gets worse and worse and worse. By half way through the film you just want to switch it off.Whatever you do, don't watch this film. It's not even one of those bad films that you have to watch because they're SO bad its amazing (like The Postman) - its just plain RUBBISH.The person who made this film should go back to whatever they were doing before.

slayrrr666 "Headspace" is such a disappointment for such a cool premise.**SPOILERS**Following a traumatic childhood experience, Alex Borden, (Christopher Denham) is troubled by serious headaches as an adult, which even Dr. Ira Gold, (William Atherton) his assistant Dr. Denise Bell, (Dee Wallace-Stone) or psychiatrist Dr. Karen Murphy, (Olivia Hussey) can solve. As he attempts to make ground on his prognosis, even with long-lost brother Harry Jellenik, (Erick Kastel) he is still tormented by his visions. When a killing spree begins with his friends being killed, he begins to think he has something to do with it, until he finds that a dark secret buried with him from his younger days has come back to haunt him, and he races to control the secret before it breaks out and more of his friends are killed.The Good News: There isn't a whole lot here that's any good. Some of the kills in the film are fantastic. The opening death is quite exquisite, and is made all the sweeter by the fact that the killer is that close to them, and that it happened right in front of kids. There's something pretty twisted about having two children see a person take a shotgun round to the face. It's the single best scene in the film. The other kills aren't that bad either, including an especially messy one where a clawed arm breaks forth from the stomach and reaching up, clawing up the face and removing skin. It's hard to top the opening kill for brutality and overall impact, but that one really comes the closest. The brief shots of the monster give it a wonderful Lovecraftian vibe to it, and being a costume and not a CGI creation make it all the better. The other thing about this that's really interesting is the main premise. It's pretty original and very creative, mixing two genres that have very little in common together and making an honest attempt at incorporating them together. Otherwise, this was a sadly disappointing effort.The Bad News: This is a really disappointing film. One of the biggest crimes is the sudden experiences of exponential growth in the powers of his intellect that fail to impress. He is able to memorize entire books in seconds and answer questions before they have been asked, but simply, they don't do much of anything to incite fear. Those are incredibly dull experiences to classify as being horrific and really fail to excite. The other big important mistake was that they actually showed the monsters from another dimension in clear and lingering views in good lighting, which is a bad choice. There has never been a good visual representation of a Lovecraftian monster because they are more terrifying in our heads, but when they are on screen, they loose all their power. This is quite disappointing, since it really had this going in the right direction for a long time, showing only the reactions of someone looking at the horrifying paintings. Instead of showing the monster eating one victim's head, it would be from the POV of an observer peeking around the corner, able to see only twitching feet. That kind of suggestive technique is exactly how the film should have proceeded. After all, the story is not really about the monsters but about the madness and fear those monsters induce in the humans who sense their presence. Unfortunately, the feeling that to represent the monsters physically was a mistake. Anther thing that hurts it is that it tries to be too smart for its own good. It throws a lot of information out in an attempt to explain why they are having the visions and what's happening, but in an effort to explain as much as possible while also trying to leave just enough out for interpretation, it ends up that you get both too much information and not enough. It's explained why his visions were triggered, but not how. It touched on it but not enough to quench it. There are times when ambiguous works, and this is not one of them. These make it a really disappointing film, when it had so much going for it.The Final Verdict: A really disappointing film that had a cool premise, but it ultimately suffers from several different problems that drag it down a notch. It's decent enough for a viewing, as these won't keep you from enjoying it any less, as they are fundamental problems rather than physical, so if it sounds intriguing, give it a shot.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, a strong sex scene, Nudity and drug use