After a traffic accident Kaylie is in coma for months and her doctors want to try a new procedure on her. To regain her consciousness, they stimulate her brain with the neural patterns of a woman who has just died. It works and Kaylie fully recovers. However, she begins to relive the dying moments of her donor and realizes that she was murdered! Along with her husband and mother, she tries to find out what happened.
Acting
Tony Curtis phones it in magnificently as sinister Dr. Clavius.
Production
Brain-wave machines look like garage sale oscilloscopes.
Director
Ulli Lommel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Ulli Lommel was a Fassbinder protégé who pivoted to serial killer exploitation films. This was his 'prestige' phase.
Released during the early 80s bioethics panic around Karen Ann Quinlan and the first heart transplants, exploiting genuine fears of medical overreach.
US
