A student receives a serial killer's brain in a transplant after being thrown into a pool with no water in it.
Acting
Ryan Reynolds' unhinged pre-fame villain era
Practical Effects
Gloriously cheap monster makeup and effects
Writing
Brain-transplant logic that makes zero sense
Director
Mitch Marcus
Matthew Lawrence
Frank Stein
Ryan Reynolds
Karl O'Reilly
Justin Walker
Lance Kipple
Christine Lakin
Macy
Shelley Duvall
Mrs. Stein
Judge Reinhold
Mr. Stein
Richard Moll
Mr. O'Reilly
Charles Fleischer
Mr. Stockton
Kenn Michael
Jordy
Bianca Lawson
Darien Stompanato
Nicole Nieth
Andrea Shrelonzky
Eric Siegel
Officer Scott
Richard Speight Jr.
Comic Book Salesman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was filmed in 1996 but sat unreleased until 1998, when studios hoped to capitalize on Scream's teen-horror boom.
Shelley Duvall's appearance came during her retreat from Hollywood after Stanley Kubrick's alleged on-set abuse during The Shining—making her casting as a doting mother deeply ironic.
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