Headspace (film)
# 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.

## 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

| Actor | Role |
| - | - |
| Christopher Denham | Alex Borden |
| Olivia Hussey | Dr. Karen Murphy |
| William Atherton | Dr. Ira Gold |
| Sean Young | Mother |
| Mark Margolis | Boris Pavlovsky |
| Larry Fessenden | Father |
| Pollyanna McIntosh | Stacy |
| Paul Sparks | Jason |
| Dee Wallace | Dr. Denise Bell |
| Udo Kier | Rev. Karl Hartman |
| Mercedes Renard | Connie 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.

## 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.

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.
