Brain Dead

The story unfolds primarily in Dr. Rex Martin's neuroscience lab and office, a clinical space filled with brains in jars and experiments mapped along an infinity symbol motif. The action also moves to the nearby asylum where John Halsey is held as a paranoid former genius, and to Eunice's corporate environment where research funding and power politics shape the procedure. The boardroom and hallways of Eunice become stages for the ethical tension between medical ambition and corporate secrecy.

🧠 Mind Control

The film centers on neurosurgical manipulation intended to alter a patient’s mental attitude, raising questions about who controls a person’s thoughts. It follows how stimulation of brain regions changes perception, memory, and behavior, blurring the line between healer and experimenter. As the procedure progresses, the protagonist is pulled into the same paranoid mindset that plagues his subject, challenging the notion of a stable self.

💼 Corporate Ethics

Eunice’s funding of radical brain research exposes the conflict between profit, secrecy, and patient welfare. The boardroom politics and the drive to uncover hidden intelligence reveal how corporate interests can push science beyond ethical boundaries. The film suggests that the pursuit of power can distort medical practice and patient rights.

👁️ Reality vs Illusion

Dreamlike sequences and the patient’s altered consciousness cast doubt on what is real, culminating in a twist where the doctor's reality may be a psychotic construct. The boundary between doctor and patient dissolves as the same paranoia haunts the physician after the procedure. The ending—a brain in a jar—puts the audience inside the illusion’s collapse and questions what it means to be alive.