"Criterion dropped a number of horror films and mind f*cks in October 2025 for every genre fan's favorite holiday. One of their most inspired was this 4K restoration of Ken Russell's 1980 sci-fi thriller about a man who experiments with the human body. William Hurt does some of his most captivating work as a Harvard Medical School professor who becomes obsessed with ways to augment and alter the human mind, including isolation tanks and psychoactive drugs."
""Altered States" is one hell of a movie - literally. It hurls its characters headlong back through billions of years to the moment of creation and finds nothing there except an anguished scream of "No!" as the life force protests its moment of birth." Criterion includes a new commentary from a film historian about the film, a new interview with the effects designer, and archival interviews with Russell and Hurt. It also includes an excellent essay from the always-excellent Jessica Kiang."
Criterion released a 4K UHD and Blu-ray restoration of Ken Russell's 1980 sci-fi thriller Altered States with Dolby Vision HDR and multiple audio options. William Hurt stars as a Harvard Medical School professor who experiments with isolation tanks and psychoactive drugs to alter the human mind. The package includes a new audio commentary by Samm Deighan, archival interviews with Ken Russell and William Hurt, a new interview with special-visual-effects designer Bran Ferren, the film trailer, English SDH, and an essay by Jessica Kiang. The Blu-ray round-up also highlights other genre titles such as Rob Zombie's The Devil's Rejects.
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