Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

Josephina Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Charles Don This move has superior acting, script and directing than any big budget block buster movie ever released. Right from the beginning this movie hooks you with haunting visuals in the most mundane setting. The beginning scene with the mother was truly innovative. What is surprising is that it takes very normal scenes like the NYC park , streets etc and make it seem like something else. We get a glimpse into a totally different world. And every character in this movie had character - a sign of great acting and directing. I can't imagine why some claim the acting was not good - perhaps they have seen too much bad 'A movies' with shrill characterless characters. It is not a typical slasher/horror movie, and most of the horror is psychological and in the mind - hence the name headspace. In fact, I would say this is more of a drama/psychological thriller than horror. I highly recommend this movie to those looking for a different type of movie.

Scarecrow-88 An impressive cast headlines a very elusive, mind-boggling psychological thriller about a deeply mentally troubled young man, Alex(Christopher Denham)who believes beasts are killing anyone he comes in direct physical contact with. His intellect is growing as he gains other abilities such as his unique ability to see things that happen to other people. He can simply skim through a book, for an example, and know every word by memory. He has knowledge of things such as chess which confound him. It seems all this started when he met a talented chess player in Central Park named Harry(Erick Kastel). He tries to confide with others around him about what is happening(..and the beast that almost kills him in his closet)such as a psychologist named Dr. Karen Murphy(the still very beautiful Olivia Hussey of ROMEO & JULIET and BLACK Christmas fame)trying to help him and two friends who he has peeped on during having sex. Karen sends Alex to a once-respected doctor,(Mark Margolis) blacklisted for proclaiming outlandish things their field found too wild and unbelievable to stand behind. Boris, who had seen "links" like Alex in Moscow, informs him that he sees what others don't..these beasts can use links to the outside world because of a certain part of the brain only certain humans can use. Alex tries going to a priest,(played by Udo Kier!)for solace and even there in the church during their meeting the beast shows itself. A doctor, Ira Gold(William Atherton)wished to examine Alex at the start of the film when he fell unconscious(..he seems quite healthy except for his exceptionally high Attention Deficit Disorder)and is killed by what appears to be a monster. Two chess players who Alex met at the park near Harry also are killed in a public bathroom from what appeared to be a monster.At the beginning, we see two young boys experiencing a birthday party where their mother(Sean Young)bleeds from the nose. Later, we see a seemingly possessed mother with evil eyes and a nasty growl on the prowl for her family. The father(Larry Fessenden, the director of WENDIGO and the vampire flick HABIT)has to defend himself and shoots her with his shotgun. He later sends the boys off to foster care insisting that they are separated. This may very well be why the strange occurrences start happening when Alex meets Harry, as we later discover that the two are more "linked" than they realize.All this I have mentioned above could be part of a warped, disturbed mind. The very opening shows blood trickling down Alex's legs as his hair appears in a frizzy frenzy. This could signify that he himself was committing all the murders instead of the beasts. I'm not quite sure, however, because the film won't give us a definite answer. The ending leaves you wondering what the hell is going on. I'm afraid the narrative becomes so chaotic, I was wondering if the madness we see is purposed to create doubt in our minds regarding Alex's sanity or that he just sees what others without his gifts don't.Dee Wallace has a small role as a doctor attending to Alex's physical condition. I will say that this flick is quite the mindscrew.

samantthik And i don't even know how to justify the 1 i am giving this movie, the scale wont let me go lower.OK, we have everything here, poor acting, lame disjointed storyline, poorly managed blood scenes, nothing realistic, nothing makes sense, characters weren't interesting just plain dull or ridiculous. But the biggest disappointment of all was when we finally got to look at the "scary beast", well into the movie it turns out to be some rubber pig-faced recycled costume, it reminded me of those monsters on the early seasons of the Power Rangers, God that's when you realize that your initial gut feeling was in the right, it was a crap movie.....Someone here mentioned that you usually get these sorts of movies in English language, i could not agree more, any good horror clip that i have seen has not been in English, Thailand has a very good horror movie industry for example, it is also interesting to note that the only people who are giving good ratings to this piece of garbage are either American or English... i think you guys should go have a look at the international section on your local videoshop, you might be surprised of what other people can produce.

slayrrr666 "Headspace" is such a disappointment for such a cool premise.**SPOILERS**Following a traumatic childhood experience, Alex Borden, (Christopher Denham) is troubled by serious headaches as an adult, which even Dr. Ira Gold, (William Atherton) his assistant Dr. Denise Bell, (Dee Wallace-Stone) or psychiatrist Dr. Karen Murphy, (Olivia Hussey) can solve. As he attempts to make ground on his prognosis, even with long-lost brother Harry Jellenik, (Erick Kastel) he is still tormented by his visions. When a killing spree begins with his friends being killed, he begins to think he has something to do with it, until he finds that a dark secret buried with him from his younger days has come back to haunt him, and he races to control the secret before it breaks out and more of his friends are killed.The Good News: There isn't a whole lot here that's any good. Some of the kills in the film are fantastic. The opening death is quite exquisite, and is made all the sweeter by the fact that the killer is that close to them, and that it happened right in front of kids. There's something pretty twisted about having two children see a person take a shotgun round to the face. It's the single best scene in the film. The other kills aren't that bad either, including an especially messy one where a clawed arm breaks forth from the stomach and reaching up, clawing up the face and removing skin. It's hard to top the opening kill for brutality and overall impact, but that one really comes the closest. The brief shots of the monster give it a wonderful Lovecraftian vibe to it, and being a costume and not a CGI creation make it all the better. The other thing about this that's really interesting is the main premise. It's pretty original and very creative, mixing two genres that have very little in common together and making an honest attempt at incorporating them together. Otherwise, this was a sadly disappointing effort.The Bad News: This is a really disappointing film. One of the biggest crimes is the sudden experiences of exponential growth in the powers of his intellect that fail to impress. He is able to memorize entire books in seconds and answer questions before they have been asked, but simply, they don't do much of anything to incite fear. Those are incredibly dull experiences to classify as being horrific and really fail to excite. The other big important mistake was that they actually showed the monsters from another dimension in clear and lingering views in good lighting, which is a bad choice. There has never been a good visual representation of a Lovecraftian monster because they are more terrifying in our heads, but when they are on screen, they loose all their power. This is quite disappointing, since it really had this going in the right direction for a long time, showing only the reactions of someone looking at the horrifying paintings. Instead of showing the monster eating one victim's head, it would be from the POV of an observer peeking around the corner, able to see only twitching feet. That kind of suggestive technique is exactly how the film should have proceeded. After all, the story is not really about the monsters but about the madness and fear those monsters induce in the humans who sense their presence. Unfortunately, the feeling that to represent the monsters physically was a mistake. Anther thing that hurts it is that it tries to be too smart for its own good. It throws a lot of information out in an attempt to explain why they are having the visions and what's happening, but in an effort to explain as much as possible while also trying to leave just enough out for interpretation, it ends up that you get both too much information and not enough. It's explained why his visions were triggered, but not how. It touched on it but not enough to quench it. There are times when ambiguous works, and this is not one of them. These make it a really disappointing film, when it had so much going for it.The Final Verdict: A really disappointing film that had a cool premise, but it ultimately suffers from several different problems that drag it down a notch. It's decent enough for a viewing, as these won't keep you from enjoying it any less, as they are fundamental problems rather than physical, so if it sounds intriguing, give it a shot.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, a strong sex scene, Nudity and drug use