William Peter Blatty directs this thriller based on his own novel. Appointed by the Pentagon to work at a remote military psychiatric hospital known as Centre Eighteen, unorthodox psychiatrist Colonel Hudson Kane (Stacy Keach) is faced with a number of patients whose mental breakdowns are seemingly unrelated to their army experiences. Chief among them is astronaut Captain Cutshaw (Scott Wilson) who believes that God is a fraud. Each of Kane's charges are tormented by inner demons, feeling their existence to be without purpose, but he begins to make progress with them all. However, as Kane's patients' condition improves his own mental state begins to deteriorate, with the line between sanity and madness becoming blurred in the process.
- Region Code:
- Region B
- Duration:
- 118 minutes
- Extras:
- Language(s): English, Interactive Menu, Screen ratio 1:2.35, PCM 5.1, Bonus Footage, Commentary: Audio Commentary by writer/director William Peter Blatty, Deleted Scenes, Documentaries: Mark Kermode introduction featurette, Interviews: Interview with writer/director William Peter Blatty; 'Confessions of Kane': Interview with actor Stacy Keach; 'The Debrief of Sgt. Christian': Interview with actor Stephen Powers; 'Designing the Configutation': Interviews with production designer William Malley and art director J. Dennis Washington; 'Killer on My Mind': Interview with soundtrack composer Barry De Vorzon; 'The Party Behind the Curtain': Interviews with actors Tom Atkins, Jason Miller, Richard Lynch and William Peter Blatty, Outtakes