Headspace for a movie that boasts "gore and gratuitous nudity" and revealing that "the scariest place on earth is between our own ears, Headspace seems to fall short of its declarations. It tries to be a brainy thriller that relies more on the what if factor more than everything else.

The Story of Headspace involves the splitting of two young brothers by an apparently heartless father after the violent death of their mother. One boy has become extremely intelligent and is the focus of this story, while the other is gradually exposed through flashbacks in the smart brother's mind. Our hero begins to have brutal headaches and terrible nightmares that ultimately put him in the hospital. Unable to diagnose him, his doctor releases him into the care of a psychiatrist who tries to figure out what's going on in his head. As the days go by, however, the body count grows. Ultimately, the boy figures out what's actually going on in his mind and attempts to tussle with his demons both inside and outside of his brain.

The story of Headspace does have a nice twist to it linking a key character in the story, but I don't want to give away any more info. If they would’ve spent more time on this tale, and a lesser amount of importance on touting the gore, this might have been a brilliant, exciting tale. In its place, we get a film that tries to be both smart and gory at the same time and bombs at both.The acting is OK, but the majority of the cast is dragged along by former scream queen Dee Wallace Stone, ex-Juliet Olivia Hussey, the capable William Atherton, and the still lovely Sean Young. The rest of the cast is made up of newcomers.