Movies and TvShows featuring "isolation-tank" theme.

In Altered States (1980), a scientist named Eddie Jessup begins experimenting with sensory deprivation tanks and ingesting powerful hallucinogens. As he delves deeper into his experiments, Eddie undergoes a bizarre and dangerous transformation, experiencing vivid hallucinations and regressing into a primitive caveman-like state. The film explores themes of evolution, the nature of human consciousness, and the boundaries of scientific exploration.

Detective Carl Mørck investigates the disappearance of a female politician, leading him into a cold case investigation filled with mystery and danger.

James Clayton, a CIA trainee, is asked by his mentor Walter Burke to help find a mole in the Agency. As Clayton goes through a series of tests and training at the CIA headquarters, he becomes increasingly skilled in espionage. He forms a romantic relationship with fellow recruit Layla Moore, who he later discovers is a mole. Clayton is then appointed as a non-official cover operative to spy on Moore. He uncovers evidence of her treachery and confronts Burke, who reveals the truth behind the scheme. Clayton ultimately foils Burke's plan and discovers the truth about his father's CIA involvement.

Dillinger Is Dead is a surreal crime drama film that follows a man named Glauco, who discovers a gun hidden in his house and starts to unravel the mystery surrounding it. As he becomes obsessed with the gun, he begins to experience hallucinations and embarks on a downward spiral of violence and madness.

John C. Lilly is the inventor of the isolation tank, as well as pioneer of studies in dolphin intelligence and support of psychedelics as a positive means for expanding consciousness. The storytelling will be supported by interviews with Lilly’s contemporaries and colleagues, as well as extensive archival records.