Movies and TvShows featuring "trepanation" theme.

Homunculus follows the story of a homeless man who agrees to undergo a dangerous medical experiment called trepanation. This procedure allows him to see people's inner psychological traumas as physical protrusions on their heads. As he navigates this surreal and disturbing world, he becomes involved with the yakuza and discovers the dark secrets of his own past.

In post-war France, a café owner is haunted by the disappearance of her husband. She follows a man she believes resembles him, leading her on a journey of loss, amnesia, and homelessness.

A man suffering from debilitating migraines uses trepanation to cure his condition and realize his mind’s full potential, and discovers the dark side of the ancient surgical practice. By drilling a hole into his skull, Tristan will not only realize the true potential of his mind, but also gain access to a clandestine home for runaways known as the Garden. But just when it begins to look like Tristan is on the path to enlightenment, he’s plunged into a terrifying world of eternal darkness.

Photojournalist Nika Printz is struggling to accept the mysterious death of her younger brother when she discovers his obsession with trepanation; an ancient procedure that involves drilling a hole in one's head.

Heartbeat in the Brain is a 1970 documentary film produced and directed by Amanda Feilding, an advocate of trepanation. In the film, Feilding, a 27-year-old student at the time, drills a hole in her forehead with a dentist's drill. In the documentary, surgical scenes alternate with motion studies of Feilding's pet pigeon Birdie.

Dr. Herbert East is working in his uncle's clinic and experimenting with brain transplants.

A Hole In The Head examines the development of modern trepanation as used by people in the UK, the US, and the Netherlands for the purpose of attaining a higher level of consciousness. This procedure, used by the ancient Egyptians, Incas and others, is believed by the voluntarily trepanned to allow for renewed brain pulsations that increase brain blood volume and thereby improve brain function. Interviews regarding the history and efficacy of the procedure are also held with some of the world's most respected neurosurgeons and anthropologists.

Depicts a doctor looking into his patient's brain and seeing a collection of hideous and grotesque figures.

Creeping from the halls of the maze brain, corruption and terror is woven by devils born from the denied errors of mankind.

Propaganda spy-movie, Belgian-French production, directed by Honoré and Georges Lainé. A village girl repels the advances of the miller's son, who cowardly leaves for the German army. During the war he transforms into a ruthless soldier seeking for revenge on his village. A melodramatic story as alibi for anti-German propaganda.