College professor Dr. Phillip Rothman (Terry Londeree) uses members of his class as unwitting guinea pigs in an experiment, exposing them to video graphics (that look like the loading screen from a mid-80s computer game) which cause sudden violent outbursts. Cop Frank Turi (Joe Lombardo) investigates these strange occurrences with help from Laurie (Farrah Forke), one of Rothman's students...
Although Brain Twisters meets some of the criteria necessary for an entertaining slice of early 90s cheeze—a silly story, poor acting, terrible fashion, naff computer effects—it seriously neglects the two main staples of the 'genre'—gratuitous nudity and OTT splatter—thus failing to qualify as an essential title for fans of trash cinema.
Forke is certainly fit enough for some gratuitous flashing of bare flesh, as evidenced in the brief swimming pool scene that reveals an impressive form, but she remains hidden under nasty, baggy 90s fashion for the remainder of the duration, and despite the film featuring several violent deaths, the gore is limited to a terrible severed head in a jar and an unconvincing slashed throat.
