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Mind control, or brainwashing, has proven a popular subject in fiction, featuring in books and films such as The Manchurian Candidate (1959; film adaptations 1962 and 2004) and The IPCRESS File (1962; film 1965), both stories advancing the premise that controllers could hypnotize a person into murdering on command while retaining no memory of the killing.
Films about mind control, the concept that the human mind can be altered or controlled by certain psychological techniques. Brainwashing is said to reduce its subjects' ability to think critically or independently, to allow the introduction of new, unwanted thoughts and ideas into their minds, as well as to change their attitudes, values and beliefs.
The Mind Reader, a 1933 American film "Mind Reader" (Silverchair song), 2007 "Mind Reader" (Dustin Lynch song), 2014 "Mindreader", a song by A Day to Remember from their 2021 album You're Welcome "Mind Reader", a song by Sebadoh from their 1996 album Harmacy; Mind Reader – An Evening of Wonders, a stage show by Derren Brown
Taken to the terrorist base, they are brainwashed by Dr. Adrian Lehder (Nick Brimble), a scientist who heads a secret CIA experiment in mind control, programming soldiers to become virtually unstoppable killing machines when they are given the right commands.
Haunters (Korean: 초능력자; RR: Choneungryeokja; lit. Psychic) is a 2010 South Korean science fiction action film written and directed by Kim Min-seok. It depicts the struggle between a psychic named Cho-in (Gang Dong-won) who can control people with his mind and a man named Kyu-nam who is immune to the psychic's supernatural power.
All characters in this category have the power to control other characters' bodies or minds. This includes possessing bodies to directly control a victim, the use of telepathic hypnosis and brainwashing to alter behavior, manipulation of their emotions, removing or modifying memories, or distorting someone's senses and perceptions through illusions and hallucinations.
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Brainwashing [a] is the controversial idea that the human mind can be altered or controlled against a person's will by manipulative psychological techniques. [1] Brainwashing is said to reduce its subject's ability to think critically or independently, to allow the introduction of new, unwanted thoughts and ideas into their minds, [2] as well as to change their attitudes, values, and beliefs.