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A chatty, worm-like parasite offers the utmost psychedelic experiences to its host if they allow him to latch onto their necks and inject their brains with a bizarre secretion. For Brian this trip is better than his dull life, but in order to maintain the buzz, he must provide this parasite with its favourite food - human brains. Frank Henenlotter follows up Basket Case with another instant cult classic.
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Features commentary by director Frank Henenlotter, novelist Bob Martin and filmmaker Scooter McRae 5.1 audio mix
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Format:DVD
How do you follow up a smashing cult low budget movie like Basket Case?, you take what worked in that film and try to make it even better. The result of course is Brain Damage, this is in my honest opinion one of Frank Hennenlotter's most absurd, outrageous, over the top, funny and best gory low budget film he's ever made. Brian (Rick Herbst) wakes up with his head covered with blood and hallucinating about giant eyes and a weird blue fluid filling his room (great trippy sequence by the way!). As it turns out, while Brian was sleeping a snakelike creature named Aylmer injected him with a chemical that hooks it's victims, making them addicted slaves. Unfortunately the only free high is the first. If Brian wants more all subsequent injections come at a price - he must pay Aylmer with some human brains. Unbearably addicting, Brian begins collecting Aylmer's favorite food of choice. As Brian becomes more dependent on Aylmer's fluid his life starts slipping into oblivion and he also seems to ignore those people who are around him including his girlfriend and his brother. Hennenloter has written a great script filled with witty dialogue and strange characters and the film was obviously a commentary on the life of a drug addict, Brain Damage incorporates humor and gore with a disturbing depiction of the deterioration of the human spirit on drugs. This film also has some pretty sick stuff including the infamous scene where Brian pulls a nasty string of brain matter out of his ear and the other involving a club girl who gets more than she bargained for (you have to watch the film if you know what I mean). The film also has an amusing cameo by Kevin Van Hetenryck from the Basket Case trilogy in the subway scene. Overall this was a terrific film that should not be missed by cult horror fans. I highly recommend it as it was loads of fun and way better than Basket Case, which really is saying alot since both films were great.
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This is a very unusual horror movie from the 80s from the director of basket case and frankenhooker, lots of blood, ooze and gore in a bizarre story about a man who gets a parasite attached to him that makes him go out and get victims for the parasite to eat and it talks to him, if youre a big fan of basket case then you know how weird this director can be and brain damage is certainly now a cult classic and a must for any horror collection, its very tongue in cheek but brilliant non the less.
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This is an absolute classic film and one of a kind.
I haven't seen this release so can't comment on the transfer but I'm sad to see that they didn't use the original Graham Humphreys artwork-it was so good and the Palace horror VHS releases were beautiful!Maybe they are considered old-fashioned in the Photoshop era but there is so much skill involved in his works of art.
As for the film itself,it comes from an era when horror was still very imaginative and fun,unlike a lot of the derivative junk and poor remakes that get released these days.
Along with Basket Case and Frankenhooker,this is another Henenlotter classic-funny,sleazy and disturbing.You will want to wash your brain after watching...and that's a good thing!
I haven't seen this release so can't comment on the transfer but I'm sad to see that they didn't use the original Graham Humphreys artwork-it was so good and the Palace horror VHS releases were beautiful!Maybe they are considered old-fashioned in the Photoshop era but there is so much skill involved in his works of art.
As for the film itself,it comes from an era when horror was still very imaginative and fun,unlike a lot of the derivative junk and poor remakes that get released these days.
Along with Basket Case and Frankenhooker,this is another Henenlotter classic-funny,sleazy and disturbing.You will want to wash your brain after watching...and that's a good thing!
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just get it!
This film is the best when it comes to this genre, doesnt take itself too seriosly, works on both levels as a comedy/horror, or drama/thriller
Published 15 months ago by Richard
4.3 to 16.9 and you loose one third of the image
this film gets 1 star thats just for the quality its very nice picture, Now its meant to be an uncut version, so why did they crop away the 4.3 to make it 16. Read more
Published 15 months ago by tarallems
a good reason why LSD is illegal?
i have seen this classic frank henenlotter film here in the states. my view of this
horror masterpiece is aylmer is a strange looking syringe whom is addicted to human brains,... Read more
horror masterpiece is aylmer is a strange looking syringe whom is addicted to human brains,... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Chris Cox
Unique, gory and very silly.
This film is great! Violence and humour in equal amounts, but overall, very enjoyable. It's also got the most likeable brain munching, hallucination inducing, blue worm type... Read more
Published on 29 Jan 2009 by Cub Tiger
classic
Briliant, after seeing basket case, this was everything I hoped for + more! Fans of black comedy should check this out, nothing else like it!
Published on 28 Jun 2008 by M. Smith
Genius.
You can only love a movie with a talking worm in it. Plain and Simple.
Published on 16 Dec 2007 by ChaseTheStars
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