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Rick Hearst (Actor), Gordon MacDonald (Actor), Frank Henenlotter (Director) Rated: Suitable for 18 years and over Format: DVD
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  • Actors: Rick Hearst, Gordon MacDonald, Jennifer Lowry, Theo Barnes, Lucille Saint-Peter
  • Directors: Frank Henenlotter
  • Format: PAL
  • Language: English
  • Dubbed: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Second Sight Films
  • DVD Release Date: 29 Oct. 2007
  • Run Time: 86 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000U51ZHM
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 81,536 in DVD & Blu-ray (See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray)

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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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5.0 out of 5 starsTrue greatness!.
By Puzzle box on 21 July 2009
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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4.0 out of 5 starsGood gory fun
By Albatross TOP 1000 REVIEWER on 21 Mar. 2013
Format: DVD Verified Purchase
Brain Damage, made by the people who did Basketcase. If that doesn't tell you everything you need to know about the film then nothing will. But I'll have a go anyway.

It's eighties `trash' horror at its best. A small, but very eloquent, blue parasite strikes up a conversation with a young man, then goes about attaching itself to the back of his neck, in order to give him mind-bending, euphoric hallucinations. However, the only drawback is that, in return, the parasite wants to feed of other people's brains.

If you like the sound of that, you're clearly as sick as I am. And the next question you'll probably ask is, how much gore is there? The answer is plenty! Back before computer generated effects ruled Hollywood, people had to make sick puppets out of animatronics. The parasite a well-made and amusing (in a sick kind of way) and gets up to all manner of unspeakably evil acts.

Okay, so no one in this film will ever get an Oscar (although the parasite himself was clearly overlooked in the Best Supporting Actor category), but if you're into eighties horror, then you're not expecting it.

What you get is a well-made gory little number with plenty of tongue-in-cheek horror.

Get the popcorn in, turn the lights down (watch out for the Basketcase cameo), remove brain, give it to a cheeky little worm and enjoy.
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4.0 out of 5 starsGreat film,shame about the packaging!
By Mr. J. McGregor on 6 Nov. 2011
Format: DVD
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!
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5.0 out of 5 starsThe movie with the anti-drugs message? just say no!
By ymo1965 on 11 Jun. 2013
Format: DVD Verified Purchase
Brilliantly classic surreal movie from the 80's. If you love movies like 'Frankenhooker' and 'Basket Case' then just get this now. Shocks, laughs and gross out scenes a plenty. This movie can't possibly be taken seriously. I have to say that this special edition (silver outer cover) version is in 1080 quality (says on the cover). Amazing from a regular DVD, but believe me when I say that the quality of this print is outstanding. I seriously doubt a blu-ray edition would render much more detail. Crazy but true!
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3.0 out of 5 starsDont take drugs!
By cb on 23 Jun. 2014
Format: DVD
This film is all about heroin! Don't do it. A guy meets a parasite ( who looks like a pepperami )and the more he begs off the parasite the more the parasite takes from him. He will give you the trip of your life but it'll cost you. There's even a 'Cold turkey' scene where he refuses to help/accept the parasite and suffers - but he's ok when he accepts the 'feed'. Best part of the film is when he's on a train and a guy sits opposite him holding a padlocked 'basket' - Basket Case is next on my list.
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5.0 out of 5 stars"..TOP 80'S WEIRD HORROR.."
By SDX on 21 April 2012
Format: DVD Verified Purchase
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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