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Brain Damage
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Overview

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6.6/10   1,627 votes
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Director:
Frank Henenlotter
Writer:
Frank Henenlotter (writer)
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Release Date:
25 May 1988 (France) more
Genre:
Comedy | Horror more
Tagline:
It's A Headache From Hell! more
Plot:
A normal, average guy who lives in New York City becomes dependent on an evil, disembodied brain. The... more | add synopsis
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(12 articles)
Media Blasters To Release Frank Henenlotter’s Bad Biology
 (From Beyond Hollywood. 15 October 2009, 12:51 PM, PDT)

Podcast 134 - Frank Henenlotter
 (From SoundOnSight. 7 July 2009, 11:27 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
campy original horror at its best. more (34 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Rick Hearst ... Brian
Gordon MacDonald ... Mike
Jennifer Lowry ... Barbara
Theo Barnes ... Morris
Lucille Saint-Peter ... Martha
Vicki Darnell ... Blonde in Hell
Joseph Gonzalez ... Guy in shower
Bradlee Rhodes ... Night watchman
Michael Bishop ... Toilet victim
Beverly Bonner ... Neighbor
Ari M. Roussimoff ... Biker
Kevin Van Hentenryck ... Man with basket
Michael Rubenstein ... Bum in alley
Angel Figueroa ... Junkie
John Reichert ... Policeman
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Additional Details

Runtime:
84 min | USA:86 min (uncut version)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Rick has an unexplained cut on his lip all throughout the film. It was a part of a subplot involving him getting into a fight the night before defending his brother in a bar fight. But due to time restraints the explanation scenes were never filmed more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Brian wakes up bloody, the blood on his left hand disappears and reappears between shots. more
Quotes:
Aylmer: This is the start of your new life Brian, a life full of colors, music,light and euphoria. A life without pain, or hurt or suffering. more
Movie Connections:
References Basket Case (1982) more
Soundtrack:
Corruption more

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
campy original horror at its best., 11 June 2005
10/10
Author: paintedwallpaper from United States

you know, i just went to see House of Wax the other day, and ten years after scream came out why are the same boring plots with the same boring characters doing the same stupid mistakes our only option for horror these days.

i suggest going back 20 years to the 70's and 80's if you want to find some great horror. horror then was low budget but imaginative. the movies had interesting story lines and were not shy about blood and gore. a good stepping stone for this sub-genre is one of my current favorites, Brain Damage. It starts off on a very surreal note, but mixes its strangeness with an accurate portrayal of a young man hopelessly addicted to the mother of all drugs. his dealer is perhaps the most unique little monster in all of horror, Aylmer (pronounced "elmer").

Aylmer is a purple cucumber shaped alien with a tiny smiling face and a soft warm voice. he finds a host, and injects his host with a blue liquid that comes out of one of Aylmer's fangs. this "brain juice" jacks up its host into a hullucionary state. while the host is in la-la land, Aylmer makes a victim of whoever the host comes in contact with, eating the victims brains.

as vile as all that sounds, it is hard to see Aylmer as evil. he is just such a nice little guy. plus he is unique in his appearance, personality, and attacks, which all go a long way with me in a modern world of horror villains pushed off an assembly line.

this movie is not winning an Oscar. it is strange and campy and violent. but if that is what you desire in a film, this hidden gem may become one of your favorites!

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