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Aliens punish one of their own by sending him to earth. The alien is very violent, and when the body he occupies is damaged...
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Rae Dawn Chong | ... | Diana Pierce |
 | Don Gordon | ... | Charles Krieger |
| Tom Towles | ... | Bob Laney |
| Antonio Fargas | ... | Julius |
| Neil Giuntoli | ... | Scully |
| Larry Pennell | ... | Captain Scarcelli |
| Pam Gordon | ... | Connie |
| Tony Amendola | ... | Dr. Cheever |
| Robert Dryer | ... | Borrower / Human |
 | Richard Wharton | ... | Alien Pilot |
| Bentley Mitchum | ... | Kip |
| Zoe Trilling | ... | Astrid |
 | Tamara Clatterbuck | ... | Michelle Chodiss |
| Tom Allard | ... | Ruben Whitefeather |
| Darryl Shelly | ... | Druggie |
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The movie that parents are watching in the house where band is playing is The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987).
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From John McNaughton, the mastermind behind Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, comes...The Borrower. Whereas Henry is disturbingly realistic, this is the exact opposite. The Borrower is completely absurd. An alien criminal and outcast is de-evolved to human form and exiled to earth. The de-evolution process, however, has made his body unstable and he must "borrow" other people's heads to survive. The story sounds good, but is obviously hard to execute. Tom Towles, also from Henry and numerous other genre classics, is hilarious as one of the borrowed heads. It's too bad that he has the least amount of screen time. The other cast members include Rae Dawn Chong as a detective investigating the murders and Antonio Fargas as a bum that befriends the Borrower. The music is awful and annoying but Kevin Yagher's make-up effects are sufficiently gross. Yagher's gore effects and Towle's performance are the main reasons to watch the movie. The box reads "more animated than Re-Animator" which is a lie but it should please the majority of horror fans.