The brain is a 1988 canadian science fiction horror film depicting a giant brain like alien that terrorizes. Starring rick hearst, gordon macdonald, jennifer lowry, kevin van hentenryck, lucille saintpeter, theo barnes, and john zacherle. Dec 29, 2016 brain damage 1988 was writtendirected by frank henenlotter and stars rick hearst, gordon macdonald, jennifer lowry and john zacherle. The film stars rick herbst aka rick hearst, who went on to a lengthy career in soap operas, gordon macdonald saving grace tv series, jennifer lowry in her only film role, theo barnes, lucille saintpeter and vicki darnell frankenhooker 1990.
Young brian meets this strange parasite named aylmer elmer, who provides a liquid injection that puts him on episodes of hallucination highs. The brain is one of the best cult classics that has the misfortune of not having a dvd release. A normal guy who lives in new york city becomes dependent on an evil, disembodied brain. Brian begins an unwilling symbiotic relationship with a malevolent leech like brain eating parasite called aylmer. Brian has an unexplained cut on his lip all throughout the film. Petition for arrow video to release brain damage 1988 on blu ray. Brain damage 1988 was writtendirected by frank henenlotter and stars rick hearst, gordon macdonald, jennifer lowry and john zacherle.
Brain damage isnt as extreme as something like nekromantik, but i think he was still horribly traumatized from that time he found my dvd of it in the family living room. Watched on shudder and now i want to deep dive in to the arrow video steelbook bluray that ive had for a while now. Its an incredibly aimless horror movie that works for being so outrageous, funny and oddball. Using a brainshaped alien, blakely tries to mind control the world. Brain damage is a great low budget horror film from the 80s. Brain damage 1988 vhs rare oop horror gore cult film frank. Hi everybody, one of my favourite horror films is frank henenlotters brain damage 1988 and its yet to hit bluray. Petition for arrow video to release brain damage 1988 on. Brain damage 1988 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Elmer 1988 brain damage filmkritik fluxkompensator. Underrated in comparison to the mighty basket case 1982 and frankenhooker 1990, his most popular cult offerings, brain damage holds its own and is easily one of the most demented horror films out there. The brain is a 1988 canadian science fiction horror film depicting a giant brainlike alien that terrorizes.
Brain damage trailer one morning a young man wakes to find a small, disgusting creature has attached itself to the base of his brain stem. Oct 24, 2010 you just had to do that film reel on the head thing. Brian rick hearst begins an unwilling symbiotic relationship with a malevolent sluglike braineating parasite called aylmer voiced by. May 22, 2017 brain damage is a 1988 dark horrorcomedy from the king of grindhouse and exploitation, frank hennelotter. Actor gary busey critically hurt in culver city motorcycle. The psychedelic horror film centers around brian, a young man who comes into contact with a centuriesold, penisshaped creature named aylmer that injects him with brainaltering chemicals seemingly sort of a highlyaddictive cross between a. I just hope that is a film you dont mind never getting all the hair out of ever again. Brian begins an unwilling symbiotic relationship with a malevolent leechlike brain eating parasite called aylmer. This film has plenty of ridiculous moments to satisfy horror fans and is a must see for genre fans. Aylmer is the main antagonist of the 1988 american comedyhorror film brain damage. Independent thinking is a pop psychology program hosted by a dr.
Aylmer is the main antagonist of the 1988 comedy horror film brain damage. I could perfectly imagine aylmer as the host of a tv show. While brians high, aylmer burrows himself into the heads of those around them and literally eats their brains. Brain damage is a 1988 dark horrorcomedy from the king of grindhouse and exploitation, frank hennelotter.
Apr 15, 1988 a brainless movie called brain damage opens today at cine 1 and the lyric. Many of our other horror and science fiction films exploit an uneasiness about brainwashing and electroshock therapy, and despite all the humour, this is what the brain taps directly into. My partner samantha never saw this film before and came across it while scrolling through shudder titles. Brian begins an unwilling symbiotic relationship with a malevolent leechlike braineating parasite called aylmer. Review by sean baker 18 my partner samantha never saw this film before and came across it while scrolling through shudder titles.
Brain damage is a 1988 american comedy horror film directed by frank henenlotter. The creature gives him a euphoric state of happiness but demands human victims in return. It was a part of a subplot involving him getting into a. Brain damage soundtrack from 1988, composed by gus russo. Released by terror vision in 2017 containing music from brain damage 1988. He was voiced by the late john zacherle, who was best known for being a television horror host. Then we are introduced to the zacherle voiced parasitic alymer, with a show stopping hi and the film just goes bonkers and never stops. After his first experience with hallucinogenic drugs, young brian encounters a centuriesold parasitic creature named aylmer who used to live with his elderly nature. She asked me how it is and i replied one of the best films ever, lets watch. Its about an eellike creature called elmer that lives on fresh brains, straight from peoples heads.
With rick hearst, gordon macdonald, jennifer lowry, theo barnes. Gallery of 17 movie poster and cover images for brain damage 1988. Brain damage 1988 blood splattered cinema horror movie. Made his debut in 1982 with the cult splatter favourite basket case, which he followed in 1988 with the similarly themed, equally gruesome drug addictionanalogy brain damage. Brain damage original trailer frank henenlotter, 1988. Brain damage original trailer frank henenlotter, 1988 youtube.
One morning, a young man wakes to find that a small, disgusting creature has attached itself to the base of his brain stem. The film is a not subtle but still clever drug addiction metaphor which did not get quite the critical love that basket case did but over time has grown in stature into a cult classic of the horrorcomedy genre. Matthew floyds rating of the film brain damage matthew floyd with help from the worlds most suave parasite, frank henenlotter, an actual recovering addict, throws up on most saynotodrugs media by showing the true horrific cost that addiction has upon the victims life. Rent brain damage 1988 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix.
Brain damage is the kind of sleazy, down trodden horror film thats unafraid to point the mirror back at society and has an eagerness to push buttons, tackle difficult subjects and shove your nose into the down and dirty details. Underrated in comparison to the mighty basket case 1982 and frankenhooker 1990, his most popular cult offerings, brain damage holds its own and is easily one of the most demented horror films out there set in the seedy depths of new york, brain damage is a. Brain damage 1988 directed by frank henenlotter genres comedy, horror subgenres farce, horror comedy release date apr 15, 1988 usa unknown run time 87 min. In return for a steady supply of the fluid, brian must. Brain damage is the second film from writerdirector frank henenlotter. Aylmer secretes a highly addictive, hallucinogenic blue fluid into brians brain. In return for a steady supply of the fluid, brian must seek out. The nyc locations of brain damage featurette revisiting the films original shooting locations tasty memories. Frankenhooker was a tastefree updating of frankenstein, while basket cases 2 and 3 followed in the early 90s. Brain damage 1988 original trailer hd 1080p youtube. Nov 24, 2017 brain damage soundtrack from 1988, composed by gus russo. That film, 1988s brain damage, is truly one of the most original horror films of that decade.
I had a friend who did that in class and well someone else just had to step on the film before we could even start rolling it back up. Brain damage 1988 letterboxd social film discovery. Rent brain damage 1988 starring rick hearst and gordon macdonald on dvd and bluray. The brain feeds the guy a narcotic substance in exchange for his unwilling assistance in finding out the brains of innocent victims for sustenance. He is a brain eating alien parasite who manipulates brian in feeding him human brains in exchange for his addictive brain juice. Aylmer can inject a fluid into brians brain that induces a high, but he must feed the creature brains in order to receive a steady supply. But ultimately, the brain is a more successful spoof than blue monkey since it redirects the giant brain tradition to play on canadian fears. Actor gary busey, whose 1978 performance in the buddy holly story won an academy award nomination, was critically injured sunday in a motorcycle accident in culver city, police said. While it takes brian a while to notice hes being used as a vehicle for murder, he eventually begins trying to. Brain damage 1988 nude scenes 1988 by robin maxwell submitted on august 20, 2009 when i was young, like most children, i would be dragged around the. Unfortunately for us, this slasher tale about murderous children was his only film without a connection to canada. When they titled this film brain damage, they wernt frackin. He soon realizes these doses come at a price, as the creature wants human brains in exchange.
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