Brain Damage (film)

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Brain Damage
Limited edition DVD cover.
Directed by	Frank Henenlotter
Produced by	Al Eicher Andre Blay Edgar Ievins
Written by	Frank Henenlotter
Starring	Rick Hearst Jennifer Lowry Gordon MacDonald
Music by	Matthias Donnelly Clutch Reiser Gus Russo
Cinematography	Bruce Torbet
Editing by	Frank Henenlotter James Y. Kwei
Distributed by	Palisades Entertainment Ventura Distribution
Release date(s)	1988
Running time	Theatrical Cut: 84 min. Unrated Cut: 86 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
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Brain Damage is a 1988 comedy horror American film directed by Frank Henenlotter (Basket Case, Frankenhooker).

[edit] Plot

It features a young man named Brian (Rick Herbst) who has an unwilling symbiotic relationship with a malevolent slug-like brain-eating parasite called "Aylmer" (voiced by famed creature feature host John Zacherle). Aylmer secretes a highly addictive, hallucinogenic blue fluid into Brian's brain. In return for a steady supply of the fluid, Brian must seek out victims for Aylmer, so that he can devour their brains. The film was largely a metaphor for drug addiction.

[edit] Basket Case the movie

Near the end of the film, a man is seen on the subway with a large wicker basket. This is a direct reference to Frank Henenlotter's previous film, Basket Case. The man is none other that Basket Case's lead actor Kevin Van Hentenryck.