Brain Damage

1988

Frank Henenlotter

Rick Hearst, Gordon MacDonald, Jennifer Lowry, Theo Barnes, Lucille Saint-Peter

5.7

1,013

Horror

Horror

A normal, average guy who lives in New York City becomes dependent on an evil, disembodied brain. The brain feeds the guy a narcotic substance in exchange for his unwilling assistance in obtaining the brains of innocent victims for sustenance. This turns into a tour of circa-1980s underground NYC clubs, backlots, and other seedy locations.

	Media	Author	Review
		Steve Simels Entertainment Weekly	"[It] has more gross-out scenes than it probably needs, but it also has the funniest and most literate dialogue ever to grace a no-budget monster movie."
		Chuck Bowen Slant	"Henenlotter’s images have a compact and gnarly vitality"
		Leonard Klady Los Angeles Times	"It’s a veritable crazy quilt of ideas that manages to engage our attention while our heads continue to dart away from the shocking images on screen."
		Time Out	"There are some nice comic moments; in fact relying as heavily on its disquieting black humour as on images of physical disgust, the whole thing works far better as comedy than horror."
		Walter Goodman The New York Times	"Written and directed by Frank Henenlotter, this oozer specializes in unspecial effects and unspeakable acting. Strictly for the brain damaged."
		TV Guide	"As in 'Basket Case', director Henenlotter combines some disturbing gore with an offbeat sense of humor that makes the entire disgusting exercise a bit more palatable"

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