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- 1988
- Unrated
- Palisades Entertainment Group
- 1 h 24 m
- 1988
- Unrated
- Palisades Entertainment Group
- 1 h 24 m
Summary One morning, a young man wakes to find that a small, disgusting creature has attached itself to the base of his brain stem. The creature gives him a euphoric state of happiness but demands human victims in return.
Directed By: Frank Henenlotter
Written By: Frank Henenlotter
- 1988
- Unrated
- Palisades Entertainment Group
- 1 h 24 m
- 1988
- Unrated
- Palisades Entertainment Group
- 1 h 24 m
Brain Damage
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6.4
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Summary One morning, a young man wakes to find that a small, disgusting creature has attached itself to the base of his brain stem. The creature gives him a euphoric state of happiness but demands human victims in return.
Directed By: Frank Henenlotter
Written By: Frank Henenlotter
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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67% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
17% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
17% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
61
67% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
17% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
17% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Writer-director Frank Henenlotter’s disturbing antidrug parable 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.
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.
This gnarly gem of 1980s-era punk horror still looks and sounds a little rough, but the film and the supplements justify the plunge.
There are some nice comic moments though; 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.
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.
Written and directed by Frank Henenlotter, this oozer specializes in unspecial effects and unspeakable acting. Strictly for the brain damaged.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 User Ratings
6.4
60% Positive
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20% Mixed
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20% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 User Ratings
6.4
60% Positive
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
20% Mixed
1 Rating
1 Rating
20% Negative
1 Rating
1 Rating
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