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Post by stefancrosscoe on Jun 27, 2018 10:44:03 GMT
...Now You're Really Losing Your Mind!Brian (Rick Hearst) is a young New York citizen who's ordinary everyday life is going to be turned completely upside down the moment he befriends Aylmer (John Zacherle), a well spoken but very manipulative alien parasite. However, the two of them end up making quite a team but one that will soon come with some nasty side effects, as Aylmer in his neverending search for his favorite meal, the human brain, uses Brian to follow his every command with the help of a very addictive and powerful drug that makes his new host experiencing all kind of weird and psychedelic trips.The second cult-classic in Frank Henenlotter's fantastic and highly creative run of low budget horror "trilogy" films, starting up with Basket Case (1982) and ending with Frankenhooker (1990). However it is this 1988 title which seems to be the one that most fans and critics often regard as his finest hour. While not as gory or fast as paced as some of his other titles, Brain Damage surely do contain lots of weird and fascinating scenes and strange characters taking place in the Big Apple and is a must see for fans of the films mentioned as we do get some neat cameos and familiar faces which have a nice talent of showing up in Frank's movies. Another highlight for me has to be the haunting end theme, which have always been a big favorite of mine when it comes to 1980s horror themes, and I often wondered why it is so rarely brought up or mentioned as it surely is one of the more strange yet very melodic ones of that era.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2018 0:18:53 GMT
Good movie. 7/10
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Post by HorrorMetal on Jun 28, 2018 14:15:19 GMT
Love it. I'm a huge fan of Frank Henenlotter's work. He has such a creative and unique style, his movies are unlike anything else I've ever seen. I wish he had more films.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Jun 29, 2018 15:18:38 GMT
Love it. I'm a huge fan of Frank Henenlotter's work. He has such a creative and unique style, his movies are unlike anything else I've ever seen. I wish he had more films. Great to hear and I very much agree on what you said about his unique style and that his kind of movies are not something I come by that often, that's for sure. Also, hell yes, the man should have done far more movies back in the day, as I remember so very well of how hyped up I was during spring/summer of 2006 when all of a sudden his IMDb message board came alive with lots of new posts about a film rumoured to be called Sick in the Head but sadly that never happened: "I was supposed to do a film before “Bad Biology” called “Sick in the Head.” After three years of the producers not being able to raise money, they took my script and cut out 23 pages and all the special effects. And I said, “Well, what’s left?” And they said, “Well, why don’t you make this story more like ‘Saw.'” I owned the script, so I took it back and said, “Goodbye."Well, we finally did get Bad Biology (2008) but looking up on his filmography, beside the poor Basket Case sequels which came out during the early 90s, he had a very long "time-out" and if only guys like Frank were maybe given a chance with a fairly budget to work on, I am sure he would have had at least a couple more done in a that time of period between 1991-2008.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Jun 29, 2018 15:26:17 GMT
Not as good as Basket Case as far as I'm concerned but a good try and follow up on the creature feature genre. Aylmer is an interesting and bizarre little creature, with a droll sense of humor. It contains some far-out and bizarre horror scenes that are very original. I often forget to cite this one when doing lists of horror films, especially horror\comedies. I love all three of his first films and often find myself having trouble deciding which one is the best, but I think Basket Case might just take first place, while Frankenhooker comes in on second place. Anyway, a fantastic low budget horror-comedy "trilogy" and one which I never get tired of re-watching over again. I guess one of the most memorable or infamous scenes is the "giving head" part which I somehow cannot find (unless it is the spanish or italian dubbed version) on Youtube anylonger, as I remember many complained about the original clip which suddenly was taken down, along with a few other.
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Post by Nicko's Nose on Jun 30, 2018 2:35:02 GMT
Love it. So much fun. 8/10 I almost bought a Aylmer replica on eBay a couple of years ago.
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Post by petrolino on Jul 1, 2018 10:37:51 GMT
Great movie.
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Post by lostinlimbo on Jul 2, 2018 4:28:27 GMT
I need to give it a re-watch, as its been awhile. From what I remember it was a crazy-fun and creative low-budget horror-comedy. Some cool psychedelic visuals along with a titular parasite and a cool cameo here and there. But like you, I do prefer “Basketcase” and “Frankenhooker”.
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Post by lostinlimbo on Jul 6, 2018 6:12:54 GMT
I think I just enjoy “Frankenhooker” more, especially how it flows compared to “Brain Damage” to give it the slight edge.
For me “Basket case” is head and shoulders Frankenlotter’s best film. Which makes the sequels disappointing, especially when they took the focus away from the brothers and their relationship in favour of Granny Ruth and her freaks. The second one has grown on me over time. Some of the set-pieces are visually creative and well-lit from the last time I saw it on bluray. It felt like I was watching a different film. There are some crazy moments and solid FX, but yeah, I wasn’t a fan of the Granny Ruth character and story’s overall direction. As for part 3, it’s the opposite. And I kinda like it(?!) the first time I saw it, but now I pretty much ignore it.
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