Brain Damage (1988)

It's A Headache From Hell!

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Release Date: Apr 15, 1988
Rated: R | Runtime: 86 Mins | Language: English
Director: Frank Henenlotter
Stars: Rick Hearst, Jennifer Lowry, Gordon MacDonald, Theo Barnes, John Zacherle, Lucille Saint-Peter, Vicki Darnell

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.

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What to Expect

Brain Damage is about a talking ancient mutant worm that latches onto some guy and sends him on acid trips by injecting worm juice directly into his brain. It's a seriously WTF movie. It starts off bizarre and never really lets up. You never really know what's going on, why or how it's going to end. Brain Damage is a quintessential 80's B-horror that's more of an experience than a movie and one that moved into my 80's B-horror top 10 the moment the ending credits started to roll. It shouldÂ be required viewing if you like cheesy low-budget bizarre B-movies from the 80's and you're totally into hardcore ancient mutant worms and acid trips.

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Critic Reviews:

..Brain Damage hits all the right spots when it comes to gloopy ‘80s splatter horror, featuring weird creatures, brains being pulled out of heads, sex, punk rock and a warped sense of humour.

– Flickering Myth

Brain damage is an exploitation film, so there’s a lot that just doesn’t work or works so cheaply that you feel slightly dirty for letting it get to you.

– ScreenAge Wasteland

This is a hidden gem I’m glad I found and this comes highly recommended if you love over the top 80s genre films as much as I do.

– Nightmarish Conjurings