Brain Damage (1988)

4 / 5
Tagline: It's a headache from hell!
Directed by: Frank Henenlotter
Written by: Frank Henenlotter
Actors include: Rick Hearst, Gordon MacDonald, Jennifer Lowry
Genre: Horror, Comedy
Length: 86 minutes
Banned: Iceland
Country: USA

Review:
I do like Henenlotter, although he sometimes goes for a plot that's been done to death he always brings something special to it. This however I've never seen anything like. Our erm hero is a normal dude, until he meets Aylmer (a singing evil parasite). Aylmer hooks into his brain and gives the ultimate high, but he has to kill for Aylmer or rather let Aylmer kill depending on the case. See he realizes something is wrong and tries to get off "the stuff" but the consequences are dire! Really fun for a low budget horror flick! It does drag a little in places, but it more than makes up for it with high insanity levels. The only issue is that it does go on a little past it's welcome and it's only 86 minutes, perhaps it's just a concept that doesn't make an entirely exciting movie, but most if it is at least!