This film is totally insane. It is so crazy that it is amazing. Everything is so extreme. This is like David Cronenberg on acid. Not that I've done acid but I think that I have a good idea what it is like after watching this movie. This had everything that I like in a film. It is just so over-the-top. This is made with zero-budget but that is what is so good about it - they didn't try anything that they couldn't. Perfect insane movie. Utterly nuts. It is so funny because it is so insane. Seriously entertaining.

Brain Damage, made by the people who did Basketcase. If that doesn't tell you everything you need to know about the film then nothing will. But I'll have a go anyway.It's eighties 'trash' horror at its best. A small, but very eloquent, blue parasite strikes up a conversation with a young man, then goes about attaching itself to the back of his neck, in order to give him mind-bending, euphoric hallucinations. However, the only drawback is that, in return, the parasite wants to feed of other people's brains.If you like the sound of that, you're clearly as sick as I am. And the next question you'll probably ask is, how much gore is there? The answer is plenty! Back before computer generated effects ruled Hollywood, people had to make sick puppets out of animatronics. The parasite a well-made and amusing (in a sick kind of way) and gets up to all manner of unspeakably evil acts.Okay, so no one in this film will ever get an Oscar (although the parasite himself was clearly overlooked in the Best Supporting Actor category), but if you're into eighties horror, then you're not expecting it.What you get is a well-made gory little number with plenty of tongue-in-cheek horror.Get the popcorn in, turn the lights down (watch out for the Basketcase cameo), remove brain, give it to a cheeky little worm and enjoy.

I really enjoyed this movie. I love absurd situations in horror movies, and this was really up there. If you like the relationship of that creepy little baby-creature from Eraserhead, you'll enjoy the Jiminy Cricket-esque cadence that this creature has with Brian, the main character (Brian...Brain...get it). It was really weird that Brian and his friend looked so much alike. I love the club scene and how this chemical that Brian is on makes him act like he's taken too much ecstasy. One of the best lines was "Elmer? His name's Elmer?" Look for it. Anyways, if you're looking for a good movie to kill some brain cells and have fun with, check this out. 7 stars.

Tackling biological body-shock horror with a deliciously dark sense of humour and a bucket or two of low-budget gore, director Frank Henenlotter is—in my opinion—the David Cronenberg of schlock cinema.Like his better known Canadian counterpart, Henenlotter has dealt with deadly twins, the darker side of sexuality, parasitic creatures, and the hidden powers of the mind. But Whereas Cronenberg's output tends to be sober in tone, Henenlotter's movies are garish slices of demented fun—full of OTT splatter, sleazy characters, and moments of sheer lunacy.Brain Damage stars Rick Hearst as the unfortunate Brian, who wakes up one morning to discover that he has become host to a charismatic worm-like creature by the name of Elmer, who can deliver a euphoric high by injecting the brain with a highly addictive hallucinogenic liquid known as 'juice'. In return for these blasts of sheer bliss, the parasitic pusher merely asks to be fed—with human brains! Trippy visuals and outrageous gore scenes ensue, as a progressively messed up Brian lurches around New York, unwittingly providing his phallic pal with the nourishment he desires.As an allegory of the destructive effects of drug abuse, Brain Damage is effective stuff: despite their best efforts, Brian's nearest and dearest are unable to save him from the inevitable—an overdose that results in him blowing his mind (literally). And as an exercise in gross out visuals and bad taste gags, it's even better, delivering some incredible gory effects and enjoyably crass moments, the best bit being the oft-mentioned blow-job scene which sees an eager young woman accidentally giving head to Elmer, who proceeds to snack on her brains.Elmer himself is primarily achieved through puppetry and stop motion animation, although later scenes on a subway train see him briefly rendered via traditional animation; these effects vary in quality, from the passable to the rather shocking, but the character itself is so endearing that it is fairly easy to forgive his sometimes crude execution (Henenlotter managed the same trick with Belial in his superb debut Basket Case—a badly sculpted lump of rubber, but one with imbued with a well defined personality).