Touches You

Redundant and unnecessary.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

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.

I found the DVD of "Brain Damage" in a cheap-DVD-chest in a tech store and of course i've immediately bought it, at the time the only title in mind by Frank Henenlotter was "Basket case".Well, i must admit that was a great surprise, the story, the cheap props, the psychedelic lights, the '80 visual effects (the first "lsd-trip" of Brian with the room filled with water is great), everything works well in a funny and splatter context. There are also some genial scenes like the intro part with the elderly couple, the one with the blonde girl in the Hell club, the scene with Duane Bradley cameo and, of course, the ending scene. In conclusion, a must-see milestone in the '80 splatter/horror comedy genre!

This starts off well enough, with the rather intriguing idea of a parasitical creature that drugs its victims in order to procure the brains of those around it, but it never really gets going anywhere, and I quickly hoped for a bit more action. Similarly to that other Henenlotter classic Basket Case, this makes use of stop motion animation to render the creature on screen, and it is hit and miss in terms of the success. At times it seems quite realistic, at others like a piece of plasticine.A nice idea all round, it's just a shame it couldn't have had a bit more energy and, if checking out Henenlotter for the first time, I'd go with Basket Case every time.

Let me just say it right off the bat. God bless Frank Henenlotter. This guy is a master of 80's B-Horror every bit as much as Lloyd Kaufman. Henenlotter is known mainly for what I consider the greatest Horror movie of the 80's, that's right, Basket Case. But later on, in the late-80's, Henenlotter would work his low-budget magic once again.Now, this is what I call an intriguing storyline... Meet Brian, Brian lives with his brother in a New York apartment, he mostly keeps to himself in his room. Brian isn't some kind of a freak or anything, he's just depressed and bored. Well, things are about to liven up for Brian, because there is a thousand year old worm-like parasite loose in the building. Meet Elmer the Aylmer, Elmer can produce a highly-addictive psychedelic liquid, and inject it into peoples brains. Elmer drugs Brian, who is now experiencing his first good day in quite awhile. The fast talking Elmer aims to make friends with Brian. Naturally, Brian welcomes the little fella with open arms. Just like every other drug, and pretty much anything that makes you feel good, there is a catch. Elmer survives on one thing, human brains. And you guessed it, it's now Brian's responsibility to bring home the bacon, so to speak, or no more good days (brain damage). With his brain only half fried, Brian still has half a conscience, and just like any drug-addict who has that moment of clarity, poor Brian has some detoxing to do. But in this case, Brian's drug of choice will quite literally be taunting him the whole way back. I don't know about you, but I would have told that thing to go to hell and gone out and got a bottle of Southern Comfort, or something.After Frank Henenlotter's original masterpiece, the man brings us the most entertaining anti-drug flick since Bood Freak. Enough disgusting gore, bad acting, and outrageous B-charm to satisfy any fans of Basket Case, even our pal, Kevin Van Hentenryck stops by for a spell, so, you know this psychedelic shin-dig is not to be missed. Too bad Henenlotter hasn't made more movies over the years, although, I do hear good things about his new one, Bad Biology. I can't say I've ever seen Frankenhooker, or that I approve of the Basket Case sequels, but as far as I've seen, Lightning has struck at least twice for Mr. Henenlotter. 9/10