Brain Damage Page #3

Synopsis: A normal, average guy who lives in New York City becomes dependent on an evil, disembodied brain. The brain feeds the guy a narcotic substance in exchange for his unwilling assistance in obtaining the brains of innocent victims for sustenance. This turns into a tour of circa-1980s underground NYC clubs, backlots, and other seedy locations. One scene features the band Swimming Pool Cues playing the song "Corruption."
 
IMDB:
6.7
R
Year:
1988
84 min
352 Views


No, no, no, no.

I want you to beg for it now.

Just like you're going to beg for a brain.

Good. A little contest.

I don't get a brain,

you don't get my juice.

We'll just see who cracks first.

Yeah, well, we'll just see.

What's the matter, Brian? Feeling ill?

Shut up!

Oh, please, Brian, you're not going to

throw up in front of me, are you?

I don't want to watch this.

Why did you bring me here?

Why couldn't you leave me home?

I'll tell you why, Brian.

It's cos you know you're not going to win.

You know you're going to need my juice.

Oh... Oh, God.

You know the pain is going to get so big

that only my juice will stop it.

- Make it stop.

- Only my juice will help you.

You know that, don't you, Brian?

Deep down inside you know that.

Hey, Brian, why don't we go out tonight

and get us some girls?

Yeah, that's a swell idea.

Let's go up to 33rd Street

and get us some hookers.

Get ourselves a car and pile them in.

Boy, oh, boy, I could eat

a million of them tonight.

Oh, my G...

Uh-oh, Brian, now you're really

losing your mind.

Oh, my!

Well, well!

Ready to beg for it, Brian?

Ready to crawl across the floor

and plead for my juice?

No?

Not yet? Well...

Give it a few more hours, Brian.

Whenever you want the pain to stop,

I'll be here.

Whenever you want to stop hurting,

you come to me.

When the pain gets so great

you think you're turning inside out,

just ask for my juice.

Come to me when you're ready, Brian.

Come to me and get my juice.

# Why are the stars

always winking and blinking above

# What makes a fellow

start thinking of falling in love

# It's not the season

# The reason is plain as the moon

# It's just Aylmer's tune

# What makes a lady of 80

go out on the loose?

# Why does a gander meander

in search of a goose?

# What puts the kick in a chicken,

the magic in June?

# It's just Aylmer's tune

- # Listen...

- Help me.

- # Oh, listen...

- Please.

- # There's a lot you're liable to be missin'

- Please help me.

- # Sing it

- I need it.

- # Swing it

- Juice...

# Any old way and any old time

# The hurdy-gurdies, the birdies,

the cop on the beat

# The candy-maker, the baker,

the man on the street

# The city charmer, the farmer,

the man in the moon

# All sing Aylmer's tune #

Why, hello, Brian.

How are you? How are you doing?

Help me. Please, help me.

Hey, of course I'll help you, Brian.

You and I are pals.

I'll be happy to help you.

But you'll have to feed me first.

You read the newspapers,

you listen to the TV news.

Talking about nuclear waste,

talking about nuclear bombs.

Nuclear war.

They're crying all over the place.

They're crying in America,

they're crying in Europe.

The whole world's gonna come to an end.

If it's gonna go, man, it's gonna go,

and I'm gonna enjoy seeing

this whole friggin' world blow up.

And I'm gonna be smiling

while having my beer.

And I wanna see this last blast, baby.

I wanna see it go.

Are you nervous?

Hey, man, you new here?

You okay?

Yeah.

Hey, it's cool.

No one's going to bother you.

What's your problem, man?

Huh? Uh, nothing.

Everything's fine.

All yours.

Aylmer? Aylmer? Psst!

Aylmer?

Aylmer?

Psst. Aylmer?

Lamont? Lamont, is that you?

A**hole!

Shh! Someone's gonna hear.

Thanks for putting up with me tonight.

I really needed to be with someone.

I'm glad you called.

I only wish there was more I could do.

Well, we checked with all his friends.

I don't know where else we could look.

Yeah, Dad called again last night.

He sounded really worried.

I didn't know what to tell him.

I can't deal with being dumped like this.

When you're close to someone,

you think you mean something to them.

It hurts to be so easily discarded like this.

I feel so worthless and shitty.

- And stupid.

- Stop it!

You're a very special lady,

and if Brian doesn't see it anymore,

well, I do.

Don't. Don't...

Look, you know how I feel about you.

I only stayed away

because of Brian, but...

if it's really over between you...

I mean, if he's really left you...

No, don't.

Want me to take you home?

No.

I want to stay.

Yoo-hoo, Brian.

Brian?

Oh, my God, Brian.

Where were you? Where have you been?

Oh, Jesus, Brian.

- You both have to get out of here.

- Now, wait a minute.

Hold it, Brian, this isn't what you...

You both have to be gone when I get back.

Goddammit, Brian. You can't just

disappear and expect nothing to happen.

- You can't expect everyone to just...

- He's hungry again.

He ate a little while ago,

but he's hungry again.

What?

And when he gets hungry,

someone gets killed.

- "Killed"?

- When who gets hungry?

Both of us.

He needs the brains, but I need his juice.

It's as simple as that.

I tried to fight him, but I can't.

- I can't. I can't.

- What the hell are you talking about?

And I can't cope with the killing.

I can't cope with knowing

I'm going to kill someone.

So I'll just take his juice

and never have to know.

But then I also won't know

if it's you or not.

If I'm high, I won't know the difference.

And I don't want it to be you.

Either of you.

I don't want it to be you.

- Get away from me.

- Brian, hold it.

Leave me alone!

One brain's as good as the next.

Brian, you don't have to say anything.

You don't have to look at me.

But listen to me, please.

I know you're in trouble.

I know something's happened to you.

I know you need help.

I just... I just...

Jesus, Brian!

I thought you and I were having

trouble with our relationship.

I didn't think you'd be talking about

getting killed or killing someone or...

I can understand you being upset with me.

I realize we have some problems

with our relationship.

But first, Brian, first you need help.

I've never seen anyone change as

drastically and as suddenly as you have.

You're like a total stranger to me now.

I'll be damned if I'm just going to walk off

and let you rot away.

I can't sit by and watch you disintegrate.

Brian, you're telling me

you're going to kill someone

and you don't even realize

you're killing yourself.

I wish I knew what to say

to get through to you.

I don't want anything to happen to you.

I was mad before. I was angry.

That was because I thought you were gone.

I don't want to lose you, Brian.

I don't want to lose you.

Brian...

We want it back. We want it back now.

- You can't. He's...

- Put your hands up.

And get against the wall.

Blink your eyes and you're dead.

What the hell's going on out here?

Move it.

Listen, I really need him.

I'll get sick.

Aylmer.

Oh, Aylmer.

Oh.

Aylmer.

Aylmer.

Quick. Bring him to me.

Hurry. Hurry.

- Give him to me, you stupid fool.

- No.

Oh... Aylmer.

Aylmer. Aylmer.

No!

Oh, Jesus, God, let's get out of here.

I'm not finished.

I think... I think I'm going to be sick.

Okay, hold it.

Put me on your neck. Hurry up.

Barbara?

Brian!

We'll do it again.

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Frank Henenlotter

Frank Henenlotter (born August 29, 1950 in New York City), is an American screenwriter, film director and film historian. He is known primarily for his horror comedies, though he would prefer to be classified as an "exploitation" filmmaker (rather than horror). "I never felt that I made ‘horror films’, he has said. "I always felt that I made exploitation films. Exploitation films have an attitude more than anything – an attitude that you don’t find with mainstream Hollywood productions. They’re a little ruder, a little raunchier, they deal with material people don’t usually touch on, whether it’s sex or drugs or rock and roll." more…

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