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Basket Case
Why this pick
Its grubby New York setting, gleefully excessive practical gore, and twisted symbiotic bond make it a natural companion to Brain Damage’s funny, sleazy creature-feature energy.
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MOVIE1988 1h 26m USA
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Brian begins an unwilling symbiosis relationship with a malevolent leech-like brain-eating parasite called "Aylmer". Aylmer secretes a highly addictive, hallucinogenic blue fluid into Brian's brain. In return for a steady supply of the fluid, Brian must seek out human victims for Aylmer, so that he can eat their brains. All the while, though, as Brian adopts a heavily secluded life in his indulgence of Aylmer's fluids, it begins to draw a rift in his relationship with his girlfriend Barbara and his brother.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Rick Hearst
Brian
John Zacherle
Aylmer (voice)
Michael Bishop
Toilet Victim
Ari M. Roussimoff
Biker
Gordon MacDonald
Mike