From the master of the buddy-horror movie, Frank Henenlotter, comes yet another master work, up there with his classic BASKET CASE trilogy! This is actually one of his only non-BASKET CASE flicks (the other being FRANKENHOOKER), though it does feature a cameo by Duane Bradley himself, Kevin Van Hentenryck, as a man carrying a wicker basket, who stares down our friends Alymer and Brian on the subway! "Who the fuck are Brian and Alymer?" you're asking? Well, shut your damn yapper and read this review, and maybe you'll find out! The movie opens with an odd scene, as an elderly woman enters her bathroom, then screams and drops a dish of brains (!) on the floor at the site of a bathtub full of water. She starts screaming, "he's gone!", then her and her equally elderly husband tear their house apart in search of someone called "Elmer". When they don't find him there, then proceed to go from apartment to apartment, requesting to search their bathrooms. Before you know it, the unhappy couple is on their living room floor, foaming at the mouths! See, this is just the beginning, and already the whole thing's insane! While this transpires, our hero Brian (every other critic points out the closeness in spelling between 'Brian' and 'Brain', so I won't make that statement) wakes from a restful sleep in his nearby apartment, bleeding from the back of his head and trippin' balls! He then proceeds to the bathroom, where, as he's talking to himself, the movie's star, Alymer (which we learn is the correct spelling, not 'Elmer') pops out from behind Brian's neck and says "hi"! Alymer then promises Brian a life without worry or pain, but simply filled with pleasure! How so? Well, Alymer's hinged jaw comes with a needle-like extension, which injects a blue hallucinogenic substance directly into Brian's brain! While Bri enjoys the euphoria, this gives Alymer the opportunity to take Bri out into public, so he can nourish himself on human brains! Meanwhile, Bri's brother and girlfriend are very concerned about him, fearing he's becoming a drugged out dope fiend. They don't know just how right they are! The thing you gotta be concerned with, especially if you're a guy, is if this LSD-like jizz that Alymer squirts has the same side effects that acid does. Most notably, the always unfortunate "acid dick", in which a guy's penis will be in it's naturally limp size, yet is hard, as if it were erect! We'll have to leave this question unanswered, because the two chances we get to find out are ruined. More memorable of the two being when a slut tries sucking off Bri's love rod, but gets a mouth full of brain sucking Alymer instead! Okay, diatribe and queries aside, back to the movie. Alymer's former owners (the old couple from the beginning) come looking for him, finding Brian and revealing the story of Alymer's ancient lineage. Bri just blows 'em off and goes home. When Bri finally realizes what Alymer's been doing while he's been tasting rainbows, he freaks, locking himself and Aly in a motel room. This leads to the hilarious, yet dark scene in which Aly sings "Elmer's Song" in a dirty sink! Brian soon realizes that he needs Aly's spoog more than Aly needs brains, so he breaks down, white as a soiled sheet, and the two go searching for dinner. Ever since Brian went wacky, his "concerned" brother and girlfriend have been exploring other avenues, or should I say "laying other avenues", considering they start shackin up! Bri walks in on the misbehavior, but he pays it no matter, simply telling them both to leave, before they become victims of Aly's hunger. He then leaves, with the girlfriend catching up to him on the subway later on. She tries to reconcile with good ol' Bri, but Aly ain't too keen on the idea, and he eats her brain too. The best part of this scene was watching Aly flicker in and out of Bri's mouth like some fucked up snake tongue! Aly's ex-owners find Bri again, this time threatening to gun him down if he doesn't give Aly back to 'em. Aly decides to eat the woman's brain instead, then chow on the old man. But, just when you think it's over and Aly's gonna pump some more electric Kool-Aid into Bri, the old guy uses his last ounce of strength to crush the little purple space worm, resulting in an O.D. in Bri's head! This forces him to stumble home, and end the pain the only way he knows how: blowing his brains out! Excellent ending to an excellent movie, as a big rainbow and a bunch of lightning come firing out of the new ventilation hole in Bri's cranium! I know this review's been incredibly long, but this movie is worth the space damn it! Hooray for Henenlotter!

Sequels: Nope

If You Liked This Flick, Check Out: BASKET CASE or watch one of those ABC "After School Specials", then top it off with RE-ANIMATOR