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Brain Damage (1988)

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Rick Hearst Rick Hearst
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Jennifer Lowry Jennifer Lowry
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Theo Barnes Theo Barnes
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You Fucking Named Him Elmer?!?

17 years, 6 months ago at Jan 13 16:45
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Another great film written and directed by Frank Henenlotter about a man named Brian who’s life seems to be normal; until he meets his new friend Elmer. It is a simple, yet complex in it’s own way example of fixations and addictions through American people. Escaped from his prior owners in the same apartment building, Elmer clings to Brian and slowly turns his life into nothing but dependency.... read more

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3 years, 11 months ago at Jul 30 9:55
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A farce bis quite hairy but not imperishable. The least barge film of Henenlotter. Although the blowj.. scene...
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One morning a young man wakes to find a small, disgusting creature has attached itself to the base of his brain stem. The creature gives him a euphoric state of happiness but in return demands human victims.
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