Beg For My Juice
Trace and I have had another wild month on Horror Queers. We kicked off 2025 with a look at Sophia Takal’s examination of toxic friendships in Into the Dark: “New Year, New You” (listen), then crossed off Quentin Tarantino’s half of the Grindhouse double feature with a discussion of Death Proof (listen). After tackling George Waggner’s 1941 classic The Wolf Man (listen) to tie in to Leigh Whannell’s new film, we’re sucking the juice out of our very first Frank Henenlotter film with 1988’s Brain Damage.
In the film, Brian (Rick Hearst) discovers a parasite named Aylmer (voiced by John Zacherle) has attached itself to his brain stem. Brian becomes addicted to the psychedelic euphoria Aylmer’s blue “juice” gives him, but in return, the slug demands to be fed human victims.
As his (ex) girlfriend Barbara (Jennifer Lowry) and brother Mike (Gordon MacDonald) struggle with Brian’s personality changes, the twenty-something embarks on an odyssey of New York’s subculture, including dive bars, flophouses and junkyards. Will Brian be able to resist the siren call of Aylmer’s juices or are he and his loved ones doomed?
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Episode 318 – Brain Damage (1988)
Get ready to beg for our juice because we are FINALLY discussing Frank Henenlotter’s Brain Damage (1988).
After years of requests, we’re ready to tackle Aylmer, the film’s gay and/or drug allegory, and why Barbara should have just fucked the brother.
Plus: Incest, bathhouse towels, sub/dom, and who could direct a remake of this exploitation classic?
Cross out Brain Damage!
Coming up on Wednesday: We’re heading to the prom with Stephen King’s first adaptation – Carrie (1976) – courtesy of Brian De Palma!
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