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Plot

Basket Case director Frank Henenlotter explores another bizarre symbiotic human-monster relationship in this surreal horror comedy about a young man named Brian (Rick Herbst) who emerges from a night of bizarre hallucinations to find a jovial talking slug attached to his body. The creature, a brain-eating parasite called an "Aylmer" (but who prefers the simpler handle "Elmer") came calling after abandoning his former companions -- a European couple who tried to wean him from human brains by supplying him with sheep brains from the local butcher. Preferring prey of the bipedal variety (and a younger, more mobile host), Elmer hitches a ride with Brian, administering doses of a highly addictive psychedelic drug to keep him under control, and sends him out in search of human gray matter. Understandably, this drives a wedge in the relationship between Brian and his girlfriend, Barbara (Jennifer Lowry), who doesn't buy the monster story but nevertheless begins to recognize Brian's junkie behavior patterns. Fighting a losing battle against Elmer's magic juice (and trying to keep Elmer from munching down on Barbara's skull), Brian is forced into a hideous showdown for possession of his own mind. Clever highlights include horror host John Zacherle as the Bing Crosby-esque voice of Elmer and a cute cameo from Basket boy Kevin Van Hentenryck.
MPAA Rating:
R
Genre(s):
Comedy,Horror,Thriller
Run Time:
89min.
Theatrical Release Date:
03/23/2009
DVD Release Date:
07/22/2003
Distributor(s):
Palisades Entertainment
Director(s):
Frank Henenlotter
Starring:
Rick Herbst , Gordon MacDonald , Jennifer Lowry , Theo Barnes , Lucille Saint-Peter
Themes:
Drug Addiction,Mutants
Tone:
Campy,Humorous,Quirky,Hallucinatory,Silly
Keywords:
addiction,alien [not human],behavior [human],brain,brain-sucking,control,creature,dependence,drugs,hallucination,host,monster,mutant,parasite,relationship,teenagers
Language:
English