Really Awful Movies

Brain Damage

A lamprey symbiont attaches itself to the cerebrospinal fluid of a host, injecting him with psychedelic visions. If THAT premise doesn’t get your juices flowing, you won’t care for the impudent, weirdly compelling little movie, Brain Damage. The follow up to Basket Case, Frank Henenlotter, on a bigger budget and a bigger, better idea, tops hisContinue reading “Brain Damage”

Burnt Offerings

“Noah built an altar to the Lord, and taking some of the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it…” (Genesis 8:20-1) In 1976’s Burnt Offerings, the Rolf family is sacrificed. No ROFL-ing matter. Their spirits are consumed by a real fixer-upper they agree to be custodians of over the summer (aContinue reading “Burnt Offerings”