Spider Baby

A cheeky exploration of in/out-group dynamics, Spider Baby takes us into the decrepit Los Angeles estate of the Merrye family descendants, sterile genetic defectives suffering from a condition that makes them revert to atavistic, cannibal behavior. This includes offing the poor local postie, slicing him to bits after trapping him in a web, but not beforeContinue reading “Spider Baby”

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”