Against a low budget, Brain Damage is an inspired and often colorful little number which clearly laid the groundwork for films like Motivational Growth with Jeffrey Combs’ talking mold while finding it’s own footing in a genre that’s often disregarded as otherwise cheap trash. Well shot by cinematographer Bruce Torbet who milks in the heavy neon blues and reds every chance he can with Basket Case composer Gus Russo returning to the synthesized music chair, Brain Damage is an overt drive-in cult classic with a head on it’s shoulders and oozing with character. Very clearly this isn’t for everyone, as it does indeed contain some bona-fide moments of pure shock, but for what could have been just another cheapie creature feature, Henenlotter’s Brain Damage is one of the very best to emerge from the 1980s!