2 recent views: feebles and brain damage

[mr. henry]

hey all, two more recent views from my hellish collection...

Meet the Feebles - 1989 (Unrated). (DVD) Written and directed by Peter Jackson. Everything you've ever heard is true; it's the Muppets on crack, crank, cocaine, and caffeine. Anyone easily offended has no business watching this flick regarding the backstage antics of a puppet variety show. Get ready for drug addicted Feebles, pornographer Feebles, drug dealing Feebles, AIDS infected Feebles, murdering Feebles, and tasteless songs sung by Feebles. There is something to disgust everyone. Jackson's previous film was titled Bad Taste but it's ...Feebles that limbos under all other bad taste contenders. You've been warned. RECOMMENDED.

Brain Damage - Written and directed by Frank Henenlotter. The director of the great Basket Case unleashes another drug addiction allegory in the form of the ultimate parasitic hallucination-inducing brain-leech-thing. Aylmer (the ancient leech) attaches to Brian's spine and gets him addicted to his psychodelic brain "juice." Brian then carries him around the city as Aylmer gets homicidal. The trippy worm dines on the brain-pan-contents of unlucky skid-row deadbeats. Like Basket Case, this flick is shot in many seedy NY locations, there is dark noir-ish lighting, and an appropriate mood-enhancing musical score. RECOMMENDED.

til next time,
mr. henry

[Luke Bannon]

I saw Meet the Feebles. But since I read a lot of reviews beforehand I wasn't that surprised by some of the things I saw (Note: Only some.)

[Squishy]

"Anyone easily offended has no business watching this flick..."

Heh heh--true, but I'd take that warning a step further--even many who consider themselves HARD to offend pale and skitter off in the middle of watching "Feebles." I myself have the image of that fly and his spoon burned into my brain forever...not to mention the "Bunny Pox" spew-shot...gahhhhhhh!

God I love that movie

[mr. henry]

>fly and his spoon...

that's definitely the most disgusting moment for me too...

-mr. henry

[Andrew]

This film just came up in conversation the other day.  We were talking about weird movies and pow - somebody mentions Aylmer.  I think that half the movie's charm is that you end up liking the little monster, while the human protagonist is obviously a weak-minded moron.

 Brian: "You sucked out her brains?"
Aylmer: "Yeah, right through her mouth."
Brian: "Is she dead?"
Aylmer: "Of course she's dead. What, are you kidding?"