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It’s hard to believe in this day and age, but you can actually make
a decent film with no budget to speak of! A prime example of this
is this independent NYC-lensed flick from Frank "Basket
Case," "Frankenhooker" Henenlotter.
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Brian (Rick Hearst, who has been a regular on "Guiding Light" for
many years and is probably embarrassed by this film - though
he shouldn’t be) is your regular city kid living with his
brother somewhere in the greater metropolitan area. He wakes up one
day with a hole in the back of his neck that drips a blue ooze.
The ooze comes from a parasitic worm-thing (with a voice like
TV’s Frasier) that has decided to roost in young Brian’s head.
The worm-thing, a charming ancient being named Aylmer, keeps Brian
high on hallucinogenic parasite juice in exchange for company,
shelter . . . and the occasional warm human brain. Brian soon
becomes addicted to the euphoric qualities of the parasite juice
which in turn makes Aylmer more demanding. Brian, spurred by
drug addiction but also mortified by the death he inadvertently
causes, becomes Aylmer’s unwilling slave. All the while
Aylmer’s original owners - an old couple who have been on the
parasite juice for years - desperately search for the missing
creature as their mental health deteriorates from cold
turkey withdrawal. The film climaxes in a bloody and insane
scramble for the all-consuming Aylmer and his
joy-juice.
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