# Elmer, le remue-méninges (1988)

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**Original title**: *Brain Damage*
**Runtime**: 86 min
**Genres**: Horror, Comedy, Science Fiction
**Directed by**: Frank Henenlotter
**Written by**: Frank Henenlotter
**Starring**: Rick Hearst, Jennifer Lowry, Gordon MacDonald, Theo Barnes, John Zacherle, Lucille Saint-Peter

> *It's a Headache from Hell.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Basement apartment, autumn, a dripping faucet.  
A pale man shares his bed with a talking worm in a suitcase, feeding it raw meat and strangers.  
Like Cronenberg with a junkie sense of humor and a thrift-store budget.

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