I can still remember being disturbed by brain damage in my early teens, it's simultaneous spinal-column / parts of the brain co-functioning creeping-out effect of its co-star the parasite, being approximately the same size/shape as the upper end of the spinal column, which when some perceive, and attempt to internally identify, have... end-of-one's-signals , kinds of mis-perceptions and sensory mis-labelling ... in other words , mis-conceptualize whether or not nerve signals 'end' , at the top, which they do not, or when then attempting to sense that 'end' , then mis-identify, the believed-in, 'end'.
The behaviors inamongst the screenplay / progression of the plot, in some ways don't really matter, in terms of the presentation and direct-shock value, that this movie had despite its obviously very limited budget , as is at times amusingly obvious such as the bottle of sauce squirting out the top of the toilet-cubicle, with yet another colored light, to make it look more blood red than tomato...etc For those who LIKE, those kinds of productions, then with no further ado, shock your sense of good taste, and perhaps parts of your brain you haven't't used in a while...
But for those who want more from their horror movies, no, the limited plot and motivations, are purposed, ones.
But in terms of deeply shocking people who are inamongst us horror movie watchers, who NEED to be stimulated deeply, to perhaps regain some sense of things that contribute to their choices... when never knowing just how much, parasites do, to us in terms of out behavior...
then yes - it retains value as a example of WHAT to do, in terms of visual back and forth between the main character and his parasite ; 1 in terms of perspective, 2 at times camera-work (although sometimes its a little too character-focused) 3 needed visual-demonstration sequences (unlike what there are not, in 'agency' films, where rapid dialogue, which in a book with heaps of it beforehand, makes a lot of sense, but in a movie, just seems like professionalists jabbering) 4 and of course relatively well chosen / matched casting and props, for a minimalism of SCOPE, of the main character - is not MEANT, to be someone with a lot of capacity for travel, or communication, or a sense of trust ... the stage-like limited number of scenes were it ever a play, is recognizable in terms of what was and was NOT written into the script.
4-2 in that sense, it actually does reasonably well, with very little, and the perhaps too-much human characters of-differences interacting with the main character+parasite, are then well focused upon, in terms of drawing one's attention to the real reasons for the behavior - unmistakably, the parasite.
4-3 if this is NOT, done, if focus is not maintained, in terms of a PERSONIFIED , character ... often parasite HAVE, no sense of person/thought...
then movies which although having much better special effects and expensive productions, actually FAIL, where Brain damage succeeds, at MAINTAINING , focus, on the one-theme dynamic between the two.
That makes it limited of course, but hey... *shrugs* ... what do you expect from a movie like this? go watch some masterpiece if that's what you're after! For what you pay for, Brain Damage delivers, though crudely and almost, Eraserhead-ingly, no-room-to-breathe-ingly, crammed kind of way.
That adds to the sensory impact though, so its a shame it had such a low budget - with not necessarily much more, it could've been a lot more memorable, in terms of recognizable style.
That, it does NOT have - the ordinary looking scope of transitions, the whole film is in, and the over-use of color, is both compatible with common color use (such as on concrete walls in cities) , AND, the blood/CSF blue , overused - the combination is a bit like gross color/contrast/dimming usage from old horror movies from times gone by, although to the less aware of film techniques, this might not be obvious - UNlike, a more more modern cheap movie like the Blair witch project, this actually HAS , effort, in its production.
The behaviors inamongst the screenplay / progression of the plot, in some ways don't really matter, in terms of the presentation and direct-shock value, that this movie had despite its obviously very limited budget , as is at times amusingly obvious such as the bottle of sauce squirting out the top of the toilet-cubicle, with yet another colored light, to make it look more blood red than tomato...etc For those who LIKE, those kinds of productions, then with no further ado, shock your sense of good taste, and perhaps parts of your brain you haven't't used in a while...
But for those who want more from their horror movies, no, the limited plot and motivations, are purposed, ones.
But in terms of deeply shocking people who are inamongst us horror movie watchers, who NEED to be stimulated deeply, to perhaps regain some sense of things that contribute to their choices... when never knowing just how much, parasites do, to us in terms of out behavior...
then yes - it retains value as a example of WHAT to do, in terms of visual back and forth between the main character and his parasite ; 1 in terms of perspective, 2 at times camera-work (although sometimes its a little too character-focused) 3 needed visual-demonstration sequences (unlike what there are not, in 'agency' films, where rapid dialogue, which in a book with heaps of it beforehand, makes a lot of sense, but in a movie, just seems like professionalists jabbering) 4 and of course relatively well chosen / matched casting and props, for a minimalism of SCOPE, of the main character - is not MEANT, to be someone with a lot of capacity for travel, or communication, or a sense of trust ... the stage-like limited number of scenes were it ever a play, is recognizable in terms of what was and was NOT written into the script.
4-2 in that sense, it actually does reasonably well, with very little, and the perhaps too-much human characters of-differences interacting with the main character+parasite, are then well focused upon, in terms of drawing one's attention to the real reasons for the behavior - unmistakably, the parasite.
4-3 if this is NOT, done, if focus is not maintained, in terms of a PERSONIFIED , character ... often parasite HAVE, no sense of person/thought...
then movies which although having much better special effects and expensive productions, actually FAIL, where Brain damage succeeds, at MAINTAINING , focus, on the one-theme dynamic between the two.
That makes it limited of course, but hey... *shrugs* ... what do you expect from a movie like this? go watch some masterpiece if that's what you're after! For what you pay for, Brain Damage delivers, though crudely and almost, Eraserhead-ingly, no-room-to-breathe-ingly, crammed kind of way.
That adds to the sensory impact though, so its a shame it had such a low budget - with not necessarily much more, it could've been a lot more memorable, in terms of recognizable style.
That, it does NOT have - the ordinary looking scope of transitions, the whole film is in, and the over-use of color, is both compatible with common color use (such as on concrete walls in cities) , AND, the blood/CSF blue , overused - the combination is a bit like gross color/contrast/dimming usage from old horror movies from times gone by, although to the less aware of film techniques, this might not be obvious - UNlike, a more more modern cheap movie like the Blair witch project, this actually HAS , effort, in its production.