Episode 89: HALLOWEEN DOUBLE FEATURE: Naked Lunch (1991) and Brain Damage (1988)

Happy Halloween! This week the kids celebrate with a high brow/low brow double feature of David Cronenberg and Frank Henenlotter. CRONENLOTTER! They watch Naked Lunch (1991) and Brain Damage (1988). From wiki: “ Naked Lunch is a 1991 surrealist science fiction drama film written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring Peter Weller , Judy Davis , Ian Holm , and Roy Scheider . It is an adaptation of William S. Burroughs ' 1959 novel of the same name , and an international co-production of Canada , Britain , and Japan . Brain Damage is a 1988 American comedy horror film written and directed by Frank Henenlotter . [2] It stars Rick Hearst in his debut acting role as Brian, a young man who becomes acquainted with a talking parasite known as Aylmer (voiced by John Zacherle ) that injects him with an addictive fluid that causes euphoric hallucinations; in return, Aylmer demands that Brian allow him to feed on the brains of other humans. But also: panic attacks and health scares, getting high at the movies, pumpkin patches, Army of Darkness , Demons , Rob Zombie’s House of 1000 Corpses , Video Drome , Dead Ringers , Arrebato , Babylon , William S. Burroughs, beatniks, Kerouac, The French Connection , Kids in the Hall , and more! NEXT WEEK: A Dark Song (2016) Website: http://www.bloodhauspod.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/BloodhausPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bloodhauspod/ Email: bloodhauspod@gmail.com Drusilla's art: https://www.sisterhydedesign.com/ Drusilla's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hydesister/ Drusilla's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/drew_phillips/ Joshua's website: https://www.joshuaconkel.com/ Joshua's Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/joshuaconkel.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshua_conkel/ Joshua's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/joshuaconkel