The 1988 cult classic horror works as an allegory on multiple levels.
The Big Picture Frank Henenlotter's 1988 cult classic Brain Damage is a wonderfully transgressive allegory with a wicked sense of humor that irreverently tackles both addiction and being in the closet. '80s horror was chockfull of films that explored taboo topics and the moral scruples of the time, from mainstream sequels like A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 and the Friday the 13th to those on the margins of the genre such as Re-Animator and Videodrome.
Henenlotter has openly talked about how Brain Damage was inspired by his own struggle with cocaine addiction. When Aylmer says that Brian's new life is one without "worry or pain or loneliness," one gets the sense that this isn't pure fiction in nature. Henenlotter personified his addiction, channeling his own sinister urges into Aylmer, who taunts and tortures Brian throughout the entire film.
There is one extremely disturbing yet hilarious scene in which one of Aylmer's victims is de-brained by unzipping Brian's pants, only to experience Aylmer popping out of his pants and into her mouth. She gags as Brian holds her head in place for Aylmer to suck her brains out. The scene only goes to show that the sheer design of Aylmer was not an accident, and that when we see him, we are supposed to at least partially think of a penis.
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