Brain Damage: A Trip Through Hell, by Robert Martin - SIGNED

Brain Damage: A Trip Through Hell, by Robert Martin from the screenplay by Frank Henenlotter. 1990 Broslin Press softcover. 105 pages, good condition. SIGNED by Robert Martin. Out of Print – Rare.

Brain Damage is a 1988 American comedy horror film written and directed by Frank Henenlotter. In the film a young man 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. The release of Brain Damage was accompanied by the publication of a novelization written by Martin, limited to 1,000 signed and numbered copies, published in hardcover under the Broslin Press imprint. A softcover version was released in 1990.

Robert Martin (1948 – 2020) was the original editor of "Fangoria", the magazine of horror and exploitation film. Martin steered the publication from 1979 to 1986 - the slasher-film boom years. Martin's so-called "acting" was a by-product of his career as a journalist, and included a prominent role as a wheelchair-bound geek in "Madhouse", the first video made by the band Anthrax (who were Fangoria readers), directed by Amos Poe. A collaborative relationship with writer-director Frank Henenlotter resulted in two produced screenplays, with Martin writing initial drafts from Henenlotter's detailed outlines. In 1994, Martin, under the name "Ed Flixman" became editor of "Sci-Fi Entertainment", the "Official Magazine" of the Sci-Fi Channel, and continued in that capacity through October of 1996.