John Zacherle
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John Zacherle was an American television host, radio personality, singer, and voice actor. He had a long career as a television horror host, broadcasting horror films in Philadelphia and New York City
Zacherle in 1968
Zacherle in the 1960s
Brain Damage (film)
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Brain Damage is a 1988 American comedy horror film written and directed by Frank Henenlotter. It stars Rick Hearst in his debut acting role as Brian, a young man who becomes acquainted with a talking
John Zacherle
…He voiced the puppet "Aylmer", a slug-like drug-dealing and brain-eating parasite, one of the lead characters in Henenlotter's 1988 horror-comedy film Brain Damage, and made a cameo in his 1990 comedy Frankenhooker, appropriately playing a TV weatherman who specializes in forecasts for mad scientists. In late 1992…
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The design of Aylmer has been described as phallic by both members of the film's production and outside commentators.
Television horror host John Zacherle provided the voice of Aylmer, and went uncredited due to Screen Actors Guild (SAG) rules.
The exteriors of the Sunshine Hotel (pictured here in 2010) were used as a filming location.