Video Review

The Borrower (1991)

MPAA Rating: R
Reviewed by Doug Brod | Oct 25, 1991
EW's GRADE
C-

Details Movie Rated: R; Genres: Comedy, Horror; With: Rae Dawn Chong and Don Gordon; Distributor: Cannon Films

Director John McNaughton followed up his Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer with The Borrower, a gory tale of an alien who tears off and wears the heads of his victims. More artfully executed than most of its ilk, the movie compels by sheer force of its ghastliness. C-

Originally posted Oct 25, 1991 Published in issue #89 Oct 25, 1991 Order article reprints