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The Borrower is a american film of genre Science fiction directed by John McNaughton released in USA on 1 january 1989 with Rae Dawn Chong
The Borrower (1989)
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Add to a movie listThe Borrower is a 1991 American science fiction horror film directed by John McNaughton and starring Rae Dawn Chong, Tom Towles and Antonio Fargas. The story revolves around an alien serial killer, who is sent to Earth to live among humans as a form of penalty.
Tony Amendola has a small role as a doctor and Mädchen Amick briefly appears as a rock groupie. Pamela Norris cameos as a hooker. One of McNaughton's previous films (and one of the most well known and revered of his filmography), Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, is referenced in a poster that can be seen in one scene on the street and a commercial can be overheard warning about the disturbing nature of the film on a television during a scene in the hospital.
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The alien serial killer, who is sent to Earth to live among humans, which includes having his body genetically transformed to look like a human's. The transformation is incomplete and, after a while, the alien's body begins to revert to its original form. His head explodes, prompting him to "borrow" another from anyone who happens to be nearby. He gets it by squeezing the head off with a crab-like claw and skewering it onto his own neck.Actors
Rae Dawn Chong
(Diana Pierce)
Don Gordon
(Charles Krieger)
Tom Towles
(Bob Laney)
Tracy Arnold
(Nurse)
Tony Amendola
(Dr. Cheever)
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