The Borrower

The Borrower (1991)

Aliens punish one of their own by sending him to earth. The alien is very violent, and when the body he occupies is damaged, he is forced to find another.

Date of release
1991-08-16
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (60)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Science Fiction, Comedy, Horror
Director
John McNaughton

Casting

Interesting facts

The 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.

Production

Between making Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer in 1986 and the release of The Borrower in 1990, director John McNaughton got sent numerous horror scripts, none of which he liked. In a 2017 interview he explained: "When I got the script for The Borrower I was broke.

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 a street. Also, a TV commercial can be overheard warning about the disturbing nature of the aforementioned film on a scene in the hospital.

The Borrower was originally produced from 1987 to December 1988 by Atlantic Entertainment Group, which went out of business "two weeks before [the film's completion]". A year later, project financier Lou Horowitz offered the film to Cannon Films' international branch. Its domestic division acquired the U.S. rights early in 1991.

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