The Borrower is a 1991 American science fiction horror film directed by John McNaughton and starring Rae Dawn Chong, Tom Towles and Antonio Fargas.

At the same time, Detectives Pierce (Chong) and Krieger (Gordon) try to figure out who is causing the killing spree, with only one clue: all the heads of the victims have been removed and are lost.

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.

"[2]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.

[3] After showing some reluctance over its release, Cannon leased out a print of The Borrower to Chicago's Music Box Theatre, whose booker Sandy Chaney had sought the film for two years, and where Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer had run for 18 months.