BASKET CASE / VERY Rare / VHS 1983 / Horror
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Duane Bradley (Kevin Van Hentenryck) has a secret in his wicker basket, which he carries with him constantly. Inside is his mutant Siamese twin Belial, who was cut from his side as a child and left for dead. Now the two, who share a telepathic link, have travelled to New York City to wreak bloody revenge on the thoughtless surgeons who separated them. Belial is not about to let anything get in his was, least of all the budding romance between his brother Duane and a beautiful young rec...eptionist.
Basket Case is a gloriously depraved little number that puts the majority of exploitation schlock to shame. Cult Director Frank Henenlotter’s other notable works are just as smutty and bizarrely realized, and each film exhibits a surprising level of depth, despite the kind of paper-thin characterization and second-rate acting one would expect from such a grungy outing. Subsequent efforts Brain Damage and Frankenhooker took a rusted scalpel to twitchy issues such as drug abuse and prostitution, and with Basket Case that kind of slapdash social surgery takes on a far more literal form.The movie is shot on the kind of budget that oozes grime. Set in a New York underbelly reminiscent of Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, to which, at least aesthetically, it seems to pay an obscure homage, the majority of events take place in the type of remorseless, skid row building where all of society’s scum seem to flock, a community of shared misfortune and last ditch empathy, and the perfect location for a faceless murderer to set up shop.
....... Enjoy.
Product IdentifiersUPC0086112014234eBay Product ID (ePID)3053327Product Key FeaturesSignal StandardNTSCGenreHorror/Suspense, HorrorLeading RoleTerri Susan Smith, Kevin Van HentenryckDirectorFrank HenenlotterRatingNR, Not RatedAdditional Product FeaturesFormatVhsFilm CountryUSARunning Time 89 mins (NTSC)
Basket Case is a gloriously depraved little number that puts the majority of exploitation schlock to shame. Cult Director Frank Henenlotter’s other notable works are just as smutty and bizarrely realized, and each film exhibits a surprising level of depth, despite the kind of paper-thin characterization and second-rate acting one would expect from such a grungy outing. Subsequent efforts Brain Damage and Frankenhooker took a rusted scalpel to twitchy issues such as drug abuse and prostitution, and with Basket Case that kind of slapdash social surgery takes on a far more literal form.The movie is shot on the kind of budget that oozes grime. Set in a New York underbelly reminiscent of Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, to which, at least aesthetically, it seems to pay an obscure homage, the majority of events take place in the type of remorseless, skid row building where all of society’s scum seem to flock, a community of shared misfortune and last ditch empathy, and the perfect location for a faceless murderer to set up shop.
....... Enjoy.
Product IdentifiersUPC0086112014234eBay Product ID (ePID)3053327Product Key FeaturesSignal StandardNTSCGenreHorror/Suspense, HorrorLeading RoleTerri Susan Smith, Kevin Van HentenryckDirectorFrank HenenlotterRatingNR, Not RatedAdditional Product FeaturesFormatVhsFilm CountryUSARunning Time 89 mins (NTSC)
