SYNOPSIS:

Duane Bradley seems like a pretty ordinary guy. His formerly conjoined twin Belial, on the other hand, is a deformed creature who lives in a wicker basket. Arriving in the Big Apple and taking up a room at a seedy hotel, the pair set about hunting down and butchering the surgeons responsible for their separation. 

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The feature debut of director Frank Henenlotter (Brain Damage, Frankenhooker), 1982's Basket Case is a riotous and blood-spattered 'midnight movie' experience, now presented for the first time ever on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray.

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Filmed on a shoestring budget against the backdrop of 1980s New York (where it played on the midnight movie circuit for over two-and-a-half years), Basket Case has clawed its way from its humble origins to become one of the most celebrated cult movies of all time.

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THE RT SCORES:

BASKET CASE has the following scores: 

• Audience Score: 54% 

• Critical Score: 77%

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REASONS TO WATCH: 

"A thing of modest B-movie beauty." - Lessons of Darkness

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"One of the pioneers of exploitation horror, complete with nudity, gore, hilariously absurd dialogue, and silly creature effects." - Gone With The Twins

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"An exploitation masterpiece." - Aisle Seat

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THE BONUS FEATURES:​​

• Audio commentary with writer/director Frank Henenlotter and star Kevin VanHentenryck

• Archival audio commentary with Frank Henenlotter, producer Edgar Ievins, actor Beverly Bonner and filmmaker Scooter McRae

• Basket Case 3-1/2: An Interview with Duane Bradley – short film by Frank Henenlotter

• Me and the Bradley Boys – interview with actor Kevin VanHentenryck

• A Brief Interview with Director Frank Henenlotter – a strange 2017 interview with the director

• Seeing Double: The Basket Case Twins – interview with actors Florence and Maryellen Schultz

• Blood, Basket and Beyond – interview with actor Beverly Bonner

• The Latvian Connection – featurette including interviews with producer Edgar Ievins, casting person/actor Ilze Balodis, associate producer/special effects artist Ugis Nigals and Belial performer Kika Nigals

• Belial Goes to the Drive-In – interview with film critic Joe Bob Briggs

• Basket Case at MoMA – footage from the 2017 restoration premiere

• What’s in the Basket? – feature-length documentary covering the three films in the Basket Case series

• In Search of the Hotel Broslin – archival location featurette

• The Frisson of Fission: Basket Case, Conjoined Twins, and ‘Freaks’ in Cinema – video essay by Travis Crawford

• Slash of the Knife (1976, 30 mins) – short made by Frank Henenlotter featuring many of the same actors from Basket Case, including optional audio commentary with Frank Henenlotter and playwright Mike Bencivenga

• Basket Case and Slash of the Knife outtakes

• Belial’s Dream (2017, 5 mins) – animated short by filmmaker Robert Morgan

• Extensive image galleries

• Trailers, TV & radio spots