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Basket Case [DVD] [1982]

DVD ~ Kevin Van Hentenryck
4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Kevin Van Hentenryck, Terri Susan Smith, Beverly Bonner, Robert Vogel, Diana Browne
  • Directors: Frank Henenlotter
  • Writers: Frank Henenlotter
  • Producers: Arnold H. Bruck, Edgar Ievins
  • Format: PAL, Widescreen, Import
  • Language English
  • Region: All Regions
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Tartan Video
  • DVD Release Date: 28 Oct 2002
  • Run Time: 85 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005MFI7
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 91,830 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Synopsis
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 way, least of all the budding romance between his brother Duane and a beautiful young receptionist.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars deranged cult stuff, 4 Mar 2004
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This is all about low budget cinema with lots of attitude.Cheap gore and New York 80s decadence in a twisted desperation and revenge story.Hennenlotter is certainly no visual master but its all moody and threatening,like Taxi Driver on mushrooms.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars "What's in the basket?", 23 Jan 2009
By Mr. Matthew J. Lee-williams (Salisbury, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Basket Case [VHS] [1982] (VHS Tape)
"It's my ... brother." (Basket Case, 1982)

A genuine classic line from a now long-dead breed of early nineteen-eighties cult horror films.

I first watched this film in 1983 when it was released on VHS in the United Kingdom. That summer my friend (who lives in a guest house outside of the small village where I grew up) and I went through a spate of watching horror films (we had just reached teenagehood) - films like Evil Dead, The Burning, Visiting Hours, Deadly Spawn, Halloween III: Season of the Witch and other such splatter films, many of which were subsequently banned for many years.

It is Basket Case that always sticks in my mind, though. Maybe because it was the first real horror film I watched. Maybe because the (little) gore in it at the time made my head swim. Maybe because I was twelve-going-on-thirteen and it was cool to watch a horror film at that age.

Anyway fifteen (or so) years later I ran across this film on DVD (released by Tartan) and just couldn't resist buying it. Nostalgia, I guess. So what's it all about? Pretty straightforward really:

~ Duane Bradley is born a Siamese twin, his brother being a deformed and dwarfed creature. In abhorration, his parents hire three doctors to have the twin removed and thrown into the garbage. Later that night, Duane creeps downstairs and rescues the still-livivng deformity (his brother) and keeps it in a basket, feeding it. Years later Duane embarks on a quest to hunt down and kill the surgeons responsible, releasing the evil twin from the basket to seek revenge ~

This really is a low-low budget film that managed to spawn two sequels - and a reprisal of the Duane Bradley (man with basket) character in the horror film 'Brain Damage' (Kevin Van Hentenryck played the role of Duane in all four movies). But I think you'll like it if you are new to the late-seventies and early-eighties splatterpunk movemenet - or you'll be just glad to perhaps revisit this film once more. I still love it!

Looking back it does resemble the Larry Cohen 'It's Alive' trilogy - somewhat - and yet still maintains its originality. I still love the scene where Duane feeds Basket Case hamburgers!!!!

For me, it's a small aspect of my early teenage years. Make of it what YOU will. But don't be too unforgivivng.

5/5 for nostalgia.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Henenlotter's BASKET CASE The Strange Intelligence Of Horror, 6 Sep 2002
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Frank Henenlotter's BASKET CASE is a truly disturbing masterpiece. It deals with a frustrated character Belial who is the deformed twin of Duane Bradley (Kevin Van Hwentenryck). The film itself is at times deeply emotional. As you feel sorry for Belial. The fact that he doesn't have much of a life. And also the fact that he wants to be loved, but can't. That does touch on some society issues. So as that as an example this movie has an intelligent plot.

Henenlotter's bizzare atmosphere and original scare tactics make this movie also. He is honest in these outragous scenes of sex and violence which fit the movies character. Although at times the gore is quite graphic and the effects are dated it still has this effect thar grips the viewer. Overall an excellent movie which has its own points to say on family and emotions.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Cult Classic
'Basket Case' (and its two sequels) are exactly what you would expect from a cool 1980's cult horror movie - back in the days of VHS, commodore 64 and vinyl. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mr. Matthew J. Williams

1.0 out of 5 stars Overrated
I read a lot of reviews before purchasing this film. It sounded right down my alley - gory, cheap and funny. Read more
Published on 20 April 2003 by Lain

4.0 out of 5 stars Whats In THe Basket
This is one crazy film about a man who moves to New York with his deformed, telepathic brother who lives in a basket. Read more
Published on 26 Jun 2002 by rhysbooth

5.0 out of 5 stars grimy, low budget, biting gore fest
Theres a really grimy feel to this film. Cast members wander around the sets sometimes like they do not know if they are meant to be there. Read more
Published on 10 Jan 2002

4.0 out of 5 stars Funny, sadistic, entertaining, best ever acting
The film begins with a chilling opening scene leaving you feeling scared and horrified.....During the film you feel a certain empathy with the main character duane who tops the... Read more
Published on 15 Sep 2000 by ninjajig@hotmail.com

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