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Edition: Restored
Region Code: Blu-ray B
Certificate: 18
Label: Arrow Video
Actors: Terri Susan Smith, Richard Pierce, Lloyd Pace, Diana Browne, Ruth Neuman, Bill Freeman, Kevin VanHentenryck, Robert Vogel, Beverly Bonner, Joe Clarke
Director: Frank Henenlotter
Number of Discs: 1
Duration: 91 minutes
Audio Languages: English
Subtitle Languages: English
The feature debut of director Frank Henenlotter (Brain Damage, Frankenhooker), 1982's Basket Case is a riotous and blood-spattered "midnight movie" experience. 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. 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.
Special Features: Bonus Footage, Commentary: Frank Henenlotter and Kevin VanHentenryck; Frank Henelotter, Edgar Ievins (producer), Beverly Bonner and Scooter McRae (film-maker); 'Slash of the Knife': Frank Henenlotter and Mike Bencivenga (playwright), Documentaries: 'Basket Case 3-1/2'; 'The Latvian Connection'; 'What's in the Basket?'; In Search of the Hotel Broslin'; 'The Frisson of Fission: 'Basket Case', Conjoined Twins, and 'Freaks' in Cinema', Image Gallery, Interviews: Frank Henenlotter (writer/director); Kevin VanHentenryck (actor); Beverly Bonner (actor); Florence and Maryellen Schultz (actors); Joe Bob Briggs (critic), Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sara Deck; TV and radio spots; 'Basket Case' at MoMA: Footage from the 2017 restoration premiere; Short films: 'Slash of the Knife' (1976); 'Belial's Dream' (2017), Outtakes, Trailers
