Rent Basket Case (1982)
3.3 of 5 from 89 ratings
1h 30min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Duane Bradley (Kevin VanHentenryck / Sean McCabe) 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.
- Actors:
- Kevin Van Hentenryck, Terri Susan Smith, Beverly Bonner, Robert Vogel, Diana Browne, Lloyd Pace, Bill Freeman, Joe Clarke, Ruth Neuman, Richard Pierce, Sean McCabe, Dorothy Strongin, Kerry Ruff, Ilze Balodis, Tom Robinson, Chris Babson, Maria T. Newland, Florence Shultz, Mary Ellen Shultz, Constantine Scopas
- Directors:
- Frank Henenlotter
- Producers:
- Edgar Ievins
- Writers:
- Frank Henenlotter
- Studio:
- Tartan
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror
- Collections:
- All the Twos: 1972-2012, A Brief History of Film...
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 29/04/2024
- Run Time:
- 91 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary with writer/director Frank Henenlotter and star Kevin Van Hentenryck
- Archival audio commentary with Frank Henenlotter, producer Edgar levins, 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 Van Hentenryck
- 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 Mary Ellen Schultz
- Blood, Basket and Beyond - Interview with actor Beverly Bonner
- The Latvian Connection-featurette including interviews with producer Edgar levins, casting person/actor IIze 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 and Radio Spots
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 29/04/2024
- Run Time:
- 91 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary with writer/director Frank Henenlotter and star Kevin Van Hentenryck
- Archival audio commentary with Frank Henenlotter, producer Edgar levins, 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 Van Hentenryck
- 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 Mary Ellen Schultz
- Blood, Basket and Beyond - interview with actor Beverly Bonner
- The Latvian Connection - featurette including interviews with producer Edgar levins, casting person/actor llze 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 and radio spots
