After a difficult birth, which their mother didn't survive, Duane (Kevin VanHentenryck) was born with a monstrously deformed conjoined twin, Belial, attached to his side. Embittered by the death of his wife and unable to accept his hideous son, the boys' father orders the twins to be separated surgically. Surviving the operation, but deeply resentful of his enforced removal from his brother's side, Belial plans to get even with his father and the doctors responsible. Duane, normal-looking but sympathetic to his brother's plight, moves to New York carrying with him a large basket in which his grotesque twin hides. Together they seek the surgeons responsible for their violent separation and Belial wreaks his gruesomely bloody revenge…
Audio commentary with writer/director Frank Henenlotter and star Kevin Van Hentenryck
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 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 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 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 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 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 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
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