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Directed by: Frank Henenlotter
Starring: Kevin Van Hentenryck (Dwayne), Terri Susan Smith (Sharon)
Country: United States
Language: English (Optional Eng Subs)
Runtime: 01:31:11
Genres: Body Modification, Gruesome, Animation (Stop-motion scenes)
Plot – Spoilers:
A young man Dwayne on his first trip to NY checks into a seedy hotel. He carries with him a picnic basket and is very protective about it, even taking it along when he goes to a bar. Everyone who meet Dwayne wonder what’s inside his basket. But only a select group of doctors who are being murdered get to see what’s inside. During their final moments.
Basket Case is campy ’80s trash for those in love with campy ’80s trash.
I just watched all 3 “Basket Case” movies in a row. After seeing #2 & #3 it seems like #1 is great by accident. The 1st one works on all levels. Some negatives for other films turn out to be positives for this one. “Basket Case 1” benefits from a low budget production, not great actors and non state-of-the-arts special effects coming together perfectly with a crazy script. The first time you lay eyes on Belial is a memorable, once in a lifetime event. His charm is that the special effects are not great. Add in a seedy rooming house in NYC and you have the perfect elements for what became a classic. 4 stars. #2 & #3 are not nearly as good.
absolutely perfect acting
I think the twins from dead by daylight was inspired from this.
Laughed at this one, especially the thing in the basket which bears a striking resemblance to a raw chicken carcass LOL.
More laugh than scare, worth seeing good oldie
yeah pretty good… for a cheesy 80’s movie, this is one of the better ones. totally enjoyed it. THANKS AGAIN EFFEDUP, you helped me thru another night in quarantine, you and the Korbel…
I loooove Basket case! Basket case 2 is not so good but way fun too!
I can not believe I have never seen this campy gem before! I really enjoyed this laugh-fest like it was meant to be – with a fat, stinky bud and a cocktail – or three. This just replaced Manos, The Hands of Fate as my new favorite campy-camp camp movie. Thing is Manos was NOT meant to be funny, whereas Basket Case was destined to be a lol-a-minute type of film. But then again, Torgo and his theme song will always be one of the funniest non-funny creations in all moviedom.
Thank you, EUM for posting this one. You guys sooo rock this website!
The acting is sub par at best, but thats what gives it a certain charm imo. Nice effects for an 80s film, a simple story but it works well. I really love these old classics, bc I grew up with them. A nice revisit. thanx EUM for this, you are legends. P.S, There is a part two, hint, hint which is just as good.
Henenlotter has a lot of other excellent movies too 🙂 I love Frankenhooker and Brain Damage. thanks for the continuous uploads as always, really enjoyed watching this again.
this is a master at work
takes me right back to the video age
Hmmm 😉 not bad, for an oldie movie
Anything with body modification involved is usually good
Thank you EUM