Basket Case (20th Anniversary Special Edition)
by Frank Henenlotter
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Actor: Beverly Bonner, Diana Browne, Kevin Van Hentenryck, Robert Vogel, Terri Susan SmithDirector: Frank Henenlotter
Brand: VANHENTENRYCK/SMITH
Writer: Frank Henenlotter
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Special Edition
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 91 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-07-17
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Image Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Basket Case (20th Anniversary Special Edition)
Movie Review: There Is MUCH More To This Great Than Meets The Eye
Summary: 5 Stars
The ultimate paradox in movies, "Basket Case" is a grainy-pictured, clumsily shot film with almost no production values to speak of, that manages to be one of the greatest movies of all time (but admittedly not one that anybody not seriously fond of horror movies is likely to find rewarding). In fact, even though it reportedly only had a budget of $35,000, there is so much genius in here that the roughshod craftsmanship cannot, I believe, be the result of lack of skill but a deliberate taking of the 'rough' look that has given films like the first "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" their 'documentary' type of feel to the extreme, creating something on screen that does not even look like a movie, but like....something else. Not quite a documentary feel even, but kind of a dark vision where the technical flaws don't matter, any more than the wide gaps of logic in a particularly vivid nightmare matter.
Graced with the most instantly disturbing tagline of all time (best when read slowly): "Duane Bradley's brother is very small, very twisted, very mad, and he lives in a basket...until night comes!", that brother is Belial Bradley, the most horrific, one of the most violent and yet one of the most sympathetic monsters the world's storytelling has ever produced. A former Siamese twin to Duane, Belial's been victimized by nature but many more times over by humanity and the fates his life has taken since his violent birth, producing the most driven, most tragic, and most bizarre horror nemesis of all time. And yet he's compelling, empathisable, even...lovable?...like there's a charming Stitch/Gon-like beast buried alive deep under the pain and scars that have driven this creature to strike back at his adversaries in viciously gory fashion. Unfortunately, as is the risk with revenge, the chance is always present that once the oppressed starts retaliating against his enemies, he'll be consumed by his vengeance and destroy the innocent as well.
"Basket Case" is open to interpretation. Everyone I've ever talked to who has also seen the movie has, to varying degrees, perceived both Belial's actions and certain of his motives in different ways than I have. There's one scene in particular, which I can't be specific about because it's near the film's end, where I see it 180 degrees differently than everybody else. Depending on your personal take on the movie, Belial can even be seen as much less of a tragic creature and an avenger gone berserk, than as a paragon of raw evil. There are very small, seemingly random happenings in the movie that seem to me personally to have much greater significance than they might appear to on the surface. There are at least 3 equally plausible explanations to what is really happening in certain incidences. I wish I could be less vague, but to really explain what I suspect would take a pages-long play-by-play, and that would obviously give way too much away. One thing is for certain though - this is a one-of-a-kind horror experience. Not even the sequels (which in my opinion are just as outstanding but in quite different ways) come close to duplicating the vibe of this movie. Nothing ever could, not in a million years.
Summary of Basket Case (20th Anniversary Special Edition)
Duane Bradley travels to New York carrying his still-living Siamese twin brother, Belial, in a basket to take revenge on the doctors who botched their separation surgery and left Belial for dead.No Track Information Available
Media Type: DVD
Artist: VANHENTENRYCK/SMITH
Title: BASKET CASE
Street Release Date: 07/17/2007
Genre: HORROR
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