What's in the basket? A question Duane Bradley is asked a lot when he arrives in New York and checks into the sleazy Hotel Broslin. Whi would guess it contains his grotesquely deformed brother Belial?! Seperated at birth, the Siamese twins have come looking for revenge on the doctors that left Belial for dead and now the basket-dweller's ready to wreak blood-soaked carnage. Where the original classic ends the sequels pick up and things start to get really wraped when the brothers meet their long lost aunt 'Granny Ruth' and her whole houseful of freaks. Special Features: A look at the making og the trilogy with Director Frank Henenlotter; Actors Kevin van Hentenryck, Beverly Bonner, Annie Ross; Producers Edgar Levans and James Glickenhaus; Make-up effects artists John Caglione Jr, Kevin Haney, Gabe Bartalos and Writer Uncle Bob Martin Interview with Graham Humphreys Video Introduction by Frank Henenlotter Audio Commentary by Frank Hennenlotter, Edgar Levins and Beverly Bonner Outtakes / Behind the Scenes 2001 Video Short: The Hotel Broslin Trailers / Rapid Spots Photo Gallery: Behind the Scenes, Promotional Material and Stills
What's in the basket? A question Duane Bradley is asked a lot when he arrives in New York and checks into the sleazy Hotel Broslin. Whi would guess it contains his grotesquely deformed brother Belial?! Seperated at birth, the Siamese twins have come looking for revenge on the doctors that left Belial for dead and now the basket-dweller's ready to wreak blood-soaked carnage. Where the original classic ends the sequels pick up and things start to get really wraped when the brothers meet their long lost aunt 'Granny Ruth' and her whole houseful of freaks. Special Features: A look at the making og the trilogy with Director Frank Henenlotter; Actors Kevin van Hentenryck, Beverly Bonner, Annie Ross; Producers Edgar Levans and James Glickenhaus; Make-up effects artists John Caglione Jr, Kevin Haney, Gabe Bartalos and Writer Uncle Bob Martin Interview with Graham Humphreys Video Introduction by Frank Henenlotter Audio Commentary by Frank Hennenlotter, Edgar Levins and Beverly Bonner Outtakes / Behind the Scenes 2001 Video Short: The Hotel Broslin Trailers / Rapid Spots Photo Gallery: Behind the Scenes, Promotional Material and Stills
The tenant in room 7 is very small very twisted and very mad. Siamese twins separated at an early age avenge their separation by killing the doctors responsible. One brother appears normal the other is very small very twisted very mad and he lives in a basket...until night comes!
Duane Bradley’s brother is very small very twisted very mad and he lives in a basket… until night comes! After a difficult birth which their mother didn’t survive Duane 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…
 The feature debut of director Frank Henenlotter (Brain Damage, Frankenhooker), 1982s 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. LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY CONTENTS ¢ 4K restoration from the original 16mm negative by the Museum of Modern Art in cooperation with director Frank Henenlotter ¢ High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation ¢ Original uncompressed PCM mono audio ¢ Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing ¢ 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 ¢ Whats 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 ¢ Belials Dream (2017, 5 mins) animated short by filmmaker Robert Morgan ¢ Extensive image galleries ¢ Trailers, TV & radio spots ¢ Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sara Deck ¢ Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sara Deck ¢ Collectors booklet featuring writing on the film by Michael Gingold and a Basket Case comic strip by artist Martin Trafford
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