Basket Case (film)

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Basket Case

Directed by	Frank Henenlotter
Produced by	Edgar Levins
Written by	Frank Henenlotter
Starring	Kevin Van Hentenryck Terri Susan Smith Beverly Bonner
Music by	Gus Russo
Distributed by	Analysis Film Releasing Corporation
Release date(s)	August 31, 1983^{[citation needed]}
Running time	91 min.
Language	English
Budget	$35,000
Followed by	Basket Case 2
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Basket Case is a 1982 horror comedy directed and written by Frank Henenlotter. It has two sequels, Basket Case 2 (1990) and Basket Case 3: The Progeny (1992) by the same director. It is notable for its low budget and over-the-top violence. The film gained an audience in the 1980s due to the advent of home video.

1 Plot
2 Credits
3 Releases
4 References in popular culture
5 External links

[edit] Plot

Belial killing Dr. Judith Kutter

Naïve Dwayne Bradley (Hennenlotter regular Kevin Van Hentenryck) arrives in New York City carrying a basket containing his monstrously failed abortion of a brother, Belial, who is so inhumanely malformed that the few people who know of his existence doubt he can even be considered a human. After their mother died giving birth to them, the conjoined twins' father loathed the sight of them and referred to them simply as "the child and the monster". Embittered by the death of his beloved wife, he turns to three doctors who are his last hope of separating the twins so that Dwayne can have a normal life and Belial will hopefully die. Surviving the operation, the twosome track down and murder the three doctors responsible for separating them.

[edit] Credits

Most of the credits that appear on the end of the film are fake. The crew was very small and rather than repeat the same names over and over again they decided to just make up names.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Releases

The film is available on DVD, published by Something Weird Video.

[edit] References in popular culture

The first segment of the "Treehouse of Horror VII" episode of The Simpsons, "The Thing and I", has a similar plot. The episode commentary on The Simpsons season eight DVD acknowledges the similarity, but denies that the concept was taken from this film.