Sean McCabe,
Kevin Van Hentenryck,
Ilze Balodis,
Terri Susan Smith,
Beverly Bonner
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The poor social skills of a young yokel turn out to have a horrifying explanation in this low-budget splatterfest, which marks the debut of Frankenhooker director Frank Henenlotter. The film begins wi... read more
DVD Release Date: December 8, 1998
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January 17, 2012This trash cinema classic was an early staple of VHS splatterfests, and even though it's definitely a dated film, the entertainment value still holds up. Basket Case is not just a horror film, it's sort of an amalgam of different things. It has some nice gory moments, some strang... read more
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October 24, 2011Ultra low budget gore fest concerning socially awkward Duane Bradley who checks into a New York Hotel carrying a large mysterious basket. He has to take care of some unfinished business. The run-down seedy hotel is rather depressing and the mood is spare and desolate. There's a f... read more
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May 6, 2011Wow, this movie is disgusting, disturbing, creepy, cheesy, and I liked it. The special effects are cool, even if you can tell they used things like stop motion. The story is good, especially the ending, it's all very disturbing as I said, but based on similar true stories, I su... read more
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June 13, 2010Gruesome cinematic achievement by director Frank Henenlotter. Basket Case is a bizarre horror film that shocks with grisly images of horrific stop motion. A work of blazing originality, Basket Case is a fun homage to the old school monster flicks, and Henenlotter definitely knows... read more
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April 11, 2010Duane checks into a fleabag Times Square hotel carrying a basket under his arm; inside is something about 1/4 the size of a normal person that eats about 4 times the hamburgers a normal person would. Beneath the pic's grubby exterior is a well-told, tongue-in-cheek monster story... read more
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September 29, 2009Ridiculous Low-budget 1980's comedy/horror classic. So bad its excellent!
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April 16, 2009It delivers as well as an 80's B-movie can, with a good original idea and one particular stand-out death sequence. It's not a very serious film, and some of the best comedy lines come from the hotel proprietor, including my favourite: "This isn't a hotel, it's a nuthouse!"
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August 19, 2007One of the most disappointing films I watched in the 80s as a horror fan. It isn't much of a horror film at all and is much more like a comedy. The trouble is that I can't tell if the comedy is intentional or not. If it was supposed to be serious then it really failed abysmally.
Critic Reviews
September 28, 2011
Sean Axmaker, MSN.com
September 20, 2011
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Delicious offbeat tongue-in-cheek humor. Full Review
September 4, 2011
Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy
Its singularity makes it far more valuable than any number of movies made at an ostensibly higher level of quality. Full Review
July 23, 2008
Clint Morris, Moviehole
A classic slice of horror! "bloody" good fun!
March 2, 2008
Stefan Birgir Stefansson, sbs.is
pure 80s sleeeeeas
November 7, 2007
Anton Bitel, Eye for Film
like Eraserhead updated for the slasher generation, Basket Case is a deranged psychodrama, full of gleefully gory set-pieces, quirky humour, and some impossibly moving pathos. Full Review
April 9, 2007
Rob Gonsalves, eFilmCritic.com
If you're in the right mood, this monster mash is vile fun. Full Review
May 22, 2006
Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena
O culto a este filme prova que absolutamente qualquer porcaria pode, de uma maneira ou de outra, despertar o interesse de alguém.
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