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| Title: | Basket Case |
| Genres: | Horror |
| Directed by: | Frank Henenlotter |
| Written by: | Frank Henenlotter |
| Produced by: | Tom Kaye; Arnie Bruck; Edgar Ievins |
| Music by: | Gus Russo |
| Cinematography: | Bruce Torbet |
| Edited by: | Frank Henenlotter |
| Production | |
| Distributed by: | Basket Case Productions Analysis Film Corporation |
| Released: | April 2nd, 1982 |
| Rating: | Unrated |
| Running time: | 91 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
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| Next: | Basket Case 2 |
Basket Case is an American independent low-budget horror movie with elements of comedy. It was written and directed by Frank Henenlotter and produced by Basket Case Productions. It was distributed through Analysis Film Corporation and released on April 2nd, 1982. Kevin VanHentenryck plays Duane Bradley - a disturbed young man who comes to New York City and rents a hotel room. He doesn't have any baggage, but he does have a picnic basket, which contains his severed deformed conjoined brother Belial who, well... he likes to make a mess of things.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Kevin VanHentenryck | Duane Bradley |
| Terri Susan Smith | Sharon |
| Beverly Bonner | Casey |
| Robert Vogel | Hotel manager |
| Diana Browne | Doctor Judith Kutter |
| Lloyd Pace | Doctor Harold Needleman |
| Bill Freeman | Doctor Julius Lifflander |
| Joe Clarke | O'Donovan |
| Ruth Neuman | Duane's aunt |
| Richard Pierce | Duane's father |
| Sean McCabe | Young Duane |
| Dorothy Strongin | Josephine |
| Kerry Ruff | Detective |
| Ilze Balodis | Social worker |
| Tom Robinson | Thief in theater |
| Chris Babson | Kutter's date |
| Maria T. Newland | Patient |
| Florence Shultz | Nurse |
| Mary Ellen Shultz | Nurse |
| Constantine Scopas | Hotel tenant |
| Charles Stanley | Hotel tenant |
| Sydney Best | Hotel tenant |
| Johnny Ray Williams | Hotel tenant |
| Yousef Abuhamdeh | Hotel tenant |
| Lubi Kirsch | Hotel tenant |
| Catherine Russell | Hotel tenant |
| Mitchell Huval | Hotel tenant |
| Noel Hall | Drug dealer |
| Bruce Frankel | Second detective |
| Pat Ivers | Street girl |
| Emily Armstrong | Street girl |
| Russell Fritz | Casey's John |
Notes[]
- The tagline for this film is "What is the secret Dwayne is hiding in the basket? Open it... if you dare!"
- There are a total of thirty-two credited cast members in this film.
- Executive producer Arnold H. Bruck is credited as Arnie Bruck in this film.
- Actor Kevin Van Hentenryck's name is spelled as "Kevin VanHentenryck" in this film.
- This movie was shot on-location in Manhattan, New York City, New York.
- Scenes of the exterior of the Broslin Hotel were filmed at the Welfare Hotel in Times Square.
- On the movie review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, Basket Case has a 76% Fresh rating on the Tomatometer, based on twenty-five approved critic reviews. It has an audience score of 54% based on more than 10,000 user ratings.
- This movie has a rating of 77 showing generally favorable reviews on Metacritic based on five critic reviews. It has a user score of 6.3 based on seven ratings. [1]
- Basket Case has a fan rating score of 3.3 on Letterboxd.
- Footage from this film is edited into its first sequel, Basket Case 2.
- Stop-motion animation is used for scenes where Belial is skittering about the hotel room.
- This is Terri Susan Smith's first, and to date, only known work in film.
Fun Facts[]
- Director Frank Henenlotter makes an uncredited cameo appearance in the film as a movie theater patron. Henenlotter is also the hand puppet for Belial in scenes where he is strangling his victims or attacking their throat.
- This movie premiered on the same day as Cat People.
- The drug dealer that Duane encounters early on in the film apparently carries every single type of illegal narcotic you can think of. And if that ain't enough, he's also a pimp!
- Duane has to go up three floors to get to Room 7?!? Only in New York.
- Belial's name is only spoken once during the film.
- As there are only a small handful of people involved in the production of this film, many of whom take on multiple duties, the names listed in the closing credits are largely fake to avoid seeing the same names repeated over and over.
Recommendations[]
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References[]
- ↑ Metacritic; Basket Case (1982); Metascore/User Score.