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Following the huge success of The Return Of The Living Dead, Second Sight Films now bring the wonderfully warped Basket Case – The Trilogy to special edition Blu-ray and DVD.
One of the essential repeat rentals for any self-respecting horror fan in the early 1980s, Frank Henenlotter’s cult classic Basket Case and the gloriously psychotic sequels it spawned are collected together in one of the most twisted and enjoyable horror trilogies ever made.
What’s in the basket? A question Duane Bradley is asked alot when he arrives in New York and checks into the sleazy Hotel Broslin, a place filled with drunks, odd-bods and prostitutes. We soon discover the answer; inside is his grotesquely deformed brother Belial. Separated at birth in a brutal operation the Siamese twins have come looking for revenge on the doctors that left Belial for dead and now the basket-dweller is ready to wreak blood-soaked carnage. Where the original classic ends the sequels pick up and things start to get really deranged when the brothers meet their long lost aunt ‘Granny Ruth’ and her houseful of freaks.
This bumper release will hit the streets on 22 October 2012 as a limited edition three-disc steelbook and special edition DVD, complete with newly commissioned bonus material produced by bonus feature specialists Severin Films including:
- ‘WHAT’S IN THE BASKET?’ – A look at the making of the trilogy with director Frank Henenlotter; actors Kevin VanHentenryck, Beverly Bonner, Annie Ross; producers Edgar Ievans and James Glickenhaus; make-up effects artists John Caglione Jr, Kevin Haney, Gabe Bartalos; and writer Uncle Bob Martin
- ‘AN INTERVIEW WITH GRAHAM HUMPHREYS’ – a look at the career of the legendary film poster artist.
Additional bonus features for the original film include:
- BASKET CASE: VIDEO INTRODUCTION BY FRANK HENENLOTTER
- AUDIO COMMENTARY BY DIRECTOR FRANK HENENLOTTER, PRODUCER EDGAR IEVINS AND ACTRESS BEVERLY BONNER
- OUTTAKES/BEHIND-THE-SCENES
- 2001 VIDEO SHORT – THE HOTEL BROSLIN
- TRAILER/RADIO SPOTS
- PHOTO GALLERY: BEHIND-THE-SCENES, PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL, STILLS
‘Like Eraserhead updated for the slasher generation, a deranged psychodrama, full of gleefully gory set-pieces and quirky humour’ – Eyeforfilm.co.uk
‘An uproarious grue-streaked comedy…in the worst possible taste’ – Slant Magazine
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