From my favorite movies..

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Been a while since I saw this one, but man, Belial's fits of rage and...well, simply dismay and throwing of tantrums, will forever be scared into my memory. Kinda a neat idea for a movie, guy's conjoined twin who, by medical standards really should not even be able to survive in his state, is alive and well, able to speak telepathically to his seemingly normal, yet mentally unstable brother? The movie has some pretty comedic parts, and it moves at a decent pace, not dragging on like many other movies of its time. It's something the squeamish shouldn't watch though, definitely, it sure can be gross at times too.

It's Saturday night (May 28, 2016), and today is Mr. Kevin Vanhentenryck's Birthday. To honor him, I celebrated by having some good food and watching his movie that he is known for. This is the first film of his, and the first chapter in the Basket Case series. I never knew about this horror film series until 2013. At that time, I wasn't really looking into recommendations on the net, and I wasn't even active on social media. My Dad was the man who would recommend movies to me. He was a massive horror fan, and would always go to cinemas and check movies out of video stores back in the '80s. Then one day back in 2013, he told me, "Son, you don't know sh*t about horror until you have seen what I've seen." I asked him, "Dad, what awesome horror films have I missed out on from the 70s and 80s?" He gave me a huge and I mean massive list, which just goes on and on. I had to write all of them in a book. The first one he told me to look for was Basket Case. I said, "Dad, what's that?" He told me, "Just get it, and you'll see. It's one of the best films I have ever seen, son." So, I found it online, and got it, along with its sequels. When I saw this for the first time, I was like, "Wow, Dad, no joke, this movie is just filled with horrifying, bizarre, blood gushing, sleazy screaming fun until the end." It's one hell of an entertaining film. Kevin was so damn incredible on screen, he was excellent. With Terri Susan Smith, Beverly Bonner, and others. They were all perfect. Frank Henenlotter did an awesome job. I watched it over again with my Dad. This movie is special to me because this was his last horror film, and I hadn't seen it since my dad passed until today. It brought back great memories. And every horror fan should own this movie, including its sequels, on home video. It's a masterpiece, truly a gem!!!

"What's in the basket?" — a question asked time and time again in this 80's horror flick. What's actually in the basket is our protagonist's deformed Siamese twin brother. The two have lived in upstate New York countryside and they're now in Manhattan to chase down the doctors that separated them against their will.The premise of BASKET CASE is surprisingly original and actually quite moving. The protagonist's acting is mostly convincing, which manages to convey a genuine sense of tragic despair. Most of the characters and their actions make sense and you can be genuinely moved by this movie, if you let yourself be moved.That said, you have to suspend a lot of disbelief to appreciate BASKET CASE. In particular, the deformed brother has no legs and basically no torso, so it's not quite sure why he's so good in killing people. I constantly found myself asking: Why don't they just run away? Shouldn't they be faster? And if he's so light (given that he's carried around in a basket case throughout the entire movie), shouldn't they just be able to throw him away?The implausibility of the "action" scenes and the hilarious overacting by some of the victims makes the death scenes inadvertently comic. Add to this the fact that the deformed brother's make-up effects, although compellingly unique, also look quite rubbery.My verdict is that this is a truly interesting premise with strong motifs of social rejection that is bogged down by its execution, both in terms of special effects and in terms of acting. Nonetheless, worth a watch for its uniqueness and for its semi-cult status.

I did not expect much going into this film but I'm going to sit through the trilogy and it's off to a good start. The plot is rather basic but bizarre the director made it as a joke and was hoping it would be quick at the box office but ended doing extremely well to his dismay. The film has some great creepy stop-motion animation of Belial and I just adore stop motion as so much effort goes into creating it. The acting is abysmal but I didn't care about the acting because I was having a good time and isn't that what really matters? My one gripe is the amount of screaming whilst not quite topping the ear ringing level of TCM. I managed to wake my flatmate up. The film looks low-budget but it has that grindhouse twinge to it that works. It has a noir feel to some parts of the film I especially loved the choice of the hotel. so I would overall recommend this film especially to those who enjoyed films such as ghoulies, gremlins, troll and critters.