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Post by stefancrosscoe on Apr 18, 2021 8:59:20 GMT
 Basket Case (1982) A young man and his deformed conjoined twin seek revenge on the doctors who did them wrong. It's been a very long time since I've seen this cult horror classic, and it didn't disappoint. Kinda weird, kinda bizarre, kinda sad, kinda touching, often gruesome, and always entertaining. Nicely captures the early 80s seediness of Times Square. Amazingly, this was shot on a budget of just $35,000!That is a damn great way, of describing this absolute piece of some early 80s cult b-movie classic. Have not seen it, for a long while either, but planning on re-purchasing it, on Blu-ray (I have forgotten which, but seen it at least a few times over, along with the trashy and in my opinion, very poorly made sequels). As I still have the 20th anniversary DVD, but I the urge to upgrade this, Brain Damage and Frankenhooker, as I love all three films, but Basket Case surely has that "magic" touch, where as you put it so well, it contains lots of weird characters, situations and scenes, as well as managing to include some ridiculous moments, but still has that sad or tragic feel to it, and yeah, 35,000 dollars, and I think Frank said something about that it took somewhere between 5 or 7 years, to finish. Love the many hilarious and very informative stories of the seedy life and atmosphere of 42nd Street, during the 70s and 80s, and that Hennelotter shows so much love and care towards all these trashy b-movies, and where he also were a big part of the Something Weird Video, which I remember put out, a whole bunch of interesting titles, years ago. During last year, I had a blast along with a few others, in a guess the movie thread, where the users would draw (using paint or other services) a scene or image, from a certain film, and yeah, it was a lot of fun, and I tried my best, with a tribute to Basket Case, which actually I thought (compared to a few absolute nightmares I had done earlier on, while not exactly being "sober") were not all that bad:  Anyway, Basket Case is a perfect 10/10, on the entertainment, sleaze and cheese rating scale, and I would not have it any other way.
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