Basket Case 4K Ultra HD

The feature debut of director Frank Henenlotter, 1982’s Basket Case is a riotous, blood-spattered midnight-movie experience, presented here in a 4K restoration by the Museum of Modern Art. Duane Bradley appears ordinary, but his formerly conjoined twin Belial is a deformed creature who lives in a wicker basket. The pair arrive in New York and take a room at a seedy hotel, then set about hunting down and killing the surgeons responsible for their separation.

Filmed on a shoestring budget against the backdrop of 1980s New York — where it played the midnight-movie circuit for years — Basket Case has grown from humble origins into a celebrated cult classic.

Edition Contents

• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sara Deck
• Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sara Deck
• Collector's booklet featuring writing on the film by Michael Gingold and a Basket Case comic strip by artist Martin Trafford

Format

• Run Time 91 mins approx
• Certificate 18
• Aspect Ratio 1.37:1
• Subtitle Languages
• English SDH
• Number of Discs 1
• Region Free
• Main Language English

Special Features

• 4K restoration from the original 16mm negative by MoMA
• 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
• Original uncompressed PCM mono audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Audio commentary with writer/director Frank Henenlotter and star Kevin VanHentenryck
• Archival audio commentary with Frank Henenlotter, producer Edgar Ievins, actor Beverly Bonner and filmmaker Scooter McRae
• Basket Case 3-1/2: An Interview with Duane Bradley - short film by Frank Henenlotter
• Me and the Bradley Boys - interview with actor Kevin VanHentenryck
• A Brief Interview with Director Frank Henenlotter - a strange 2017 interview with the director
• Seeing Double: The Basket Case Twins - interview with actors Florence and Maryellen Schultz
• Blood, Basket and Beyond - interview with actor Beverly Bonner
• The Latvian Connection - featurette including interviews with producer Edgar Ievins, casting person/actor Ilze Balodis, associate producer/special effects artist Ugis Nigals and Belial performer Kika Nigals
• Belial Goes to the Drive-In - interview with film critic Joe Bob Briggs
• Basket Case at MoMA - footage from the 2017 restoration premiere
• What's in the Basket? - feature-length documentary covering the three films in the Basket Case series
• In Search of the Hotel Broslin - archival location featurette
• The Frisson of Fission: Basket Case, Conjoined Twins, and 'Freaks' in Cinema - video essay by Travis Crawford
• Slash of the Knife (1976, 30 mins) - short made by Frank Henenlotter featuring many of the same actors from Basket Case, including optional audio commentary with Frank Henenlotter and playwright Mike Bencivenga
• Basket Case and Slash of the Knife outtakes
• Belial's Dream (2017, 5 mins) - animated short by filmmaker Robert Morgan
• Extensive image galleries
• Trailers, TV & radio spots