Basket Case
- Year: 1982
- Country of origin: USA
- Genre: Comedy, Horror
- Director: Frank Henenlotter
- Length: 91 min
The tenant in room 7 is very small, very twisted, and very mad.
Basket Case Blu-ray & DVD editions
See which disc extras are included across selected editions.
| Disc Extras | Arrow BD-A/US 2018 | Image BD-A/US/OOP 2011 | Second Sight BD-ALL/UK/OOP 2012 | Image DVD-0/US/OOP 2001 | Image DVD-0/US/OOP 1998 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audio Commentary by Director/Writer Frank Henenlotter, Producer Edgar Ievins and Actress Beverly Bonner | |||||
| Audio Commentary by Director/Writer Frank Henenlotter and Actor Kevin VanHentenryck | |||||
| Introduction by Director/Writer Frank Henenlotter | |||||
| What’s in the Basket? | |||||
| “Basket Case” at MoMA | |||||
| The Frisson of Fission: “Basket Case”, Conjoined Twins and ‘Freaks’ in Cinema - Video Essay by Travis Crawford | |||||
| Grisly Graham Humphries | |||||
| In Search of the Hotel Broslin | |||||
| Belial Goes to the Drive-In - Interview with Joe Bob Briggs | |||||
| Blood, Basket and Beyond - Interview with actress Beverly Bonner | |||||
| The Latvian Connection - Interviews with Producer Edgar Ievins, Actor Ilze Balodis, Special Makeup Effects Artist Ugis Nigals and Kika Nigals | |||||
| Me and the Bradley Boys - Interview with Actor Kevin VanHentenryck | |||||
| Seeing Double: The Basket Case Twins - Interviews with Actresses Florence and Maryellen Schultz | |||||
| Interview with Director/Writer Frank Henenlotter | |||||
| Interviews with Actress Terri Susan Smith | |||||
| Outtakes | |||||
| Behind-the-Scenes Footage | |||||
| Clips from “Beverly Bonner’s Laugh Track” TV Show | |||||
| Gallery of Exploitation Art | |||||
| Gallery of Exploitation Art and Photos | |||||
| Stills Gallery [Arrow] | |||||
| Stills Gallery [Image DVD] - Photos | |||||
| Stills Gallery [Second Sight] - Behind-the-Scenes, Photos, Promotional | |||||
| Theatrical Trailer 1 | |||||
| Theatrical Trailer 2 | |||||
| Theatrical Trailer 3 | |||||
| TV Spot | |||||
| Radio Spots | |||||
| “Basket Case 3 1/2: An Interview with Duane Bradley” - By Frank Henenlotter | |||||
| “Belial’s Dream” - By Robert Morgan | |||||
| “Belial’s Dream” Making Of | |||||
| “Slash of the Knife” - With Optional Commentary by Director Frank Henenlotter and Mike Bencivenga | |||||
| “Slash of the Knife” Outtakes | |||||
| “Slash of the Knife” Stills Gallery | |||||
| Easter Egg: Interview with Special Effects Artist Gabriel Bartalos | |||||
| Easter Egg: Theatrical Trailer for Brain Damage (1988) |
Edition and Packaging Notes
- Arrow’s “Limited Edition” Blu-ray includes a 28-page booklet with writing by Michael Gingold (“Case History”). Reissued without booklet (2022/01/11).
- Second Sight’s Blu-ray is included in the “Basket Case - The Trilogy” box set with Basket Case 2 (1990) and Basket Case 3 (1991). Reissued in standard case (2016/03/14).
- Image’s 2001 “Something Weird Video - 20th Anniversary Special Edition” DVD is also available in “The Freak Show Box Set” with She Freak (1967), Blood Freak (1972) and Frankenstein’s Castle of Freaks (1974).
- Image’s 1998 DVD contains no extras.
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