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Basket Case (Blu-ray) (1981)
The tenant in room 7 is very small, very twisted and very mad.Director: Frank Henenlotter
OVERALL: Draw-
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Commentaries:Audio Commentary with Frank Henenlotter, Edgar Ievins, Beverly Bonner and Scooter McRae
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Extras:"Introduction by director Frank Henenlotter" featurette (2:26)
Outtakes (6:14)
"In Search of the Hotel Broslin" featurette (15:30)
Gallery of Exploitation Art and Behind the Scenes Photos (4:52)
Trailers (4:46 in total):
- Theatrical Trailer
- Basket Case 2 Trailer
- TV Spots
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Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English LPCM 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Extras are in SD.
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Commentaries:(1) Audio Commentary by Frank Henenlotter and Kevin Van Hentenryck
(2) Audio Commentary by Frank Henenlotter, Edgar Ievins, Beverly Bonner and Scooter McRae -
Extras:"Basket Case 3-1/2: An Interview with Duane Bradley" short film (8:30)
"Me and the Bradley Boys: Kevin Van Hentenryck on Basket Case” featurette (16:24)
"A Brief Interview with director Frank Henenlotter” featurette (3:50)
"Seeing Double: The Basket Case Twins" featurette (8:55)
"Blood, Basket and Beyond with Beverly Bonner” featurette (6:04)
"The Making of Basket Case: The Latvian Connection" featurette (27:33)
"Belial Goes to the Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs” featurette (6:55)
"BC at MoMA" (37:12)
"What's in the Basket?" documentary (78:41)
"In Search of the Hotel Broslin" featurette (16:08)
"The Frisson of Fission: Basket Case, Conjoined Twins and Freaks in Cinema" video essay (23:03)
Basket Case: Outtakes (6:13)
"The Slash of the Knife" 1976 short film (30:13)
- Audio Commentary by Frank Henenlotter
- Slash of the Knife Outtakes (5:30)
- Image Gallery (10 images)
"Belial's Dream" 2017 animated short (4:49)
- “Making Belial’s Dream” featurette (2:06)
Image Galleries:
- Promotional Stills (45 images)
- Behind the Scenes (106 images)
- Ephemera (21 images)
- Advertisements (43 images)
- Home Video Releases (9 images)
Promo Gallery:
- Trailers:
— Play All (4:54)
— #1 (1st Midnight Movie Trailer)(1:34)
— #2 (General Release Trailer)(1:28)
— #3 (2nd General Release Trailer)(1:50)
- TV Spot (:55)
- Radio Spots (image is two stills) (1:51)
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sara Deck
28-page liner notes booklet with new writing on the film by Michael Gingold -
Subtitles:English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English LPCM 1.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Includes a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sara Deck.
Initial copies come with a slipcase and a collector's booklet with new writing on the film by Michael Gingold.
Despite the packaging claiming this to be region free it’s actually locked to ‘A’.
Reissued in a standard edition without the booklet or slipcase. -
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Commentaries:Audio commentary by Frank Henenlotter Edgar Ievins, Beverly Bonner and Scooter McRae
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Extras:Introduction by Frank Henenlotter (2:26)
"In Search of the Hotel Broslin" featurette (15:30)
"Beverly Bonner's Laugh Track" featurette (7:20)
Picture gallery (12:31)
Outtakes (6:13)
"What's in the Basket?" documentary (78:35)
"A look behind the SFX scenes" featurette (6:34)
Radio spots (1:49)
Radio Interviews (8:55)
Special features of the German version (2:29)
Trailer & TV-Spots (2:55)
Spanish trailer (1:02)
Bonus trailers
- Alien 2 On Earth (3:20)
- Bloodnight (1:18)
- The Boogey Man (1:02)
- Puppet Master (1:38) -
Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
German Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:DISC ONE "Basket Case"
* The Film
Audio commentary with Frank Henenlotter, Edgar Ievins, Beverly Bonner and Scooter McRae
"Introduction by director Frank Henenlotter" featurette (2:26)
"What's in the Basket?'" documentary (78:35)
"Grisly Graham Humphries'" featurette (19:11)
"In Search of the Hotel Breslin" featurette (15:30)
Outtakes (6:14)
Behind the Scenes Photo Gallery (1:54)
Promotional Materials Photo Gallery (2:39)
Stills Photo Gallery (2:21)
Trailer 1 (1:00)
Trailer 2 (1:22)
Radio Spots (1:44)
DISC TWO "Basket Case 2"
DISC THREE "Basket Case 3" -
Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English LPCM 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Steelbook
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Notes:Extras are in HD.
Reissued in a standard edition keep case -
Easter eggs:Scroll down to the bottom of the extras menu, hit right to highlight a blood spot and press enter to see an interview with SFX maestro Gabe Bartalos (6:34)
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OVERALL: Draw
The Arrow US release has the most extras and a new MoMA restoration while the UK edition has fewer extras but a couple exclusives as well as the two sequels.
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CUTS:
- Blu-ray A America- Image Entertainment - No cuts - Unrated version (91:15)
- Blu-ray A Limited Edition America- Arrow Films - No cuts - Unrated version (91:14)
- Blu-ray ALL Germany- CMV Laservision - No cuts - Unrated version (90:57)
- Blu-ray ALL The Trilogy United Kingdom- Second Sight - No cuts - Unrated version (90:57)
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Comparison added by Anthony_DiPaola on 07/03/12
Comparison last updated by Eric_Cotenas on 27/02/18UPDATE LOG:
27/02/18: Added Arrow release.
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07/03/12: Initial Entry.
15/01/13: Added UK release.
04/01/17: Added Germany, Updated US, UK, capsaholic.
15/08/17: Added Amazon links.
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