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Basket Case(Movie, 1982)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 31min | Genres: Comedy, Horror
Basket CaseRating: 3.2/5 (with 163163 votes)
Basket Case is a 1982 American horror film written and directed by Frank Henenlotter in his feature directorial debut. Produced by Edgar Ievins, the film stars Kevin Van Hentenryck as Duane Bradley, a young man who seeks vengeance on the doctors and nurses who performed an unwanted surgery that separated him from his deformed conjoined twin brother Belial, whom Duane hides in a large wicker basket. Basket Case was shot on 16 mm in New York City, on a budget of around $35,000. The film was blown up to 35 mm for its original theatrical release in April 1982. Receiving mixed reviews upon release, it has since become considered a cult film, and has spawned two sequels, Basket Case 2 (1990) and Basket Case 3: The Progeny (1991), both of which were also directed by Henenlotter. In 2017, Basket Case was selected for preservation by the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), who oversaw a restoration of the film from its original 16 m... ()
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About Basket Case

A young man carrying a big basket that contains his deformed Siamese-twin brother seeks vengeance on the doctors who separated them against their will.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 16 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 06/24/1983 (World premiere: 04/02/1982)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Frères de sang"
"El Caso del Canasto"
"Basket Case - Der unheimliche Zwilling"
"Basket Case (¿Dónde te escondes, hermano?)"
"Veriveljet"
"To kalathi tou tromou"
"O Segredo do Cesto"
"Korgväskan"
"Существо в корзине"
"Sepetteki ölüm"
Budget: 35,000 USD

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