Basket Case - 4K Blu-Ray [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray]

In 2007, two talented Spanish filmmakers created a terrifying film that went on to spawn three sequels, an American remake and it's sequel. In the first film, [REC], a TV reporter and her crew are asked to cover a crew of firemen on duty. What seems like a routine story about a night at the fire station soon turns into a nightmare. Trapped inside a quarantined building, the crew must try to survive the terror that rages inside.

The feature debut of director Frank Henenlotter (Brain Damage, Frankenhooker), 1982's Basket Case is perhaps his most revered - a riotous and blood-spattered midnight movie experience, now immortalized in a lavish new 4K restoration by the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Duane Bradley is a pretty ordinary guy. His formerly conjoined twin Belial, on the other hand, is a deformed, fleshy lump whom he carries around in a wicker basket. Arriving in the Big Apple and taking up a room at the seedy Hotel Broslin, the pair set about hunting down and butchering the surgeons responsible for their separation. But tensions flare up when Duane starts spending time with a pretty blonde secretary, and Belial's homicidal tendencies reach bloody new extremes. Filmed on a shoestring budget against the backdrop of 1980s New York (where the movie would become a staple of the infamous 42nd Street grindhouse circuit), Basket Case has clawed it's way from it's humble origins to become one of the most celebrated cult movies of all time.

Psychiatrist Katherine McMichaels (Barbara Crampton) was tasked with evaluating young scientist Crawford Tillinghast (Jeffrey Combs), arrested for the grisly murder of his mentor Dr. Pretorius (Ted Sorel). She comes to believe that Pretorius had created a window into other dimensions... and that the invention can allow the unholy and hungry beasts without to cross over. Stuart Gordon reunited with his InchRe-AnimatorInch principals for another shocking take on H.P. Lovecraft's prose; Ken Foree co-stars. 86 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English; Subtitles Englih (SDH); audio commentary; featurettes; image gallery; theatrical trailer.