The tenant in room 7 is very small, very twisted, and very mad.

The feature debut of director Frank Henenlotter (Brain Damage, Frankenhooker), 1982's Basket Case is a riotous and blood-spattered 'midnight movie' experience, presented here in a remarkable 4K restoration.

Duane Bradley seems like a pretty ordinary guy. His formerly conjoined twin Belial, on the other hand, is a deformed creature who lives in a wicker basket. Arriving in the Big Apple and taking up a room at a seedy hotel, the pair set about hunting down and butchering the surgeons responsible for their separation.

Filmed on a shoestring budget against the backdrop of 1980s New York (where it played on the midnight movie circuit for over two-and-a-half years), Basket Case has clawed its way from its humble origins to become one of the most celebrated cult movies of all time.

Bonus Materials

• 4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
• 4K restoration from the original 16mm negative by the Museum of Modern Art in cooperation with director Frank Henenlotter
• 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 Van Hentenryck
• 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, a short film by Frank Henenlotter
• Me and the Bradley Boys, an interview with actor Kevin Van Hentenryck
• A Brief Interview with Director Frank Henenlotter, a strange 2017 interview with the director
• Seeing Double: The Basket Case Twins, an interview with actors Florence and Mary Ellen Schultz
• Blood, Basket and Beyond, an interview with actor Beverly Bonner
• The Latvian Connection, a 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, an interview with film critic Joe Bob Briggs
• Basket Case at MoMA, footage from the 2017 restoration premiere
• What’s in the Basket?, a feature-length documentary covering the three films in the Basket Case series
• In Search of the Hotel Broslin, an archival location featurette
• The Frisson of Fission: Basket Case, Conjoined Twins, and ‘Freaks’ in Cinema, a video essay by Travis Crawford
• Slash of the Knife (1976, 30 mins), a short film 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), an animated short film by filmmaker Robert Morgan
• Extensive image galleries
• Trailers, TV & radio spots
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sara Deck

 

Cast & Crew

Actors:

•       Beverly Bonner
•       Kevin Van Hentenryck
•       Terri Susan Smith

Director: Frank Henenlotter

Additional Details

Label: Arrow Video

Genre: Horror

Language: English

Run Time: 91 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 11/04/25

UPC: 760137194941