Frank Henenlotter’s 1982 cult classic Basket Case is getting a 4K release in the US, the UK, and the Canada, because of Arrow Video
Arrow Video has given director Frank Henenlotter’s 1982 cult classic Basket Case (watch it HERE) a couple Blu-ray releases in current years, and now the firm has introduced that they’re bringing the movie to 4K UHD for the first time! This release is for the US, the UK, and Canada, and the road date is April twenty ninth. The pre-order hyperlink for the UK is HERE and the pre-order hyperlink for the US and Canada is HERE.
Basket Case has the following synopsis: Duane Bradley is a fairly atypical man. His previously conjoined twin Belial, on the different hand, is a deformed, fleshy lump whom he carries round in a wicker basket. Arriving in the Huge Apple and taking on a room at the seedy Resort Broslin, the pair set about searching down and butchering the surgeons liable for their separation. However tensions flare up when Duane begins spending time with a fairly blonde secretary, and Belial’s homicidal tendencies attain bloody new extremes.
The movie stars Kevin Van Hentenryck, Terri Susan Smith, Beverly Bonner, Robert Vogel, Diana Browne, Lloyd Tempo, Invoice Freeman, Joe Clarke, Ruth Neuman, Richard Pierce, and Sean McCabe.
The 4K release has a ton of options, and right here’s the line-up:
4K restoration from the unique 16mm destructive by MoMA4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Imaginative and prescient (HDR10 suitable)Authentic uncompressed PCM mono audioOptional English subtitles for the deaf and onerous of hearingAudio commentary with author/director Frank Henenlotter and star Kevin VanHentenryckArchival audio commentary with Frank Henenlotter, producer Edgar Ievins, actor Beverly Bonner and filmmaker Scooter McRaeBasket Case 3-1/2: An Interview with Duane Bradley – brief movie by Frank HenenlotterMe and the Bradley Boys – interview with actor Kevin VanHentenryckA Temporary Interview with Director Frank Henenlotter – a unusual 2017 interview with the directorSeeing Double: The Basket Case Twins – interview with actors Florence and Maryellen SchultzBlood, Basket and Past – interview with actor Beverly BonnerThe Latvian Connection – featurette together with interviews with producer Edgar Ievins, casting particular person/actor Ilze Balodis, affiliate producer/particular results artist Ugis Nigals and Belial performer Kika NigalsBelial Goes to the Drive-In – interview with movie critic Joe Bob BriggsBasket Case at MoMA – footage from the 2017 restoration premiereWhat’s in the Basket? – feature-length documentary overlaying the three movies in the Basket Case seriesIn Search of the Resort Broslin – archival location featuretteThe Frisson of Fission: Basket Case, Conjoined Twins, and ‘Freaks’ in Cinema – video essay by Travis CrawfordSlash of the Knife (1976, 30 minutes) – brief made by Frank Henenlotter that includes a lot of the identical actors from Basket Case, together with elective audio commentary with Frank Henenlotter and playwright Mike BencivengaBasket Case and Slash of the Knife outtakesBelial’s Dream (2017, 5 minutes) – animated brief by filmmaker Robert MorganExtensive picture galleriesTrailers, TV & radio spotsLimited version slipcover that includes art work by Graham HumphreysReversible sleeve that includes unique and newly commissioned art work by Sara DeckDouble-sided fold-out poster that includes unique and newly commissioned art work by Sara DeckCollector’s booklet that includes writing on the movie by Michael Gingold and a Basket Case cartoon by artist Martin Trafford
We’re huge followers of Basket Case right here on Arrow in the Head, as you’ll be able to inform from the indisputable fact that we coated as a part of each our The Finest Horror Film You By no means Noticed and Finest Horror Get together Motion pictures video sequence. Are you a fan of the movie, and will you be shopping for a copy of the 4K release? Tell us by leaving a remark under.
