Basket Case 3: The Progeny

February. 21,1992      R
Rating:
4.8
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Henelotter ups the ante in the final part of his trilogy by introducing a new member to the family: the potentially monstrous fruit of hideously deformed Belial's loins. With the pair still enjoying relative anonymity and comfort in their new found home (presided over by Granny Roth), things however take a downward turn on a trip to the Georgia Clinic of Uncle Hal, which leads to an encounter with an especially nasty redneck sheriff and his similarly blinkered band of merry men.

Kevin Van Hentenryck as  Duane Bradley
Annie Ross as  Granny Ruth
Jim O'Doherty as  Little Hal
Jim Grimshaw as  Baxter
Beverly Bonner as  Fast Food Manager
Tim Ware as  Officer Brennan

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Reviews

Aiden Melton
1992/02/21

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

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Lidia Draper
1992/02/22

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

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Derrick Gibbons
1992/02/23

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

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Phillipa
1992/02/24

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

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Peter Mckain
1992/02/25

At the end of basket case 2 Dwain has lost his marbles a little bit and stitched Belial back on after accidentally killing Granny Ruth's daughter. so it begins with Dwain in a straight jacket getting released by granny Ruth and missing his brother he runs away. Belials girlfriend has lots of kids and Dwain approaches the police for help.Is it any good? well as other reviews have stated the special effects in this movie are top notch great gore great costume design you can tell they had fun. The plot and writing are OK it's not the best but its a B movie so I can forgive it for that. A few things annoyed me, though. one the acting has gotten even worse. Dwain is terrible and you don't really care about him as a result. At one point one of the babies is crushed to death and no one cares which adds to humour I guess what really does it is the singing for me uuuurgh why did she have to sing. But you do meet Ruths son which is cool. I would recommend this purely for fans of the first 2 and people interest in the effects.

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Paul Magne Haakonsen
1992/02/26

A third and final foray into the madness that started in 1982 with Duane and Belial Bradley. But with a slumping sequel, odds are not in favor of this third installment.It should be said that "Basket Case 3" continues on in the footsteps of "Basket Case 2" and showcases the monstrous freaks from that one, just going a step further and also introduces baby Belials and some other new freaks. So if you enjoyed part 2 then you will also enjoy part 3. However, the detour that parts 2 and 3 took from the original idea of part 1 is not really my cup of tea, so I am not much fan of the sequels. I think they went overboard with the freaks in part 2 and as such then I am not much fan of how they continued on with that in part 3.The story in the third installment of the "Basket Case" series takes the freaks on a journey to the south where they are seeking out a doctor to help the family. However, when Belial's spawn of monstrous offspring is kidnapped by unlawful police officers, the family rises up to reclaim what is rightfully theirs."Basket Case 3" didn't really tickle me in the right places, not after what I had witnessed in part 2, so it wasn't an outstanding movie for me. But for fans of the second movie, then this third movie will surely be a blast.The effects were adequate enough, surely an improvement of what was seen in the first two movies. But again, the freaks in both parts 2 and 3 are just too far out there for my liking.As for the acting, well you know what you are in for if you have watched parts 1 and/or 2 already. It is adequate enough acting for the genre and the type of movie that this is. Just don't hold your breath in hopes of being in for a grand Shakespearian experience.Now that I have finally gotten around to finish the trilogy I can check them off the to-watch-list, but chances are slim to none that I will actually sit down to watch any of them, even part 1, a second time around. Why? Well, because they just didn't really impress me that much.

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andreas_bockholt
1992/02/27

I'm desperately looking for the song ,,personality'' from the movie which is sung by Annie Ross (Granny Ruth) and the freaks. But I can't find it anywhere :( Does anybody know where get it? Because there doesn't appear to be a soundtrack available.Concerning the movie, I think that this is one of the most hilarious movies ever made. Especially the freaks are just great and fun to look at. There are some great jokes and the actors do a good job, not taking themselves too seriously. I can recommend this great movie to anyone to wants some funny gore flick because this is what the movie is about. My favorite scene is when they all start singing on the bus, it's so much fun and the song is really not that bad (that's why I'm trying to get it somewhere). This is not supposed to be a real horror movie (or at least I don't think so), it's absolutely not scary, it's more like really great comedy with some gory effects. So just watch and enjoy :)

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leathaface
1992/02/28

The third installment in the Basket Case series takes up where the second left off, with Duane staying at the rest home for freaks. His brother has found a girlfriend who is much like him (a leg-and-torso-less freak) named Eve. He does the nasty with her (which you actually get to see, no comment.) and she's about to give birth. Granny Ruth and the freaks (with some new additions since the last movie) head down to Georgia to her ex-husband's house, because his son is the only one who knows how to deliver babies from freaks, I guess. Since Duane went crazy and tried to stitch Belial back on in the last film, he's not allowed to talk to his brother. So, still being half-crazy, he tells the sheriff's daughter that he is one of the infamous Bradley twins in hopes that they'll lock him up with his brother. Two police officers kidnap Belial's babies by mistake and Belial gets his revenge down at the police station later. This is by far the best part of the movie, what Belial does to these three cops can only be described as three of the most over-the-top death scenes in horror movie history. If you liked the second Basket Case movie chances are you'll like this one better. The series just get goofier and more over the top as they go on, and almost every minute of this movie is not quite "right". Watch if you have a deranged sense of humor.

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