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Best movie ever!

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

This very much reminded me of The Deadly Spawn (1983). Both are tatty horrors based on a silly premise. It is well worth watching though and this enjoyable romp through the trials and tribulations of having a separated Siamese twin that can telepathically communicate, this can be enjoyed by all insane people. This really is silly but it is entertaining. The effects are spot on. The story is spot on. The whole package is great although don't expect anything highbrow.

It's Saturday night (May 28, 2016), and today is Mr. Kevin Vanhentenryck's Birthday. To honor him, I celebrated by having some good food and watching his movie that he is known for. This is the first film of his, and the first chapter in the Basket Case series. I never knew about this horror film series until 2013. At that time, I wasn't really looking into recommendations on the net, and I wasn't even active on social media. My Dad was the man who would recommend movies to me. He was a massive horror fan, and would always go to cinemas and check movies out of video stores back in the '80s. Then one day back in 2013, he told me, "Son, you don't know sh*t about horror until you have seen what I've seen." I asked him, "Dad, what awesome horror films have I missed out on from the 70s and 80s?" He gave me a huge and I mean massive list, which just goes on and on. I had to write all of them in a book. The first one he told me to look for was Basket Case. I said, "Dad, what's that?" He told me, "Just get it, and you'll see. It's one of the best films I have ever seen, son." So, I found it online, and got it, along with its sequels. When I saw this for the first time, I was like, "Wow, Dad, no joke, this movie is just filled with horrifying, bizarre, blood gushing, sleazy screaming fun until the end." It's one hell of an entertaining film. Kevin was so damn incredible on screen, he was excellent. With Terri Susan Smith, Beverly Bonner, and others. They were all perfect. Frank Henenlotter did an awesome job. I watched it over again with my Dad. This movie is special to me because this was his last horror film, and I hadn't seen it since my dad passed until today. It brought back great memories. And every horror fan should own this movie, including its sequels, on home video. It's a masterpiece, truly a gem!!!

Good, interesting idea, destroyed by low budget. Siamese twins, one of which looks like overgrown tumor on the side of the other, are separated against their will. Years later they are on the killing spree to get revenge. With today's technology and medium budget this could be decent horror movie. 35 years ago and without money authors should have taken different approach. If they could not afford production on satisfying level, instead of completely ridiculous horror scenes, they should have based their movie on psychological effect and with some skillful directing let our imagination strike terror in our bones. But they decided to destroy potentially great horror by showing us extremely unconvincing bloodshed and lame monster that is everything but scary. Sure, there are movies that go so deep into stupid that they penetrate all through to the other side and we get hilarious result. But this one is not stupid enough to border with genius. It just stupid. and that's a shame, because this story has big potential and even quite a psychological depth.4/10

Country boy Duane Bradley takes a motel room in New York with no luggage other than a basket. But it contains his surgically removed Siamese twin who is not only physically deformed so badly the doctors don't really consider him human, but is also the vindictive drive of their trip, with the purpose to kill off all those he blames. But in the reception of one of those doctors, Duane gets his first ever date and wants to start a new life too, but his brother has other pans......This is another one of those movies that I should have seen a long time ago, because I just can't see where the love for this film comes from. Its funny for all the wrong reasons, the acting is appalling, I'm sure a lot of those people didn't know they were being filmed, especially those in the lobby, and my gosh, that scene where Belial has a freak out, is one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time.I appreciate the film is over thirty years old, and the budget was minuscule, but please, Craven made a more effective horror in The Hills Have Eyes almost eight years earlier, and I'm sure the budget wasn't much more.The film has such a dirty feel to it, the setting, the people, the hair, it's all grimly lit, and this detracts you from the absurdity of it all.I'll see the other two for sure, but honestly, I'm not a fan.