Basket Case: Arrow Video brings cult classic back to Blu-ray in US and Canada

Back in 2018, Arrow Video gave director Frank Henenlotter’s 1982 cult classic Basket Case (watch it HERE) a limited edition Blu-ray release in the US and Canada. Unfortunately, if you go to the Arrow Video website right now you’ll see that the Basket Case Blu-ray is out of stock… but it’s not going to stay that way for long. Arrow took to their Twitter account to announce that they’re bringing Basket Case back to Blu-ray in the US and Canada “next week”!

Basket Case has the following synopsis:

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.

The film stars Kevin Van Hentenryck, Terri Susan Smith, Beverly Bonner, Robert Vogel, Diana Browne, Lloyd Pace, Bill Freeman, Joe Clarke, Ruth Neuman, Richard Pierce, and Sean McCabe. 

The previous Arrow Video Blu-ray release was packed with special features. It hasn’t been confirmed that they’ll be on the new release as well, but here’s the list of extras that were on the 2018 release just in case:

Audio commentary with writer/director Frank Henenlotter and star Kevin Van Hentenryck (new)

Basket Case 3-½ – Frank Henenlotter interviews Duane Bradley decades after the events of the original Basket Case (new)

Making-of featurette containing interviews with producer Edgar Ievins, casting person/actress Ilze Balodis, associate producer/effects artist Ugis Nigals, and Belial performer Kika Nigals (new)

Blood, Basket and Beyond – Interview with actress Beverly Bonner (new)

Seeing Double: The Basket Case Twins – Interview with twin actresses Florence and Maryellen Schultz (new)

Belial Goes to the Drive-In – Interview with film critic Joe Bob Briggs (new)

Outtakes

In Search of the Hotel Broslin – location featurette

Slash of the Knife – 1972 short film by Frank Henenlotter

Belial’s Dream – new Basket Case-inspired animated short by filmmaker Robert Morgan

Behind-the-scenes of Belial’s Dream
 
Trailers, TV spots and Radio spots

Still galleries

We’re big fans of Basket Case here on Arrow in the Head, as you can tell from the fact that we covered as part of both our The Best Horror Movie You Never Saw and Best Horror Party Movies video series!