| I have been wanting to see this movie since I was six years old. I
remember looking at the box at the local video store when we took a weekly
trip there. Well all these years pass, eleven to be exact, and I
finally get to see it. So was it worth the wait? Yes, I think
it was. By the time I finally got to watch it I had already done
research on it so I knew what I was in for. But I didn't expect it
to be the movie that it is. As I started to watch the film I knew within
the within the first five minutes that it was a typical campy slasher
flick. So I kept on watching. I was looking past the corny
acting and dated soundtrack, I was set on finding something meaningful in
this movie. I do that with all the B horror movie I watch.
About half way through we meet Belial, Duane's separated Siamese twin
brother. He is what is in the basket. Having been separated
from Duane because he was looked at as a monster, by everybody in the
family except for his Aunt. He is a horribly disfigured freak, who
even a drunk Duane describes as looking like a "squashed octopus."
It finally hit me, this movie actually has a message. It shows
the true meaning of what family is. It is trying to tell you that
just because somebody is a little bit different than you, it doesn't mean
that they are any less a person. Which is a strange thing, to find
such a deep message in a campy 80's horror flick.
Even with the bad acting, and all of the corny special effects, I think
that Basket Case is sure to please the horror fans. Especially the
gore hounds. So if you can get your hands on a copy, check it out. |
