As someone who went to college in early 1980's NYC and lived in Manhattan through 1990, Basket Case gives you a real feel for the grittiness of the Big Apple back in those bad olde day.
Dwayne (Kevin Van Hentenryck) arrives in NYC from Upstate NY to take up residence in a sleazy SRO hotel in the heart of Time Square - and this is back in the day when Time Square was NOT family friendly. I mean X-rated theaters, peep shows, adult bookstores, flop hotels and greasy spoons frequented by hookers, johns, pimps, drug dealer and the flotsam of humanity that drifted through the Deuce back in those days. Dwayne show up with a basket of 'laundry'. Only it ain't laundry - its the monstrous remnants of his detached, yet still living, Siamese twin. And this deformed twin is on a rampage of vengeance for which Dwayne is a mere pawn to its needs. The movie is over the top, even if somewhat derivitate of 1972's Sisters by Brian DePalma. If you love low budget horror flicks, Basket Case had few equals.
Dwayne (Kevin Van Hentenryck) arrives in NYC from Upstate NY to take up residence in a sleazy SRO hotel in the heart of Time Square - and this is back in the day when Time Square was NOT family friendly. I mean X-rated theaters, peep shows, adult bookstores, flop hotels and greasy spoons frequented by hookers, johns, pimps, drug dealer and the flotsam of humanity that drifted through the Deuce back in those days. Dwayne show up with a basket of 'laundry'. Only it ain't laundry - its the monstrous remnants of his detached, yet still living, Siamese twin. And this deformed twin is on a rampage of vengeance for which Dwayne is a mere pawn to its needs. The movie is over the top, even if somewhat derivitate of 1972's Sisters by Brian DePalma. If you love low budget horror flicks, Basket Case had few equals.